Your Mobile Phone journey

So earlier on I was thinking about how far on mobile phones have come since my first one, and that got me thinking about all the mobile phones I've ever owned. When I look back it's quite a variety and really does demonstrate how mobile phones have evolved in the last 20 years (Well, I got my first phone around 1998 when I was in Secondary School, so for me it's the last 18 years).
(Pictures of phones are in spoilers due to quite a few of them)

First Phone - Ericsson GA-628
My first ever phone, a Christmas present back in 1998 when I was a mere 13 years old, mainly for emergency use as I was at that age where I was going out of the house more and venturing further and further from home. The main (and more or less only) feature of this phone was the swappable key surrounds.


Second Phone - Siemens C35
My second phone, around 1999 in my last year of secondary school. This phone was a major leap for the simple fact it had games on it. Well, Snake anyway. Though I think it wasn't called Snake since it was actually a Snake ripoff.


Third Phone - Sharp GX10
This was a huge step for me, my first phone with a colour screen and a camera! Also my first flip phone and, to this day, one of my favourites.


Fourth Phone - Motorola A1000
My first touch screen phones, and one of the earlier ones on the market, pretty much a progenitor of the modern smartphone. One of the big gimmicks of the phone was that it was capable of video calling, but I never once used that feature since nobody else I knew had a phone that could do video calling.


Fifth Phone - Sony P900
Probably the first phone I had that I could consider a 'smartphone', first phone I used to access the net, though it was pretty limited at the time and mobile data plans weren't really around, so it was an extra cost and I tended away from it. Also my first phone with a qwerty keyboard on the underside of the flip down pad, though it was a bit fiddly due to the small size.


Sixth Phone - Nokia N93
Back to a flip phone for this one, and also one of the best mobile cameras on the market at the time, even coming with a Carl Zeiss lens. The phone could fold and unfold in a couple of different ways, for watching video and texting, or using it like a camcorder or more precisely aimed camera. Also had some relatively decent web access, but again the lack of data plans rather limited it's useage in that regard.


Seventh Phone - HTC TytN II
My first real smartphone. Windows Mobile 6.5 and a data plan for browsing the web. Screen flipped up for a really good sized backlit qwerty keyboard making it really easy to text, browse the web and even write out notes and documents through touch typing.


Eighth Phone - Google G1
First ever Android phone and I loved it. Flip out qwerty keyboard which I loved from my TytN II and an OS that made it easy to browse the web and get all kinds of games. The trackball was also a great little feature that I do miss from current phones.


Ninth Phone - iPhone 3GS
The Dark Ages. I was talked into getting an iPhone by people at work, who were insistent that they were nowhere near as bad as I was making out they were. It didn't take me long for my dislike of them to be confirmed and reinforced and I was missing Android, dumping the thing as soon as my 12 month contract was up.


Tenth Phone - LG Optimus 3D
Back on track with another Android handset, and one with an admittedly gimmicky 3D screen that didn't need any kind of 3D glasses. It also came with a 3D camera which was fun for a little while, but the novelty wore off when the realisation that you can't really view the pictures on other devices kicked in.


Eleventh Phone - Samsung Galaxy SIII
In terms of performance and weight it was a good step from previous phones, especially with how 'bulky' my previous phones were in comparison. Good phone with very good community support, and also my first phone where I experimented with rooting and custom firmware.


Twelfth (Current) Phone - Sony Xperia Z2
My current phone and easily the best of the bunch, and quite comfortably the best phone on the market today bar none. Can't recommend it enough in absolutely every way, it's an absolute joy to use.



So that's my mobile phone journey, I was kind of surprised to find that my current mobile is only my twelfth ever phone when I consider what my first phone was.
What about you? How have your phones changed over the years/decades?

That Sharp GX10! It had a lovely click to it when you opened/closed it.

Mine:
That Phillips bt cellnet one everybody had.
3310 (of course)
3330
Some rubbish Samsung clamshell
Sharp GX10
Samsung E900
htc desire HD (huge screen, but terrible battery life)
iphone 4S
iphone 5S

Not sure I could remember all my phones. A few highlights....

Nokia 5110
Nokia 3210
Nokia 3330
Sagem My G5 (strawberry float me this was a bad phone!)
Orange SPV
Sony Ericsson Z1010
Orange SPV C600
Sony Ericsson Z610i (still a backup phone)
Samsung D900i
HTC Hero (G2)
Samsung Galaxy SII (had some issues with it, great specs though)
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (s'alright...)

I've had quite a few to remember them all, no idea on order either.

My first was a BT Cellnet phone

I've had the 5110, 3110, 3510, A Sony Erickson one with a trackwheel on the side? the Sony Erickson p800 (Loved having the scumm engine on that!) a couple of shitty alcatel ones, Iphone 3gs, iphone 4, Samsung S3 and now Nokia lumia 1020

I'm missing probably about five or so off that, my memory is pretty gooseberry fool to be fair.

I had a Motorola thing which had rubber covers you could swap about. Several 3210/3310, and a Siemens c50 I think. The small blue ones. Then I had a flip phone with a camera, chunky thing but was awesome. Some colour screen baby blue phone that was indestructible. My mum had one too and when we upgraded we smashed them on the ground in celebration. My mum still has hers as a back up and I gave mine to my sister, both still working fine. Then I had a slide black samsung. Nokia n95 which was rad. Lost like five of them at uni, but good old insurance eh. Got some half decent Nokia with camera and keypad that I dropped down pacmans toilet. Bumpy ride of gooseberry fool phones while I was too skint to get a new one, cheap samsung basics and back to my old 3310 that still worked after 10 years. Eventually upgraded to an iphone 5 which I can't believe took so long.

Most were busted by idiot stuff. Leaving them on bars, smashing and gooseberry fool. I've had a lot of phones.

I couldn't possibly remember them all, 25 at least, but another shout for the GX10 here, I bloody loved it.

I really miss my metallic orange Motorola Pebl...


If they re-made this phone with modern features, I'd totally buy it again.
It was a good size, good weight, easy to use and opening the flip by pushing your thumb down near the hinge felt very cool.

I had an LG Viewty that I got before going to Japan with Aaron - that is one phone i definitely regret owning. It was like the retarded older brother of the smart phone era, slow and clunky and just awful.

I had a Nokia 5110


Bosch 509e - First PAYG phone


Nokia 3210


Nokia 3310


Samsung SGH A800


Sony Ericsson T68i - This had a separate camera which clipped on


Panasonic GD67


Moto V620


NEC E228 - This was gooseberry fool


Nokia N-Gage


Nokia 6170


Moto Razr 2


Samsung Pixon


iPhone 3G


iPhone 3GS


Nokia Lumia 900


Sony Xperia T


iPhone 5s



I think that's everything save for a few throwaways here and there. Cool exercise!

Motorola time port supremacy

Mine were:

Nokia 5170
Nokia 3210
Nokia 3310
Nokia 6100 (my favourite of the Nokia phones that I owned)

Motorola Razr
Motorola Razr V3x (I really don't know why, it was far too chunky)
Motorola Razr2 (I know by this point the Razr line was getting tired and it isn't as highly regarded as the original, but I loved this phone, easily one of my favourites)

Samsung Jet - I remember loving it at the time, looking back I'm not sure why
Samsung Galaxy S
Samsung Galaxy S3 - Possibly my favourite phone and probably the first time since the Razr2 that I'm not in any rush to upgrade.

I bought my first mobile in 1996:



The Motorola StarTAC was a cracking phone; I loved it. All of my mobile phones since then have been pretty similar. I'm not taken with the smart phones mainly because of their large size and short battery life. I'm currently using a Nokia Classic 3720:



Yeah, it's basic... but I only call and text so it's ideal. Small, tough and long battery life.

Some of you have more money than you know what to do with. I have only ever had 2 phones.


K800i
Amazing balls, it still works today as well. As a guy, you didn't need a phone if you weren't in a relationship.


Xperia Arc
Pretty gooseberry fool, it goes really strawberry floating slow despite being top of the line when I bought it.

Oh that reminds me! I had one of those Sony Ericsson Walkman phones too! Was a pretty great phone actually.

I've only ever had 3 phones.

The first was some horrible Sanyo flip phone, I remember it being pretty terrible, the battery life was bad, navigating menus was slow, a potato could take a better photo etc.

The next phone I had was the LG Rumour



This was a much better phone, I loved the fold out keyboard it had, it still works but unfortunately it didn't use a SIM card so was permanently locked to my incredibly gooseberry fool carrier.

Next was the Nokia E72, my first smart phone


The battery life on this thing is amazing, it was very tough and looked pretty good, although I remember it being a bit buggy. I was able to install a version of MSN messenger on it that was not supposed to work with my phone, and somehow although the app worked, it basically disabled all the phone functions, like texting and talking.

Currently I'm using this, a Nokia 808...


Truly an amazing phone, the apps are limited in number because it runs Symbian Belle but that's about the only downside. The camera is amazing, with a max resolution of 38MP, but by default it will use oversampling to get very clear 8MP images. The battery life is terrific, under normal conditions I can use it for about 2 days or more without needing to recharge it. It is also very customizable, and has all kinds of features you can't find on other phones like an FM transmitter which lets you play songs over an empty radio station.

It really saddens me that it's the last Symbian phone as I don't really know where to go from here. I'm considering getting a Blackberry Z10 next. just because I like the idea of the security.

Can't remember the first one. It was old and black and had an antenna sticking out of it. Have looked but no joy sadly.


Motorola V66



Had this for friggin' ages. I was suckered in by the removable faceplate, seemed like a great idea for continually changing the look of your phone. They were £20 for three and I never bought one. Phone was crap, and I paid about £35 a month for it for about three years.

Nokia 7270



Part of Nokia's 'fashion' range. Yeah I know, not a very manly phone but I loved this. No-one had one, and the unique styling always got people interested. Decent phone too.

Nokia 6500 Slide



This was a great phone too. Funny how slide away keyboards went out of fashion a bit, they're ridiculously useful. I'm sure one would still sell well today.

HTC Hero

I remember buying this and my other half being disgusted by how big it was. To be fair it dwarfed all the other phones in the shop, but did so much more. This was such a massive step up, it was obvious the day I got it smartphones were the way forward. Drew a huge crowd first day I got it.

HTC 7 Mozart

My first Windows Phone. Bought for the achievements, but loved the OS from the second I tried it. Never looked back.

Nokia Lumia 620

I technically owned this I guess. Bought as a replacement for my Mozart, but it was quickly fairly obvious that this was a worse phone. Got rid of it a month later. A bit rubbish.

Nokia Lumia 920

In yellow, naturally. Superb phone, and one I'm only just looking to upgrade from. Might try a HTC One (W8) next.

My first mobile phone, this bad boy had wheels and I could take it wherever I wanted.

You can still buy those toy phones despite the fact that rotary dialling is all but obsolete.

It's like telling your kids that Pluto is a planet. So last century.

First mobile was a Nokia 3210 was a good phone and I'm pretty certain it was indestructible. After that I had a Sony Ericsson CMD Z7 which is probably (for its time) the best phone I've owned. Fantastic shape, really small and a great phone.



I then made the startlingly mental decision to trade it in against a Trium (it had a colour screen). God awful phone.

After that I think I got either Motorola Razr or Sony Ericsson K800i, can't remember which way round I had them. Then maybe a Nokia E65 (nice little phone).

First smartphone after that, which was the HTC Hero. Initially I really liked it but it became apparent it was pretty hamstrung by the processor. Next, Samsung Galaxy S2, which was a revelation. Fantastic phone, gorgeous screen, enough processing power for being a true smartphone.

Finally, on to my current phone, HTC One. I'm now at the point where I'm tempted to keep this phone for some time. It really is brilliant.

[iup=3532576]Return_of_the_STAR[/iup] wrote:My first mobile phone, this bad boy had wheels and I could take it wherever I wanted.

The Chatter telephone

I recently went round my brother's house, to discover that the very same Chatter telephone I had as a nipper is now being played with by my niece. 34 years on.

They simply don't build stuff like that any more.

My first phone, a £40 pay as you go job, bought in 1999 so that prospective employers could reach me when I left uni. That scenario never quite came into play.



The I got this: the classic, Nokia Orange 8210. strawberry floating feat of engineering that thing. Probably my favourite ever phone. I'd go back to it now if I could.





From there, I went snazzzy, and was the first of my friends to have a camera phone. The Sharp GX10.



I then went Sony k700i. I loved the form factor and the fact it could take video, but pre-3g, and without wireless, it was largely useless. I also racked up some monster bills on this thing, phoning my gf from Spain, so this was probably my worst phone.



Sticking with Sony, I then went here, the w810. Never used it for music, again not a brilliant phone, and its stock message alert now reminds me of the messy split with my ex. :



Bearing in mind that was 2006, I then slowed down my phone changing.

This came next, and it was lush. The Nokia 6700C.



I loved it so much, I still have it, and have recently been tempted to go back to it. (I think a tablet/normal phone combo would suit me nicely). I resisted smartphones for ages because this phone was just so good.

Then I got a Galaxy S3, which is also ok. Again, I think I'll stick with it now, even though I was due an upgrade. I've gone to a cheaper month-by-month deal and I'm happy.