Just finished browsing through a blog post on one of my favourite web design blogs. ( The Evolution of Cellphones)
Decided to compile a list of phones I've ever used since the first time I ever saw a cellphone, up until right this very moment.
Let me begin...
1997-ish
Motorola
This phone from Motorola was the very first cellphone I ever held in my hands. EVER! Back when the SIM card was like a phonecard that you had to slide in at the back of the phone. I still remember that it was a Vodacom number.
I remember my amazement when my grandfather came home with this phone that didn't have a cord, and had a screen like a calculator. It was some futuristic stuff. I remember the first thing we did was call our landline phone. Just to see if it actually was a phone. Good times.
The legen... *wait for it* ...dary Nokia 5110. (brand new)
The first phone I was ever bought. The very first phone I ever owned. I'm sure I'm not the only one. :) I loved playing Snake on this mammoth of a machine!
When those screen personalising things first came out, I was the first one to have it back in high school. I had NoFear on it, and later had BadBoy. Had to remove the BadBoy one though, because it was during that part of my life when I was heavily into 2Pac and Hit 'Em Up and all that, so yeah...
Also when custom ringtones came out, I was there!!! :)
Nokia 3210
My dad had this phone. Playing Snake on it was so much more rewarding because it vibrated every time the snake ate something. Also, it had better ringtones and NO ANTENNA! This was revolutionary!
Nokia 6150
After the 5110, I upgraded to the evolutionary 6150. Was pretty much similar to the 5110, but had a slimmer battery. And infra-red - which I never used. But I had it, and hey, that was something worth bragging about. Got it from my dad after he upgraded to the revolutionary 3210. So it had sentimental value. Kinda.
This is also the first phone I ever lost. I was climbing into a taxi, must have fallen out then. Worst feeling ever! Since then I've been very protective of EVERYTHING electronic! EVE-RY-THANG!
Nokia 3310 (brand new)
The came... The greatest phone to ever do it! The best phone ever made, in my opinion! I'd buy this phone if I ever saw it sold anywhere! IN A HEARTBEAT!
My Snake playing days were filled with even more awesomness than ever before! The snake could eat other bonus "fruit"! DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING?! Fruit! That was a game-changer right there! I could basically "snake" through walls! I don't think you're hearing me.
This phone also came with an astonishing amount of memory for SMSs and call records. The old limit of 5 calls were a thing of the past. This one had 8! Do you have any idea how many missed calls that is?! That's right... EIGHT!!! The SMSs were also not limited to 160 characters like all the other phones I had owned before.
This was the second phone brand new phone I ever owned since the 5110. So I treated it extra nice. Wiped it clean before going to bed. It was special.
Had to give it to my grandmother because she didn't have a phone at the time.
Nokia 3510
Also inherited from my dad. I never really liked this phone. Sure it had a colour screen and orange flashing lights when it rang, but still. Nothing exciting! And it was heavy as a ton of bricks! Compared to my trusty 3310.
Samsung SGH-R220 (brand new)
After leaving high school, I wanted a phone that no one else had. Everyone I knew pretty much had the 3310 or some other Nokia phone, so I was looking for something special. I liked that it had blue backlighting and that you can assign an LED light to a contact. Not that I ever checked the light first before answering, because I could assign my own ringtones to people now. *pause for effect*
Did you get that? I had a phone that could MAKE ringtones. Another 1up on Nokia users at the time.
Motorola e398 Jukebox
Soon as I got myself a job, the first thing I did was get myself a phone. And that phone had to reflect the new me. The more grown up me. So I got me this..
Which I still have, to this day! Still works too. :) I loved the super loud stereo speakers it had, and that it was called a "Jukebox". A name it lived up to every time it rang! People around me hate its loudness, but I beamed every time music played from it!
When my contract was due for an upgrade, I went back to the Nokia side of things. The greatest Nokia phone since the 3310. The 2MP Carl Zeis camera was what made me love the phone even more than it's 2GB memory card.
I used every single feature this phone had. From video calling, to video recording, to emails, to everything else in between. I miss this little black number! :'(
Nokia N73 Music Edition
It's a pity that after two years of trusty service delivery from this small wonder, the screen stopped working, but I still used it regardless. At some point I was taking pics without even needing to preview them. I was one with this phone.
While waiting to get another phone, I bought myself a small "I'm-between-phones-right-now" phone, in the form of...
Nokia 1100
A lot of people had this phone, for different reasons. Some used it as an alternative phone, for when the super fancy smartphone had a low battery, or one they could use for other people to reach them on. Clearly I was now part of this elite society. Only downside is that I didn't have an alternate phone. This was the only phone I had! But my excuse was that I was in the transition phase, from button phones to touchscreen.
And indeed I was. While everyone was getting excited by the many many buttons on the Blackberry, I was more focused on getting a phone with the least buttons as possible.
After seeing an HTC Touch for the first time, I knew I had to have it.
Then while I was still trying to figure out if I was really ready for a button-free lifestyle, the Touch Diamond came out.
At that very moment, I knew I was ready!
So this is the phone I'm using right this very moment.
HTC Touch Diamond 2
Has so many features, at one point you can't believe!
It's like having two phones in one.
read more...
Decided to compile a list of phones I've ever used since the first time I ever saw a cellphone, up until right this very moment.
Let me begin...
1997-ish
Motorola
This phone from Motorola was the very first cellphone I ever held in my hands. EVER! Back when the SIM card was like a phonecard that you had to slide in at the back of the phone. I still remember that it was a Vodacom number.
I remember my amazement when my grandfather came home with this phone that didn't have a cord, and had a screen like a calculator. It was some futuristic stuff. I remember the first thing we did was call our landline phone. Just to see if it actually was a phone. Good times.
The legen... *wait for it* ...dary Nokia 5110. (brand new)
The first phone I was ever bought. The very first phone I ever owned. I'm sure I'm not the only one. :) I loved playing Snake on this mammoth of a machine!
When those screen personalising things first came out, I was the first one to have it back in high school. I had NoFear on it, and later had BadBoy. Had to remove the BadBoy one though, because it was during that part of my life when I was heavily into 2Pac and Hit 'Em Up and all that, so yeah...
Also when custom ringtones came out, I was there!!! :)
Nokia 3210
My dad had this phone. Playing Snake on it was so much more rewarding because it vibrated every time the snake ate something. Also, it had better ringtones and NO ANTENNA! This was revolutionary!Nokia 6150
After the 5110, I upgraded to the evolutionary 6150. Was pretty much similar to the 5110, but had a slimmer battery. And infra-red - which I never used. But I had it, and hey, that was something worth bragging about. Got it from my dad after he upgraded to the revolutionary 3210. So it had sentimental value. Kinda.
This is also the first phone I ever lost. I was climbing into a taxi, must have fallen out then. Worst feeling ever! Since then I've been very protective of EVERYTHING electronic! EVE-RY-THANG!
Nokia 3310 (brand new)
The came... The greatest phone to ever do it! The best phone ever made, in my opinion! I'd buy this phone if I ever saw it sold anywhere! IN A HEARTBEAT!
My Snake playing days were filled with even more awesomness than ever before! The snake could eat other bonus "fruit"! DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING?! Fruit! That was a game-changer right there! I could basically "snake" through walls! I don't think you're hearing me.
This phone also came with an astonishing amount of memory for SMSs and call records. The old limit of 5 calls were a thing of the past. This one had 8! Do you have any idea how many missed calls that is?! That's right... EIGHT!!! The SMSs were also not limited to 160 characters like all the other phones I had owned before.
This was the second phone brand new phone I ever owned since the 5110. So I treated it extra nice. Wiped it clean before going to bed. It was special.
Had to give it to my grandmother because she didn't have a phone at the time.Nokia 3510
Also inherited from my dad. I never really liked this phone. Sure it had a colour screen and orange flashing lights when it rang, but still. Nothing exciting! And it was heavy as a ton of bricks! Compared to my trusty 3310.
Samsung SGH-R220 (brand new)
After leaving high school, I wanted a phone that no one else had. Everyone I knew pretty much had the 3310 or some other Nokia phone, so I was looking for something special. I liked that it had blue backlighting and that you can assign an LED light to a contact. Not that I ever checked the light first before answering, because I could assign my own ringtones to people now. *pause for effect*
Did you get that? I had a phone that could MAKE ringtones. Another 1up on Nokia users at the time.
Motorola e398 Jukebox
Soon as I got myself a job, the first thing I did was get myself a phone. And that phone had to reflect the new me. The more grown up me. So I got me this..
Which I still have, to this day! Still works too. :) I loved the super loud stereo speakers it had, and that it was called a "Jukebox". A name it lived up to every time it rang! People around me hate its loudness, but I beamed every time music played from it!When my contract was due for an upgrade, I went back to the Nokia side of things. The greatest Nokia phone since the 3310. The 2MP Carl Zeis camera was what made me love the phone even more than it's 2GB memory card.
I used every single feature this phone had. From video calling, to video recording, to emails, to everything else in between. I miss this little black number! :'(
Nokia N73 Music Edition
It's a pity that after two years of trusty service delivery from this small wonder, the screen stopped working, but I still used it regardless. At some point I was taking pics without even needing to preview them. I was one with this phone.While waiting to get another phone, I bought myself a small "I'm-between-phones-right-now" phone, in the form of...
Nokia 1100
A lot of people had this phone, for different reasons. Some used it as an alternative phone, for when the super fancy smartphone had a low battery, or one they could use for other people to reach them on. Clearly I was now part of this elite society. Only downside is that I didn't have an alternate phone. This was the only phone I had! But my excuse was that I was in the transition phase, from button phones to touchscreen.
And indeed I was. While everyone was getting excited by the many many buttons on the Blackberry, I was more focused on getting a phone with the least buttons as possible.
After seeing an HTC Touch for the first time, I knew I had to have it.
Then while I was still trying to figure out if I was really ready for a button-free lifestyle, the Touch Diamond came out.
At that very moment, I knew I was ready!
So this is the phone I'm using right this very moment.
HTC Touch Diamond 2
Has so many features, at one point you can't believe!It's like having two phones in one.
