Before modern smartphones, which was your favorite cell phone?

[that613guy]

I remember having the push-to-talk phone by Nextel. I think it was just a clever gimmick by the company to reduce bandwidth usage. No surprise they didn't last.

Nextel existed LONG before Boost Mobile, however.

The reason I liked boost, was because even if you didn't pay for actual service, we knew the code to get on the free channel fur chirp. None of us actually called anyone lol

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

Motorola RAZR. Thing was a tank, I miss that phone

 

[K.I.T.T.]

Motorola RAZR. Thing was a tank, I miss that phone
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My very first cell phone was the Motorola StarTac. Because I worked for one of the first cellular companies in the northeastern U.S., I was given this phone, which normally sold for over $1000usd in 1995. Only rich people and drug dealers carried these.

Still only had two hours of talk time per month, but I did have free nights and weekends, which was convenient for meeting women at the clubs. "Yeah, you can really call your friends with it! Here, try it out!" This phone got me laid on many occasions.

 

[Autigers2010]

LG & Verizon had some great phones. These two stand out as my favorites.


LG VX8300

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LG Chocolate:

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And this Motorola was kinda cool:

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LG made some good phones. I like the Nokia that came out around 93. I also like the Motorola razr around 2011.

 

[hedgerow]

… Fuck I'm old

what’s your ~ age?

 

[hedgerow]

i’m usually a late adopter but still used a flip-phone at first and was happy to graduate up to a Nokia with a qwerty board, made texting so much easier.

 

[Jay the Butcher]

^Sprint flip phone.

 

[that613guy]

what’s your ~ age?

45. In my head, I'm 35. Started going the other way at 40, figure some kinda brain disorder will kick in by 70'ish, so I'll be a kid again by then anyways

 

[Vwj]

Coz I felt like I was out of the matrix and could dodge

 

[Eat Shit And Die]

Motorola RAZR. Thing was a tank, I miss that phone
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I had one of those in the early/mid 2000s, it was just released when I got it I loved that phone

 

[Pajeet]

3310all the way and some CAT B40 small thing that can survive underwater for days and I open beers with it, use it for camping and stuff.

 

[j.f.🔎]

Sharp GX10i.

 

[K.I.T.T.]

@Pajeet

 

[Pajeet]

@Pajeet

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It got fucked up somehow, thx.

 

[Pajeet]

Found this in my drawers.

A cool Hare Krishna gave it to me when I was camping in the woods in 2020 without a phone and shit. Cool memory I got reminded of.

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

Nokia 3310 was also an absolute brick. Indestructible, forever battery. It’s internet searching was total crap, though.

 

[Pajeet]

Nokia 3310 was also an absolute brick. Indestructible, forever battery. It’s internet searching was total crap, though.
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We played hockey with it before gym class and it had minor scratches. Best phone ever.

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

We played hockey with it before gym class and it had minor scratches. Best phone ever.

I dropped mine in a lake by accident in 2004, and I bet it’s still got 30% battery

 

[Pajeet]

I dropped mine in a lake by accident in 2004, and I bet it’s still got 30% battery

I think mine died cuz battery melted or some shit like that but the phone was intact.

 

[that613guy]

Nokia 3310 was also an absolute brick. Indestructible, forever battery. It’s internet searching was total crap, though.
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Don't forget snake