one? two? three?
By dee
@yresh12 (3212)
Philippines
March 28, 2010 2:04pm CST
Cellphones are very handy now a days. It's a good way of communicating with love ones who are far from you. I always see guys and gels having cellphones and texting everywhere...
MY cellphones don't last long enough. They always get busted or it just won't turn on...Some of my cellphones are second hands that's why they get busted so easily...
I had nokia 5110 the oldest I had, then came the next one, then the next.. I even lost count of it..
What about you how many cellphones you had since you had one?
1 person likes this
29 responses
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
28 Mar 10
My first cellphone was a pre paid, hmm let me count how many I've had.. five cellphones, and my husband and I (with just us sharing one) has had five because they'd break. I had one that I dropped in the toilet but it still worked.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
29 Mar 10
That is good to hear that you were near a repair shop. Mine fail in the toilet, I retrieved it and dried it off as best I could. The only thing affected was one port that allowed me to charge the phone but I had two ports that I could use to charge the phone with so luckily I didn't need to get it replaced. When I later exchanged it for a newer model they couldn't transfer my contacts so I had to do that manually.
@yresh12 (3212)
• Philippines
28 Mar 10
Hi scg! thanks for droppin!
I have experienced my cellphone dropped in the toilet. I placed it on my back pocket...it really went shoot to the bowl.. I had to get it.. I dismantled and put it on the fan..Good thing back then we were near a repair shop and my phone was okay...
1 person likes this
@yresh12 (3212)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
I see, that's sad to hear.. My place was located in the city back then.. The repair shop was just across the street. I had it dried with a fan.. Good thing that it was okay. I let someone borrow my phone but never had it back. You can't transfer it in your simcard scg?
@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
I had my first phone which was an ericsson mobile. It has an antenna and it was expensive at that time. Then I was given a gift which was a Nokia 3310.
It was also expensive at that time here in the Philippines. I remember having to update my ringtones every now and then to get with the trend. yay! I couldn't remember what mobiles i had. I just swapped my Nokia N70 with a N73. I just love Nokia phones because it's user-friendly and is easy to maintain. If ever i got troubles with a Nokia, I could easily repair it because I'm a cellphone technician and for all my experiences in troubleshooting mobiles, Nokias are easier to repair because the parts for the repair are readily available at hand from the parts supplier.
I'm currently using an N73 and I say it has good camera resolution, handy in the pocket, not bulky, wide screen, I could even surf the net using it. If i were to buy another mobile then I'd say it would be an N82. Love Nokias!
@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
Philippines is not the only country that really have many technicians to repair broken or damaged mobiles. India has more too. Other countries employ Filipinos to for cellphone technicians. It's a pride for the Philippines.
The countries where mobiles are cheap just throw or dump broken phones. It's because it's cheaper to buy a new one than get the broken one repaired.
@yresh12 (3212)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
I see. thanks for that info basqui.. Well india should be recognized for that. There very practical and knows how to look for ways..Yeah it is Filipino pride to have talented people who knows thing like that coz I don't...
Wish I could go there to those countries which offer cheap cellphones.. I'd like to have a nice one.. hekhek
@yresh12 (3212)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
Wow really addicted to Nokia's I'd say.I think you like really nice cellphones and all.. I'm a fan of sony now,I was a nokia fan but now I'm not into it anymore...
I think that really a fan! ahahha.. It's an advantage here in the Philippines of having cheap repair. Unlike other countries which cost you lots of money, that's what I heard and am not really sure about that.Some actually throw it away if its not working. As for us, we tend to do something about it and push it's limit.. ^^
@sid556 (30959)
• United States
29 Mar 10
I've had 2. The first was a 2nd hand one and it worked pretty well but was really outdated and so I bought a new one. that was months ago and it is still good. My daughter seems to go thru a lot of them and I don't get it. I think she just tends to be kind of careless with them.
@cloud31 (5809)
•
28 Mar 10
Hello sherry,
I really can't remember how many mobile phone I've got since I had the first one,in my place Its easy to purchase a mobile phone actually nowadays mobile phones is not that costly so whenever there is a new range of mobile phones just out from the market I just can swap my old to the new model.
Nice day!
@lassielee (134)
• China
29 Mar 10
I just had two cellphones.They are pretty durable and I have used them approximately three years.I used my cellphone to communicate with my parents to tell them I am all right ,because my school was in another city and I could only go home in summer vaction and winter vaction.
I think cellphone is very important to me or everyone.
@engrdng06 (248)
• Japan
29 Mar 10
I have two cellphone right now,with different network carrier.just like you, Ive got lots of cellphone since I have one. the first I have stays with me for only a year then I sold it when Im badly needing money. Then came the next one but after a year of using it, I gave it to my sister and bought a new one. then lost it, came aanother one, cut the line and came the next one and another one. now I do have my prepaid cellphone.I have this for more than a year now and hope to use it more.
@engrdng06 (248)
• Japan
31 Mar 10
instead of throwing them away, why wont I hesitate to give it to my siblings where in fact it will be for their benefit. And to them smile with simple things is a very heart warming indeed.
@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
31 Mar 10
I already have eigth cellphone all in all. All of my cellphones are new when I bought it. It either it was snatched, lost or just broken. Before I used to use phones from nokia, but now I use Samsung. And Samsung just got broke recently, now I am using iphone.
@jezzmay (1845)
• United States
30 Mar 10
I cann't remember how many I have had. I have
3 now and only use one most of the time.I have
one, I use in the car for emergency. I have one
I just keep because it is free to have.
@ONEIRO (26)
• Greece
28 Mar 10
i think i use cellphones for about 10 or more years now. all these years i have change 2 times my phone.the first one somebody have stolen it and after that i take care very much. in fact i use it just for call with my family and my close friends when i m not at home and we need each other that moment. i dont use it for games or interner or to talk for hours.
@ONEIRO (26)
• Greece
29 Mar 10
ty. luckily no i m not hearing the noices of town because although i live in it fortunately my street is quite. sometimes i hear only some cars from people that are coming back to their home. but you know there are a few trees so i cant hear birds because there arent. around are block of 4 or 5 floor buildings, few one floor buldings, we havent gardens or we have very small.So the problem is that there isnt any natural.
@maanrodriguez (604)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
i think i've had three or four, I'd usually get handmedowns from my mom and dad. my first I think was Nokia, currently I have a Sony Erricson P990i. normally I would change phones every two or three years. I am hoping though that I get to change my phone soon. hahaha. :)
@ladybugmagic (3978)
• United States
28 Mar 10
Three - one really old school prepaid one, one that came with my first contract, and a newer one that is roughly two years old. I keep it if ever there is an emergency and I need a phone while I am out.
@yresh12 (3212)
• Philippines
28 Mar 10
Lucky number 3..
That's nice to hear.. got my new phone last sunday.. Just the cheap one.. For texting purposes only. MY phone is busted got to buy a new one rather than have it repaired but I'm thinking of doing so, when I got extra money..hekhek..
thanks for droppin' by!
@ladybugmagic (3978)
• United States
28 Mar 10
I usually only change mine when mine is up for renewal. I try to remove all important date first (pics, videos, etc), and then donate the phone whenever there is a collection for them.
@steve_sanchez (35)
• United States
29 Mar 10
With the so many new innovations on the cell phone, you are sort of "forced" into upgrading or buying a new one every couple of years. I remembered my first cell phone out of college, it was a clunker. Now it is slim, and they are smart phones.. I am just about to upgrade to the iPhone, finally. So far since cell phone became popular in the 90s, I have had 10+ or so.
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
29 Mar 10
if i can remember well, i have had about six cellphones since about 15 years ago including this present unit that i have. all of them had the same brand name excluding the very first. and the first one was an analogue phone which did not have a text messaging feature.
@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
29 Mar 10
I've been using a cell phone for little over 20 years. My first phone was through comcast metrophone. It was back when cell phones were on an analog system. Then the phone broke so I got another one, can't remember what the model was, then I moved to Bell atlantic NYNEX. Still analog based system & it was a nokia flip phone. Then I went to Sprint when they first came out. Bought a samsung model. And while I was with them for about 4 years, I went through about 5 models of phones. Then I went to T-mobile. Had samsung, nokia, semen phone. Then went to Nextel, had about 3 different models through them, all motorola because at the time, nextel only had motorola models. When they merged with Sprint, I left them & went back to T-Mobile. Started out with samsung slide phone, then to blackberry 8120 and now blackberry 9700. I guess that makes it about 18 phones that I remember. I'm sure I've forgotten about few models in between...
@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
I can no longer count in my fingers how many mobile phones i have had since I was 12 years old. My first mobile phone was from Bosch then followed by a series Nokia handsets such as 5110, 3210, 6510, 6600, 7650, 7710 Sony Ericsson P800, Nokia N70, N81 8GB, N82, Samsung basic mobile phones (for extra), Motorola V3x, W175, LG Cookie, Apple Iphone and a lot more.. I can't remember the other models anymore.. It's been ages since I had them... Currently, I have got four mobile phones (Apple Iphone 2g, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia 5530 Xpressmusic and LG(basic phone)... :)
@Ingkingderders (3832)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
Hmmm. 1, 2, 3 ... I think the one I'm using now is my 7th cellphone, though I think among those 7, only 2 of them was brand new and I bought for myself. The other 3 are hand me downs from my dad and sister, and the last 2 are both free from my cellphone service provider since I have a service contract with them for 2 years. Hehehe. I don't like buying new cellphones, cause it's too expensive plus I know that there are a lot of offers out there where I can have the unit for free so why shell out the money right? Hehe.
@joseline0568 (355)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
Hi Yresh12.
I have three cellphones since I worked. One got stolen (Nokia 3310), another Nokia 3310 lingered for five years (yes, five years) until it gave way to another Nokia 5100 because it was already overdue and overused (batteries gave up).
@setsuna26 (2751)
• Philippines
29 Mar 10
I had around 6 celphones already since the time i first had one. Im not into those expensive phones but yeah i like them too. Its just that i go for pratically what suits me more than that of what is trendy. Maybe because we are not rich thats why i dont tend to buy lots and expensive phones. But more of our countrymen in the philippines for some reason buy those expensive phones even if sometimes they cant afford to maintain one. For the reason behind it? i just dont know why ;)