How old were you

Ohmydaze

I think I was 7 or 8. It was a nokia black and white screen brick. I played snake on it.

Yes, that's young, but my parents travelled a lot, it kept me quiet playing Snake in the car, and it was already like 3rd hand. My dad worked recycling mobile phones, and it was a spare.

luv_lea

I was 16. It was under my dad's name, but I payed the bill. I had a job (was my third job already) and by this time I already had a car payment. My dad insisted on teaching idea of 'nothing comes free,' and 'working for what you get.'

I'm 27 now.

MichelleB1427

I think I was 18. I had a job so my parents wanted me to have one just in case of emergencies. I am now 25. My niece has a cell phone... She is freakin' 11.... Why?!

Monalisa85

I was 45. I'm now 57. I grew up with no home phone either. Yeah, back in the day........

ElyseL1

18, going away to college. I'm 26 now. It was an ugly red nokia phone that overheated in 20 min lol

pinn44

I was around 24 or so and I'm 44 now.

magj0y

My kids get one when they're 17. I got one for my 16 yr old and she only uses it when she's at school functions.


I got my first one 8? years ago when I was 32. The next day my car broke down no where near a payphone, haha.
I hated it otherwise.

lindsy721

I was 18, my parents got it for me when I went to college so they could... idk, monitor me or something (?)... and now I'm 27.

LouiseRose92

When I was about 10 somebody gave me their old phone to play Snake on, and I promptly lost it.
I think I was about 12/13 when I got my first "real" phone as a birthday present. It had a colour screen :happy: only one out of all my friends, I was thrilled.

spectralmoon

I think 17 or 18. I'm 28 now, and I've forgotten when my first Nokia happened.

tiffanyvc

My parents had that very phone. I remember how awesome I thought it was. :laugh:

jenaissance

21, when I moved out of my parents house. 33 now.

barbaby89

I was 16 and a junior in high school. My parents bought my first couple. I am 23 now..

ckay220

13 I think? I know it was my gift for being promoted to 9th grade. I'm 18 now.

MsTanya77

I was 22 when I got my first cell phone back in 99 it was a Motorola and about the size of your standard cordless phone LOL. I had a pager and cell phone at the same time. I'm now 35.

Hellbent_Heidi

IDK...20 or 21 I think.....that's when they were just becoming affordable to everyone though (I'm 42 now).

KittieLea

I'm pretty old, does a pager count?

LOL Same here! I was 16 when I got my first PAGER, 18 when I got my first cell.

fbmandy55

15... This was in the year 2002 and because they were starting to become affordable. I used it for my mom to pick me up froom football games, the mall, etc...

deadstarsunburn

I've had a cell phone for as long as I've been working so either 12 or 13. I purchased it myself. I didn't really use it other than to call my parents to be picked up and to talk with my friends from the school I transferred from.

I'm 20.

herwholejourney

8th grade (I think that would be 14 or 15) I am 25

chubby_checkers

I had one remarkably similar to the first phone in the pic. It was technically my dad's phone but I drove a rather unreliable van so carried that when I went out. I think I was 17; 30 now.

KittieLea

I was 22 when I got my first cell phone back in 99 it was a Motorola and about the size of your standard cordless phone LOL. I had a pager and cell phone at the same time. I'm now 35.

Switch your motorola to a primeco phone.

DeniseBromley

I had a prepaid TracFone for emergencies when I was 15, and didn't get a regular cell until I was 17 & paid for it myself. I'm now 27.

angelicarubi

When you got your first cell phone? And how old are you?

I got my first at 17 when I had a job and could buy one. I'm 25

I also got mine at 17 and I am 20 now.

LesIsMoreXX

I was 18 or 19.

Hellbent_Heidi

I remember a guy giving me his pager number and my dad was all worried because he thought it meant the guy was a drug dealer.

That's funny...I actually DID date a drug dealer :noway:

KimtheBanker

I am 40 and still do not have a cell phone.

KittieLea

I got my first cell phone at 12.

This was when cell phones were still kind of new. I had midi ringtones, for example, and they didn't have the cellphone covers. It was a gold nokia phone.

BUT my circumstances were unique. My mom gave it to me in case she was at work and my dad got too violent and I needed to call 911. He never knew about the phone. He would have killed us if he found out.

ETA: I'm 23

This broke my heart :flowerforyou:

AmyFett

I was 16, and my mom bought me a cheapie tracfone and a 10 minute time card for christmas. I had to keep up with the time if I wanted to keep the phone. I'm 25 now, and my kids will go through the same. They're not getting things just handed out to them.

violetta88

I was 11, which in retrospect was probably way too young (I'm 23 now). But my dad had just got a big promotion and desperately wanted to buy me all the stuff he couldn't before, bless his heart.

I was the only kid in my class with one, which made me pretty "cool", whatever that means nowadays. Of course that meant I had no friends to call or text!