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How Old Were You When You ....

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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How Old Were You When You .... Got Your Very First Mobile Phone?

I think I must have been about 21 and only costed 10 pounds a month BUT the calls were like 5 minutes free per month and 80p per minute after that .. LOL
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    15, 16 can't remember!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    For my 12th birthday :)

    Sounds young, but I was one of the last ones out of my group of friends to get one! And I'm one of the oldest.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    A better question is probably "When did you get your first mobile phone?" because they weren't really in wide circulation until the late 90's! I got my first mobile phone for Christmas 1999 and I was 14. It was a gold Vodaphone number on pay as you go and I loved it....ahh the memories. :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Day after I left school at 16

    :thumb:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    About 15. I had to save my money up to buy one as my parents refused to buy me one.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    when i was about 14, like nikki said sounds bit young, but i was the last out of my mates to get one
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I got my first when I was 12. My sister was 10 when she got hers. She told mum that she really 'needed' a mobile...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    11 - it was a big fucker aswell.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    1997
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i was about 14 or 15 i think
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sofie wrote: »
    I got my first when I was 12. My sister was 10 when she got hers. She told mum that she really 'needed' a mobile...

    I can easily imagine giving my kids a mobile each when they're all young - peace of mind for me - plus you can track the phone's location on the web these days ... :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    About 18, I think.

    And it was one of these bastards:

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DiamondGeezer wrote: »
    I can easily imagine giving my kids a mobile each when they're all young - peace of mind for me - plus you can track the phone's location on the web these days ... :D

    Yeah, I think that's the main reason why everyone seems to have one now.

    For some reason, we still have some of the early phones like Philips Savvy. (which were bloody huge)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sofie wrote: »
    Yeah, I think that's the main reason why everyone seems to have one now.

    For some reason, we still have some of the early phones like Philips Savvy. (which were bloody huge)


    I got loads of old phones, no one wants them .. LOL

    But if you put a PAYG sim card in one and register it with a tracking service makes a poor man's Car Tracking device - useful if you car is stolen.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    about 15 - 16 I think
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    whenever the nokia came out - i got my mums brick
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    18 I think, so 7 years ago.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ballerina wrote: »
    whenever the nokia came out - i got my mums brick

    3310? I can't believe I only had that phone about 3 years ago.:o
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    littlemissylittlemissy Posts: 9,972 Supreme Poster
    I was 17 :yes:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I was about 15 or so..!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sofie wrote: »
    For some reason, we still have some of the early phones like Philips Savvy. (which were bloody huge)

    That was my first phone :D I still have mine, I'd LOVE to get it working.

    Great phone that was :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    1999 when I was about 15/16.

    I remember my Mam and Dad hated the idea, and I was at the prime of my teenage rebellion. And everybody texted in capitals. HI HOW ARE YOU I HOPE YOUR OK LOTS OF LOVE XX

    Times changed now though, my Mam has a better phone than I do :crying:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nikki* wrote: »
    That was my first phone :D I still have mine, I'd LOVE to get it working.

    Great phone that was :)

    I liked that phone apart from the size of it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I was about 12 or 13, had my brothers old 5110
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    xlittlexstarx wrote: »
    back when o2 was btcellnet haha!

    I remember that. I also remember them changing their name and me confusing everyone by still calling them BTCellnet.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hmm... it was for my 13th birthday and i was one of the first people i knew to have one. That was in... 1998, i think. :)

    It was a motorola, but i don't know which one, and it was on a vodafone contract which was a very poor move on my parents' part... they eventually took the contract off me because i used to rack up bills of about £100 on it! Oops.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sofie wrote: »
    I remember that. I also remember them changing their name and me confusing everyone by still calling them BTCellnet.

    Yeh one2one changed to t-mobile aswell - and confused every1 aswell.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I was 16 I think...Christmas 1998
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    16 I think, which would have made it 01 or 02 I think. Had to have a job so I could afford the bills first.

    Had the big brick of a nokia with the interchangable covers. I had black with green lightening :thumb: And snake. Best phone game ever. Until the next model of nokia where they had snake 2 and the edge of the screen no longer killed you

    I always wonder about little kiddies with cell phones... who do they really have to call?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I *think* I was 14. I'm not 100% sure though.
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