Nostalgic Cellphones

By Carlos C.

Before Iphone, BBM, 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, even before colour display, we had these.

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  Motorola C332

  http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_c332-364.php

  I have vague memories about this one, I think my sister had it.

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  Motorola StarTAC 3000

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_StarTAC

  My uncle had this one. I remember it was exciting for the sole concept of calling someone from a portable phone and not a landline.

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  Kyocera 7135

  http://mobile.ffmobile.com/mobile/kyocera-7135/10010558

  Remember Palm? Well this phone had one integrated. It was bulky and extremely frustrating to use (you had to synch contacts with its desktop software), but boy it looked schnazzy.

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  Sony Ericsson T68i

  http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_t68i-325.php

  I remember this one was heavily advertised on MTV. I never had it but many friends did.

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  Motorola DynaTAC

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  Motorola T720

  http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_t720-354.php

  I remember this one was the first Motorola with a colour display and that it had a motorbike game. I also remember it was too $$$ for anyone I knew to afford it.

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  Kyocera KX414 (Phantom)

  http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=329

  Enough Nokia. Probably many teenagers' first phone. It came with three interchangeable front cases, plus it had a colour display so it was already something legit.

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  Nokia 3220

  http://www.fonearena.com/nokia-3220_54.html

  This one was lots of fun! Apart from customizable back covers, it created a light show every time you got any call or message. I also had a case that let you spell out words in the air!

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  Nokia 3200

  http://www.fonearena.com/nokia-3200_51.html

  You could print out custom covers for this one. True story: A classmate got suspended for printing a half-naked girl and using it as his cover.

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  Nokia 6230

  Uh-oh! Things just got serious! Colour screen, downloadable games, music player, "high-res" camera. I still own this and use it now and then.

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  Nokia 3585

  http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Nokia-3585i_id548

  Ha! I got this one as a birthday gift one (with a custom Lord of the Rings case because of a promotional tie-in to the first LOTR movie). It has updated games and awesome MIDI ringtones.

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  Nokia 3310

  http://nokiamuseum.info/nokia-3310/

  To quote a great meme: says "low battery", battery lasts for 24 more hours.

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  Nokia 8210

  http://nokiamuseum.info/nokia-8210/

  This was actually my first cell phone... for two weeks until my parents said I was two young to have one and took it away from me. It featured the ever classic Snake.

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  Nokia 5120

  http://nokiamuseum.info/nokia-5120/

  I remember you could change the cover to some very colourful ones. Probably your cool older cousins had one (unless you were that rich kid...)