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Today I want you to date yourself.
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The first cell phone pictured is a Motorola DynaTAC 8000X brick released in 1983. It weighed 2.5 lbs, had about 30 minutes of talk time, and took 10 hours to fully charge. Cost? $3,995.
The last cell phone pictured is the first generation iPhone released in 2007. Revolutionary then… with its 2megapixel camera, internet communicator and accelerometer… but considered a relic today.
My first cell phone was #7. A Nokia something or other that I think I bought in 1998 or 1999. It didn’t do much of anything except (gasp!) act as a phone… back in the day when we used to have actual auditory conversations… but I thought it was pretty damn slick all the same.
Ironically I just stumbled across my second ever cell phone the other day.
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It was buried in a drawer under some sweaters and for the life of me I have no idea why I kept it.
Flip phones!
Geesh… texting was an absolute nightmare with those things.
Now you.
What was your first piece of mobile technology?
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River's world..... 
Mine was number 10–a hand-me-down from my father (he bought it in 2003) in 2006 when I started riding my scooty alone 17 km to college on an empty road. It worked perfectly for 4 years until I lost it during a trip.
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That’s the thing with cell phones, they never die. We just want new models.
Or lose them.
😰
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True. My current one tried dying recently. I have it a CPR and it is back on its feet.
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#12 for me, through I recognize many of its predecessors.
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My first phone plugged into a wall and had an answering machine attached. So I’m ancient. After that, probably #5.
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The home where I grew up? Black rotary dials.
The first phone I had in my bedroom? A Princess push button. Tres chic.
🤣
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Princess push button?! Girl, you were livin’ the dream!
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My first phone was #12, small compact and texting was a nightmare. But my second phone was a BlackBerry, which I loved. Then I got an iPhone and have never had any other brand since.
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Same. Once you fall in love with Apple, you’re loyal unto death.
😉
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I’m right there with you: #7 was my first personal fancy phone. (I had used some of the earlier models whilst a supervisor at Verizon, but those weren’t really “mine”.) Incidentally, I’ve had the same wireless carrier from the start, nearly 30 years now…
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I got my first cell in North Carolina where AT&T ruled in the 90’s. Moved back to Maine in 2001 where it’s Verizon or die. It be rural up here, no one else can cover.
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I have a flip phone that I take when I leave the house, to be used in case of an emergency. At home, I use a landline.
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We still have our landline as well, though the phone company forced everyone to switch to fiber optic Fidium. I hate giving out my cell number and having it bombarded by spam so we use the landline for businesses that require a number.
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Mine was #7 too, though I really wanted a flip phone. I did have one with a slide-out keyboard. Honestly, I really liked that feature. It was a lot easier to send texts that way.
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We had a car phone that was like a huge brick. It connected to the car and it wasn’t really “mobile.”
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That was early days. A friend had one and it was ridiculously cumbersome.
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By odd coincedence you and I had the same phones..i didn’t get an Android smart phone till 2018.
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I can’t remember exactly when I got my first iPhone, but it seems like it was 2012….
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I am always late to the game 😅
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Hey, we just started streaming last year.
That’s late.
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Yup.
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I think mine was #12… not really sure.
I worked in telephony when cellphones were being conceptualized. A bonus gleefully pointed out that a phone call “could find you while you’re skiing on the Alps.” I thought it was a dumb idea then, and still do today!
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Ha!
We can’t escape them now…
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At least now they’re cameras & mini computers, instead of only phonrs.
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I probably answer two calls a week. If that.
Camera and mini computer it is.
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I’m somewhere between 6 and 7, closer it 6. I think I still have that phone in a box somewhere…
I justified a mobile phone despite the cost because I drove a British sportscar and wanted to be able to call for help when it broke down.
I was young and stupid.
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If you’re driving a British sports car? I think it’s required..
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It is.
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