How old is your oldest cell phone?

LOL yep, sorry I didn't notice what my fingers were typing, I do mean 1997 not the other way hehehehe I think that even those big ones for cars weren't around in 77 - of course I might be mistaken, but I think that even those came later.

Tell me you meant 1997 not 1977, right? LMAO! I was like 3 years old in 1977 and I'm not even sure cordless landline phones existed much less anything like a basic cell phone, or even a car phone.

Long time, isn't it? LOL! it would not feel so long if technology hadn't changed so much in just that small slice of time. A 9 year old is not old, but think of what people say about a 9 year old car or tv, a 9 year old cell phone or computer. That's right! Time to replace it!

I purchased ins on mine only because I intend to keep this one forever - or as long as it is realistic and economical and remains user-friendly. It has all of the features I use regularly and I can't see it getting outdated, at least not within 5-6 years time. At that point I might have to consider a replacement if technology has advanced way past.

Oh yes, the antenna lol! I think the phone I got in 95 was an ericsson, that sounds familiar. It was silver, had a very small display that looked like a large digital watch display - greenish backlight, black numbers. My daughter already thinks that old Nokia is a toy, or a reject house phone.

Nokia has been around forever, hasn't it? LOL!

Hehe.. 7 months is not old. I'm talking 11 years or more difference in mine!

Ah but what year did you buy your first ever?

I remember those car phones. Gosh they were huge, the handsets anyway. They were attached with a cord to something else, some sort of bag or base which plugged into an adapter in the car lol. My original service was AT&T wireless (before it became the giant it is now) and it was very limited, I think I got like 60 minutes a month with no rollover, no extras, and anything outside my home area code or 'calling area' was roaming and I got charged more. No such thing as free numbers, free nights or weekends, and long distance was a charge to be feared lol. I upgraded my phone recently but I don't think I will again. I plan to just keep this one even when my contract is up and i'm on month to month again. I might as well keep the contract, I have always said what is the point of not having one, I would never have a cell and no service lol.

My last Nokia was similar I think. I bought it in 2007 and had it till June of this year when I replaced it. One of the reasons was it was not bluetooth compatible, another reason is that I wanted a full keyboard.

Those are the walkie talkie ones, correct? I used to think those were really cool a few years ago but I never went with Nextel for a service provider. I probably would not get the benefit of the feature anyway, I think the walkie feature is designed to chat with someone regularly without using airtime, hubby and I use text back and forth or I call him at home. I have tmobile so I have free numbers, and most of my calls are to and from those free numbers. I rarely have to worry about my minutes pool unless I've been getting a lot of calls from other people within a month.

I didn't realize they stopped making them. Are/were they manufactured in another country?

I don't have all the phones any more. My daughter threw away one of them, the samsung, err.. one of the samsungs. The kyocera is somewhere around here, I also have spotted my husband's old LG flipphone. My old Nokia is in my car or in a drawer with the charger, it could be used but it would need a new sim card. I transferred my sim card to the phone I'm using now since it had all the info stored on it. I never considered selling the phones, they are older and not worth the trouble of selling. I might recycle a few of them if someone could get use out of them.