What cell phones have you owned?

[samalex]

Just curious, when did you get your first cell phone, and what was it? Plus what phones have you had since then? Here's a run-down for me...

1996 - Motorola Flip Phone through 360 Communications
I was on a 30/minute a month plan for like $30... and I thought that was a good deal! Also this was one of those first huge, bulky flip phones.
1999 - Motorola StarTAC - Alltel (360 Comm was bought by Alltel)
2002 - Motorola V60 - First phone with Text Messaging, also had an awesome metal cover... this thing was indestructible!
2005 - Motorola V265 - First phone with camera
2007 - Motorola MotoQ
2008 - Motorola Q9C - Replaced MotoQ after dropping it in a swimming pool
2009 - Motorola VE465 - one month before we were switched to Verizon since Alltel still had better plan and phone prices.

We just moved my wife to a DroidX, but even after using it last night for a few hours, I think I'll stick with my regular ol' phone for the unforeseeable future. Heck I'm even thinking of going back to the Motorola V60 if I can find a battery for it plus get Verizon to activate it. That was the best phone I ever owned!

Sam

[Austin25]

Got my first one in December last year, a Samsung flight.

[Bronco24]

Nokia forever...

[iLeet]

I had the palm one Treo for awhile

now I have the Samsung gravity

[NMFTM]

LG Chocolate 3 VX8560 - 2009 to present

It's probably going to be my last as well. I don't make or receive many calls and will probably just get a Skype number and use it on my computer after I move out on my own.

The only thing I really use it for is it's built in camera and FM transmitter, so I can listen to music while driving.

[RiceMonster]

An old nokia, a samsung flip phone, and currently another samsung phone. Probably going to switch to an Android phone or an iPhone soon.

[admiralspark]

I have had two cell's:
my first, the LG Voyager which lasted me a couple years, finally meeting it's end when the battery wouldn't hold a charge (kind of like my '94 Ti 486DX laptop, but nicer). I'm working on getting a linux distro functioning on it now :)
My second, which I got because a replacement battery for the Voyager was $40 and this new phone was free with a $20 upgrade fee (some anniversary celebration at Verizon) is the Samsung Reality, which I love. Had it only for a month now though.

[Simian Man]

So far I've owned three great phones called "Whatever Verizon Gave Me For Free With My Contract". Some day I'll get and Android though :).

[TNT1]

I still have my Nokia 101 from 1992... And it still works... Barely...

Then a Ericsson something,
Then a Motorola something, flip thing with red numerals
Then an i-Mate PDA 2K - still works, been through the ROM Kitchen several times, dunno what it's running now, wonder if I can get Android or something on there?
Then several Nokia's
Now a Bastardberry 9000, and a Nokia 6210 Nav...

[Nick_Jinn]

I have a Sprint Mogul.


I would like to have it flashed to Metro PCS, only with full internet connectivity. Metro phones suck and their phones dont have 'real' internet, but the unlimited data is a good deal if you can hack a phone to work with metro....and not the dumbed down phone and text only flash that metro stores used to do.

[Fludizz]

1998 - Ericsson (one of those bricks, can't remember which type) - Reason for replacing: battery died

2000 - Ericsson T18s - Reason for replacing: battery died)

2002 - Sony CMD-J5 (Lovely scroll wheel) - Reason for replacing: Phone died.

2004 - Siemens M25 - Reason for replacing: Battery and charger died.

2007 - Nokia 3120 - Reason for replacing: Piece of ****. Battery issues, SIM-card slot issues, unlogical menu's, reception issues, sound was crap.

2007 - SonyEricsson K200i - Reason for replacing: Needed phone with tethering and HSDPA (and tomtom)

2008 - Asus P750 Smartphone. Still have it and no reason yet to replace it :)

[Tristam Green]

2000 - Nokia 8210
2002 - Samsung x497
2004 - Sony Ericsson z525a
2006 - Motorola L7 Slvr
2008 - LG CT810 Incite



I don't have any brand loyalty when it comes to phones, but the little Samsung I had, and the Motorola never ever gave me problems. I'll never own another LG phone though.

[samalex]

Honestly it wasn't until I was on my 3rd or 4th phone that I noticed I was setting a trend with Motorola. I always liked the flip phone format (I'm a Trek nerd, what can I say), and back then Motorola was the only option through the carrier I used with a flip form factor. Also the Motorola menus on the earlier phones were pretty much the same across models, and given Nokia was the biggest alternative I didn't care for the Nokia menus or phones. I was butt-dialed by way too many people who had Nokia phones.

Also most of the phones I replaced were due to battery problems where it was about as cheap to just renew the contract and get a new phone than buy a new battery. The Motorola V60 was the only phone I ever bought a new battery for, but that was because it was such an awesome phone... and my eventual reason to replace it was to get a camera phone.

Sam

[drawkcab]

LG Versa...it blows.

[ssam]

nokia 5110
nokia 3330
openmoko freerunner

[KdotJ]

- Nokia Face Off (or this is what we called it!)
- Nokia 3310
- Motorola V50
- Samsung T100
- Sagem MYX-6
- Samsung E700
- Nokia 6230
- Samsung E900
- Samsung G600
- Samsung Tocco Ultra
- Apple iPhone 4

[Cam!]

2005 - Siemens CF63: Was a major piece of crap, even by 2005's standards. The only thing the phone could pride itself on was having a ring of light running around the perimeter that could do various little light shows. Also, the phone had this big Spoiler/Handlebar. Ew!

2007 - Motorola RAZR V3: Was a step up. At the time, the phone was still the most stylish out there, since Smartphones like the iPhone weren't released yet. It was pretty reliable, although the keypad was a terror to use.

2009 - iPhone 3G: My current phone, although that'll change. I love this phone. It's got all my music, mail, social networking, and a lot more. Unfortunately, it's running pretty slow when it comes to iOS 4.0. I'm switching within the next few weeks.

2010 - Motorola Droid 2: In a few weeks I will switch to Verizon and get the Motorola Droid 2. As of now, the Android OS seems better to use, plus the hardware is a massive step up from my iPhone. Although I won't have to use iPhone, therefore fully making the switch to Ubuntu, I'm worried that the Music Player will be subpar compared to my iPhone's.

[djyoung4]

Nokia forever...
agreed
2003 - Nokia 3315
2006 - Motorola RZR or whatever it was (terrible phone)
2009 - Nokia N900 (Best piece of technology I have ever purchased)

[drawkcab]

Whatever happened to the openmoko project? Android just pwnd it?

[sheepo]

I've mostly had Motorola phones, but I've been looking at some Android phones and the iPhone 4 for when my contract expires next year.

I however used to own a really bad Windows Mobile 5.0 phone, I think I still have it. Dunno what the brand was though, some obscure one I think.

[siimo]

- Alcatel OT512
- Motorola E770v
- LG KU990 Viewty
- Samsung Wave S8500 (current, awesome smartphone, runs Bada OS)

[lisati]

I can't remember the models of all the phones we've had, it hasn't mattered too much as long as we could make a call, but here goes with what I can remember, not necessarily in any order: 3 x Motorola, a Sony Ericsson, Alcatel, Sanyo, Pantech and ZTE.

[devondashla]

I used to have the Samsung Stripe, but now have the Samsung Gravity.