When did you see a mobile phone first?

@aureliah (24322)
Kenya
February 25, 2019 2:22am CST
For most of the people in the third world countries, mobile phones are not as old as in the developed countries. Yes we had landlines but the first mobile phone I saw was in 1998 and my dad owned it. I remember telling mom to bring it so that I can see it and it was an exciting moment. I would 'steal' the phone and call my friends through their parents' phones. Today things have changed and I think I own more than 5 gadgets. When did you see or own a mobile phone?
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Janeth
@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
25 Feb 19
I see a mobile phone when I am still in college.And bought my own and keep on changing for years.
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Bojel
@jobelbojel (36041)
• Philippines
27 Feb 19
It was expensive before.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
25 Feb 19
Now they have become quite affordable
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 19
I still remember very well, mobile phones were not yet available in Europe, but I saw a man in 1984 using a mobile phone on the Bus that brought us from the airplane to the terminal in the Los Angeles airport.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 19
@aureliah I looked at the man who was calling not believing my eyes. When we got off the bus I asked my husband and he explained how it worked.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
25 Feb 19
Wow and I can imagine how you looked at that phone. Seems that I was not even born when mobile phones were first introduced.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
26 Feb 19
@LadyDuck Hahhaha I can just imagine and now you are an expert and you can get a new one whenever you want
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
25 Feb 19
In 1993 or 1994. My employer of the time gave me one to be able to join me at any moment and I hated that. It was a rather big phone weighting 300g with a small antenna.
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
25 Feb 19
@kepweng I frankly do not remember, it was replaced 2 or 3 years later by an Alcatel less heavy.
The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
25 Feb 19
Wow! You saw one such a long time ago
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
27 Feb 19
@kepweng This was a very common phone
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
25 Feb 19
I can't remember the exact year, but we had a mobile phone installed in our car for emergency use only. They were extremely expensive then.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
26 Feb 19
@aureliah Thank goodness for today's technologies!
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
26 Feb 19
Yeah I remember my day bought his at $300 you know those walkie talkie like Motorolla.
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Thelma
@thelme55 (77165)
• Germany
8 Oct 19
I think I have seen it when the first cellphone came in Germany. I can´t remember the year.
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Thelma
@thelme55 (77165)
• Germany
10 Nov 19
@aureliah maybe.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
9 Nov 19
I guess it is around the 1990s.
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Sheali
@Sheali (7461)
• India
25 Feb 19
I saw the first one in a movie and in real life in 2001
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
25 Feb 19
In the movie sounds funny. At least I saw one before you.
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Sheali
@Sheali (7461)
• India
25 Feb 19
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
8 Oct 19
Many years ago maybe 15 yrs ago now
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
21 Oct 19
@aureliah Yes it really is interesting.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
20 Oct 19
IMy first one was about 20 years ago. Interesting how it has evolved
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317241)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Feb 19
I don't know when I saw them first, but I didn't own one until 2000 something.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317241)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Feb 19
@aureliah I'm not sure when. I know it was a long time before I bought my first one.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
27 Feb 19
@just4him MM okay but at least you finally owed one
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
26 Feb 19
I think they came into the lime light in the 2000s
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
25 Feb 19
I first had a cellular phone in 1993. It was an old CDMA phone and needed a booster to talk when you drove through the countryside!
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
6 Mar 19
The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
2 Mar 19
I can imagine moving around tried to connect
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
2 Mar 19
@aureliah it was very painful t times back in the day.
relcap23
@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
25 Feb 19
It was not my own phone , it's courtesy from work and it was in the early 1990's around 1993.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
27 Feb 19
@playertwo Those ones were quite huge and heavy
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relcap23
@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
26 Feb 19
@playertwo and they're heavy
nawala
@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
3 Aug 20
may be in 2001 when i was at senior high school
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
4 Aug 20
I guess almost everyone saw it around that time
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nawala
@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
4 Aug 20
@aureliah yeah you are right
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dhia eddine
@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
25 Feb 19
when nokia was a super thing
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
25 Feb 19
Mmm in the 90s?
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dhia eddine
@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
25 Feb 19
@aureliah loooool
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dhia eddine
@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
25 Feb 19
@playertwo hahaha
HappiDee
@HappiDee (52)
•
25 Feb 19
first saw a mobile phone in 2002 and i owned one in 2008.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
25 Feb 19
I owned mine back in the year 2004
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HappiDee
@HappiDee (52)
•
26 Feb 19
good for you
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Kristy
@Iknowit1990 (241)
•
26 Feb 19
Around 1998
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
28 Feb 19
Around the same time I saw one
Kristy
@Iknowit1990 (241)
•
28 Feb 19
@aureliah facts
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Always smiling
@allknowing (137773)
• India
25 Feb 19
I got mine in the year 1999 and still have the same basic model.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
27 Feb 19
Wow! it has served you well
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
25 Feb 19
I use it often. Some of my extra cash cows are in this gadget.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
25 Feb 19
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
25 Feb 19
Thats nice
Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
6 Feb 20
I honestly can't remember.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
6 Feb 20
Must have been a long time ago
SHOHANA
@SHOHANA (16093)
• Bangladesh
20 Jul 20
When it had an antenna it was 2001 or 2002 when 1st time I saw mobile phone with a tiny screen
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
12 Feb 21
I remember those days. the phones are now long gone
Winterishere
@thedevilinme (4152)
• Northampton, England
25 Feb 19
I hd one in the late 90s with a pull out credit card thing to mmake it work
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
26 Feb 19
Very interesting how far we have come
Icydoll
@Icydoll (36717)
• India
25 Feb 19
I can't remember it exactly .I think when pursuing graduation
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
25 Feb 19
Around which period?90s or 2000s?
The Fly One
@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
27 Feb 19
@playertwo Mmm okay