What's does your phone timeline look like?

[FUUUCK]

I'm curious to see what phones everyone here has had in the past, and what they have now. You can also include any notes on why you bought whatever phone if you like.

Here's my "phone timeline":

Samsung Z230

This was the first cell phone I ever had, my mom got it for me for my 18th birthday, even though I was very reluctant to get a phone because I enjoyed being hard to get a hold of as a teenager.

Blackberry Pearl 8100

A few months after having my first cell phone, my girlfriend at the time convinced me to get a blackberry, because BBM was the thing back in 2008.

Blackberry Bold 9000

This was the first cellphone I ever got excited about. I bought a preproduction model off craigslist for $500 before it was released to the public. It was a fucking tank of a phone and lasted me years. One night I got super drunk with some friends and tossed it in the bushes so we could go pool hopping. When I came back for it less than an hour later it was gone.

HTC Legend

This was my introduction to touchscreen phones and Android OS. When I first got it, it kept unlocking in my pocket and calling people. Eventually the screen glitched out on me and about half the time it was unusable. I never warrantied it with HTC because I'm lazy.

iPhone 3GS

After my HTC crapped out on me I was given this from another GF who upgraded to the iPhone 4. It did the job but wasn't anything to get excited about.

HTC Raider/Vivid

This is my current phone and the biggest one yet. I have to admit that I've been converted to the bigger is better camp, especially if you want to do any kind of web browsing on your device. I'm really satisfied with many aspects of this phone, but it is starting to feel a bit dated, and I'm getting serious phone envy from my gf's nexus 4.

So that's my phone timeline, what's yours?

(INB4 Cool Story Bro)

 

[Downtofilm]

First phone was one of these bad boys:

Went through 2 of these

Eventually upgraded to a Krzr

Also, another one of these

Next was a sony ericcson (an older model though)

I then plowed through a few phones here and there that I dont remember.

Then one of these things:

And currently, an Iphone 4

 

[nagger]

oct 2010 this one got thrown up on one night.

this one got thrown up on one night.

march 2012, I dropped it one day and the screen slowly stopped working

feb 2013

 

[ForeverYung]

I had this ballin thing then I got sick of paying for it and now I don't have a phone

 

[RimJobber]

Freshman year

That broke sophomore year and I got one of these and then lost it and got another

Got this summer between junior and senior

That broke and got the 4 this last august after my birthday

 

[Dunnah]

Went into a pool with my razr so I backtracked technology wise to this for a few months

Had that crap phone for a few months until my upgrade to the voyager

One hinge was broken on my voyager for about a year and a half until I upgraded to the droid 2

I've had my droid 2 for close to 3 years and don't really have a reason to get rid of it. I'm just holding on to it until it breaks, even though I could've upgraded this time last year.

 

[nagger]

don't get rid of it. nobody makes sliding keyboard phones anymore and it sucks ass. I was so bummed when I broke mine and couldn't get another one with a keyboard. touchscreens are shitty.

 

[CheddarJack]

First phone was an LG Voyager, got when I was 12 or 13 I think.

My mom gave me the option of her giving me a cheap flip phone or I could buy this for $100 myself, so I bought it because it was the tits back then and I wanted it so badly. A few months before I upgraded I was pissed off for whatever reason and I threw it against a wall and one of the hinges broke off completely but everything still functioned correctly. My mom then told me that since she bought it on her American Express credit card, the warranty was doubled to two years and I was somehow able to return it to get my money back. So then I was phoneless for about a month until....

I bought myself an iPhone 4 shortly after it came out when our contract ended.

With the $100 I got from my old phone, I basically only spent $100 on this one. I also bought the 2 year Applecare protection plan or whatever it's called, which I don't regret because probably 14 or 15 months into having the phone, it shit out on me and I was able to exchange it for a brand new one.

Then since my contract ended a month before the iPhone 5 came out, I was able to pre-order it in the first week and be one of the first of my friends and kids at my school to get it.

Naturally, the first day I had it, I went to fill up my car with gas and it fell out of my pocket as I exited my car and it pretty badly scratched and dented the metal sides. My case hadn't come in the mail yet, of course. Since then, I haven't put a scratch in it and I still love it.

 

[chicken]

 

[ILLinoisance]

Motorola V557

Motorola V3 Razr

Nokia Surge

LG Rumor

LG Rumor 2

HTC Touch Pro 2

Iphone 4

 

[.squirrely.]

got this bad boy like 3 years ago, fucking indestructible so i dont see a need to buy a new one

 

[deleted5]

went from

to

 

[nagger]

what the hell is this a menstrual pad?

 

[deleted5]

you don't know? ha noob

 

[DrZoidberg]

I had an lg flip phone of some sort first, then I got this

And I've had it since 9/30/2008 I believe. It's invincible. I lost it skiing then found it 2 hours later at night and it still works fine.

 

[[tk]]

started off here

then on to this bad boy

then this

kept breaking phones

definitely my favorite phone of all time

finally joined the herd with the 4s last summer

 

[chicken]

hopefully my iphone lasts until this comes out

 

[Forcillo]

Started with this when I was 12, I think

Motorola Razr

Then I upgraded to this ballah, Samsung Alias 2. It was sick. They keyboard would change depending on how you flipped it.

Then I got this LG Cosmos Touch

Then I lost that and I currently have a Motorola Rival. Pretty shitty but it gets the job done.

 

[E__]

My parents said they'd buy me a cell phone if I got straight A's in grade 8 haha so here's the first one:

Got it in 2008

And in 2010 barely upgraded:

That's hit haha, don't want to drop the cash on anything more, $20/month.

 

[.Rybak.]

First I had this

Then this

Then this

This

Now finally I got a little upgrade with this.

Then I got this it only lasted for a week the touch screen stopped working.

Ended up getting this. It's like the Motorola side flip its a horrible phone.

Now finally I have and iphone 4.

hopefully this works I did it all from mobile.

 

[.Rybak.]

What is that?

 

[ILLinoisance]

Ubuntu based phone that hasn't been made yet.

 

[steep]

Started with this:

2 years later got this:

Then I destroyed that and took my dads old blackberry:

Then the day this released I got it (4) :

Theeeen back in September:

 

[Corin]

Lots of googleing to get to this.

Nokia 5210. Inherited from dad. I was 11. You could throw this into a wall or something. Absolutely bulletproof. I only changed because my dad gave me his old next one, and it had a camera and stuff.

Nokia 5140. Also waterproof and stuff.

Nokia 6230i. Not 100% sure about this one, found a few that looks very similar.

Sony Ericsson K600. Found in a parking lot. I had it for over two years.

Sone Ericsson S312. First phone I actually bought. I got it because the old one stopped working, and this was the cheapest replacement. It was a piece of shit.

iPhone 3GS. Passed down from my dad again. Was so stoked.

iPhone 4S. After performing very badly for a while, I dropped the 3GS in the snow this fall, and lost it. Bought this then, second phone I've ever bought. Love it.

Fun story: After like 10 days, someone found the 3GS, and I got it back. And when I plugged it in, it actually worked! So I didn't lose all the pictures and stuff that was on it. Then I gave it to my little brother, and he used it for about two months, and now he has the iPhone 5.

also fun thread

 

[cubber]

my phone timeline is way too long, it varied according to how rich i was so i flipped between smartphones and dumbphones constantly, if i could afford the data plan or not.

 

[Peter.]

random LG flip phone

Razr

Newer Razr

Samsung Blackjack

Iphone 3G

Started using Blackjack again

Samsung Focus S

Iphone 4S

still alternate between the last two

 

[Mag]

Flip phones are still the greatest phones ever made

Huge thing, but pretty good.

best phone ever made, I'm yet to see a phone with a better camera, fucking indestructible, pretty much waterproof as well, submerged in water often.

Major potential but the camera didn't live up to the predecessor, and the touch screen was pathetic(this was ages ago)

And of course, the current phone

this is thrown in somewhere too

 

[prometheusprime]

Then, miraculously, my beloved voyager came back to life so,

 

[CaelW]

First was some flip phone that was the predecessor to the razor. Then it was three razors. Then the iPhone 3G, 4, now I have the 5

 

[Randy_Marsh]

This guy for 2 years

This for the next two

and this (4) for the past 1.5

 

[dompuch]

Definently had that shitty samsung Z230

 

[Crispy.]

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[Dr.Newschoolers]

Only phone ive ever had. never really needed one until i became a doctor

 

[Randy_Quench]

started with this bad boy in freshman or sophmore year of highschool

moved onto this piece of shit

then busted two of those and got this

then lost that on batman at six flags and got this which I have had for 2 years without cracking a screen.

 

[Paul.Marik]

I've had this same phone for about 3 years as well. I have dropped it soo many times and land on it skiing all the time and it's still in fine shape. Thing is a beast.

 

[cope+]

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Iphone 4

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4 got stolen so got 4s

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[cope+]

How did i fail :/

 

[Randy_Quench]

no "/" in the first image tag, just the second

example:

 

[dan1080]

same exact phones

 

[BmoChop]

I've broken an embarrassing amount of phones. I barely even use mine now.

Christmas 2009 got this

lasted like a year and a half, then just randomly shit out on me.

went back in time and bought this off a friend

thing was a beast, was already >2 years old when I got it and it took a beating but after ~6 months of use it would shut off within like 5 minutes of turning on because it was convinced the battery was empty. This was my favorite phone ever.

went a little while w/o a phone, then picked up this piece of shit at the beginning of the 11-12 school year

accidentally took that one swimming but it had shit the bed long before that.

i used this one for a while, it was my mom's old one but had a battery issue where it would charge all the way and then forget it had any juice and turn itself off. Never really used it except to check a text once in a while, it rarely left its place plugged in in my room.

then my brother got an iPhone 5 so now I have his old samsung with a big screen crack but it gets the job done and the battery lasts 3-5 days

Now that I think about it, maybe getting a smart phone is not the best idea...

 

[BmoChop]

fuck the one time i don't check

 

[.travis.]

Awesome thread. I've had so many. Go through phones like crazy.

then went without one for a few years

this bad boy was awesome. Took a crazy beating

Bought from a friend when the first one finally broke. also took a crazy beating

Worst. went through like 5 of them

Liked it but threw it while drunk

Went through about 5 of these too because they sucked so bad so t mobile kept giving me new ones

first bb i had 9700. Fell on it and cracked the screen

iPhone 3g. had two cause I dropped the first one off a balcony at a party

Second BB. 9780. was a good phone.

Current. 4s

Add to that at least 3 random flip phones that I would get from friends while waiting for other phones to come in the mail or whatever.

One phone I always wanted but never had was a razr. Remember when those came out? They were so cool. It was during that super impressionable time in my life which is probably why I still they are cool and would still like to have one.

 

[applejuice.]

LOL WHO ALL HAD THE HUGE ASS NOKIA BRICK WITH A BLACK AND WHITE SCREEN SAY YEAAAHHHH!

 

[skiminnesota]

cool thread.

it all started with a hand-me-down from my grandmother for my 15th birthday. pre paid and all that jazz

then Verizon was running a buy one get one free, so i upgraded BIG TIME and verizon started running family plans

OMG it has a camera! !@$%!@@

then a few years late to the game my brother and I did buy one get one free for these beasts (im convinced this is one of the best phones ever made, my father used his for like 6 years)

and 250 text messages a month split between my brother and I!!!! im pretty sure my 11 year old sister now sends that many messages in a week. but we thought we were hot stuff

free upgrade rolled around after a while and i thought i would be cool and get a touch screen. biggest POS ever. the damn screen never worked, and i would slide it open use the keypad and then slide it shut to talk

i now move into the smart phone era, and it pains me to say started paying for data.

today i still have the original generation droid X. purchased right after it came out. its got a dead spot the size of you thumb in the bottom center of the screen, and a new battery, but its still going strong. and i dont feel like paying to replace it. Ill probably wait until the 5S comes out and then treat myself

 

[.Jacob]

I was so hyped when this came out

Then I wanted something more sophisticated so I got this cunt

Then I traded that for ski boots so I got this

Now I just dislike cellphones and want to get rid of it.

 

[stupendous-man]

all a playa needs. third or fourth year on it, dropped it countless times, lost it in the snow up skiing (and it was miraculously returned to lost and found a week later), got drenched too multiple times in my jacket before i got a better one.

 

[andybob]

Holy crap I've had a lot of phones:

Those were all AT&T then I went to Verizon

Then back to AT&T:

Then back to Verizon:

Then back to a Blackberry:

And now to an iPhone 4 which I've had for almost 2 years. Waiting for the 5S to drop. (might drop May-June from what I have heard.)

I may have forgotten a few phones here and there. I had a summer where I went through 3 phones.

 

[BROSEIDON]

accurate to colors, each had a pretty solid life

 

[steezyjibber]

Can't remember the name of my first phone, or the company that made it. Most similar looking thing I could find. Mine was kind of cool though, it lit up around the outline of the phone.

Then I had this bad boy. It was the thinnest slider phone in the world I guess, don't know if it ever held that title forever or what, but:

Then a Voyager:

Then an ENV Touch:

Then a Blackberry Bold 9700 or whatever it was:

And then all the originality was totally gone with the iPhone 4S:

Damn, I've had a lot of phones. Brought back some memories doing this.

 

[*Bird]

oi my dad was part of the team that made that phone

 

[JzD.]

Threads, a lot of you guys had good first cell phones