First cell phone

[Shawn]

What was your first cell phone?

 

[Wayne]

I had the Zach Morris phone—the Motorola DynaTAC—the original mobile brick. It was so heavy, I’m pretty sure my biceps got ripped just holding it up to my ear. Back then, calls were $.50 a minute from 7 AM to 7 PM, so I basically used it as a glorified paperweight during the day. After 7 PM, it dropped to a luxurious $.25 a minute,.

Because I was obviously the coolest kid on the block (read: “ridiculous”), I had a pager and an answering service to really solidify my 15 year old tech overlord status. I mean, nothing says “baller” like being beeped at random while holding a phone the size of a cinderblock.

Then came the BlackBerry era. Oh, I was hooked. If BlackBerry made it, I owned it—except for their pagers and those tragic Android models that sent the brand straight into the tech graveyard.

And here’s the kicker: I STILL have a pager, and, plot twist, it STILL WORKS.

 

[gwolf666]

If I remember correctly it was a Moto Razr Z6, I don't remember exactly what cell phone it was, but the only memory of having a cell phone for the first time was that cell phone.

 

[Shawn]

I had something similar to this one:

Nokia 3310 - Wikipedia

Only mine has a bowling game on it.

 

[Heatman]

Motorola C117 was the first mobile phone I used if I remembered it correctly. I was robbed/mugged by 3 guys who took the phone from me.

 

[Shawn]

Wow - mugged for that?! But I guess it was big stuff back then?