i-Ram Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 50 years old. Share your stories about how the mobile has changed, or saved, your life. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65112048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 First proper mobile phone I had was an iPhone 4, before that I was using those old Android Samsung/HTC things. Still see people rocking the Samsung Android phones now which is kinda cute, then again retro is all in now I guess. Before that the bomb proof Nokia, all day battery life despite playing snake for hours. Mobiles are great. I can now ban people whilst sat in the pub. Comrade 86, i-Ram, Mucker1884 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 It's weird isn't it. When I was 20 ish, nobody had a mobile and me & my mates would think nothing of driving round the Peak District lanes (where I grew up) on frosty & foggy nights with no means of contacting anyone. Now, if I forget my phone when nipping to the shop, I feel so vulnerable and isolated. First phone was a Nokia Brick and had a couple more of them as work phones. I remember really liking my first internet enabled one - an O2 XDA that had TomTom satnav on it. Then work discovered iPhones (3GS was my first) and other than a couple of experiments in the last 10 years with a Blackberry and a Samsung (when I thought I was going to change jobs), I've stuck with Apple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve How Hard? Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Alph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 I was already married when I got my first mobile phone, but I have often wondered how different my love life would have been if I had had a mobile phone when I was single. Not being easily contactable could be an advantage but sometimes maybe not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 My first ‘mobile’ ‘phone was a built-in Nokia car phone in 1989. I though I was the dogs bollox. 🤭 First portable one was probably about 1994. It was an analogue one, but I’ve forgot the make/model. I managed to stick with ‘brick’ phones until 2019 when it became almost impossible to function without a smartphone. My life has been in tatters since, I hate the barstards and much prefer using a laptop. ramit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 I got my first mobile when I started my new job in April 1998, which means I'm about to celebrate my mobile phone silver jubilee. 25 years of having to carry a phone about. Still got the same number too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 First was black nokia with a small fixed 'stub' antenna Still have it somewhere but the model escapes me. Had a couple more but it took me a while to get a smart phone. Everyone thought I was a bit of a luddite but I said, 'well I can have net and email at my desk here and home. Why would I want it on the move? Just need calls and text.' Like most tech, you never think it's needed until getting one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtoileSportiveDeDerby Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Nokia, several ones, blackberry a few windows phones, all work phones, broke a few, lost a few. Now own a crap one, according to the kids, but cheap to replace. And that is the best thing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrh2254 Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 (edited) Whats the best mobile network to use inside the stadium. Currently on sky(O2) which is useless (am using iphone 11). Thinking of switching , but not sure which one to choose? Thanks. Edited May 2, 2023 by jrh2254 spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 37 minutes ago, jrh2254 said: Whats the best mobile network to use inside the stadium. Currently on sky(O2) which is useless (am using iphone 11). Thinking of switching , but not sure which one to choose? Thanks. I get zero internet in the stadium and surrounding are on o2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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