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Danmel

(5,810 posts)

22. 1991

Reply to Elessar Zappa (Original post)

Sun Apr 2, 2023, 03:56 AM

Apr 2023

Big bag phone. I gave birth to our daughter in January and my husband wanted me to be able to call for help if something happened, especially because it was when we had winters in New York.

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When did you get your first cell phone? [View all] Elessar Zappa Apr 2023 OP

2004 Skittles Apr 2023 #1

About the same here. LakeArenal Apr 2023 #6

If I remember right it was about 1995 and the newspaper gave us these phones Walleye Apr 2023 #2

I never did!!! Karadeniz Apr 2023 #3

I had my first in about 93/94. It was the size of a large purse and weighed ten pounds. Chainfire Apr 2023 #4

Car phone in 1987. DURHAM D Apr 2023 #5

Car phone in 88 or 89. Meadowoak Apr 2023 #8

Many phones later I still have the same phone number. nt DURHAM D Apr 2023 #9

I got mine somewhere around 1995. Haggard Celine Apr 2023 #12

In the early 2000's happybird Apr 2023 #7

Corporate milking machine in action. What a nightmare. yonder Apr 2023 #11

2007. My car needed extensive repairs and I needed a way to call a taxi often progree Apr 2023 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2023 #13

1994 Shellback Squid Apr 2023 #14

2017. fierywoman Apr 2023 #15

2002 Wolf Frankula Apr 2023 #16

Late 2009... electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #17

1993. Bag phone. WheelWalker Apr 2023 #18

2001 my daughter had just gotten her license yellowdogintexas Apr 2023 #19

2018. The last by far in my clan. dchill Apr 2023 #20

1996...I only used it a half dozen times that year. Tikki Apr 2023 #21

1991 Danmel Apr 2023 #22

1997 Duppers Apr 2023 #23

Work issued 2010 Pas-de-Calais Apr 2023 #24

Probably 1991 gibraltar72 Apr 2023 #25

2007. My kids insisted that I have one, so they bought it for me. Arkansas Granny Apr 2023 #26

2003 my employer gave me one. Emile Apr 2023 #27

2 weeks ago. n/t Raven Apr 2023 #28

2002 I was going in for surgery and knew afterwards I would not be able to get to a phone csziggy Apr 2023 #29

Probably around 2005 or 2006 mnhtnbb Apr 2023 #30