Cleaning out the attic. Uncovered some history.

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29 Comments

  1. Of course the first one is in the best condition. I swear those things were made out of a mithril / adamantium alloy.

  2. itookdhorsetofrance on

    That Motorola looks like my 1st phone, 1998.
    I couldn’t find a way to input the contract phone number into an SMS so you had to remember the phone number to send an SMS.

  3. The Nokia esp is a classic. They were indestructible. From memory they were 2G. I used to do work for mobile teleco’s & lots of the staff used them, as back then the new(ish) 3G network could get over-congested at times, whereas the 2G network had little traffic. The 2G network was available for quite a while after the telco’s had stopped selling 2G phones.

  4. Big-Option3118 on

    Loved the 3210. My first phone and I remember buying it, there were some for £69, £79 but that was premium at £99. I went for it and never regretted it, it was so much nicer than the others. I still lovingly look down into my junk drawer at it sometimes. The new magic of text messaging! Beepbeepbeep beep-beep beepbeepbeep!

  5. I remember when the 3210 was first released I thought it was the sleekest looking device ever. I was afraid to take it from my pocket for fear of dropping it

  6. SubstantialGoat912 on

    The only one I didn’t own is the XDA.

    The Motorola was my first mobile phone. I thought I was the bees knees with the extendable aerial.

  7. The last one on the right was a very cool one. The hours I would lose to these lil dudes making ringtones.

  8. Visual-Bus8699 on

    If you are ever are building a house that Nokia on the left would make a great cornerstone, solid support for the house

  9. Had both Nokias. Remember being blown away that a phone had a 2 megapixel camera. Made unrecognisable shadows that bit clearer.

  10. SoftDrinkReddit on

    the left ah good old Nokia

    today you drop your phone it break phone

    back then you drop your Nokia it break floor

    god they don’t make them like they used to nearly indestructible incredibly long battery life and long lasting