How old were you

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  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    I was 25 when I got my first cell phone, in 2003. I held out as long as I could...now I don't know how I lived without one!
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    I got one when I was 16 and started going on fishing trip hauling our boat solo. 31 now.
  • karenwill2
    karenwill2 Posts: 604 Member
    26 then, 35 now.
  • AmyFett
    AmyFett Posts: 1,607 Member
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    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.

    my first looked just like the 3rd one in lol
  • Ashley_Panda
    Ashley_Panda Posts: 1,404 Member
    15 when I started driving. I'm 24.
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I think I was 14. Boy was that phone a piece of crap.

    24 now.
  • gwduker
    gwduker Posts: 293
    44 and I'm 56 now....
  • twistofcain
    twistofcain Posts: 190
    I was 14 when I got my first one, had a pager too...yeah 90's! I am 28 now.
  • m0_0m
    m0_0m Posts: 265 Member
    I got one as a graduation present when I was 18. I'm 29 now. It was a pretty rad Nokia with a b&w screen and no texting ability.
  • _skittybang
    _skittybang Posts: 970 Member
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    First cell - upon heading off to college. My rent's wouldn't buy me one because they didn't see the need. Actually the swim team I swam and coached for, those parent's bought me one as a going away gift.
  • XxTtWw33TtYyxX
    XxTtWw33TtYyxX Posts: 8
    Was 16 bought it myself. Blackberry. i said if i wanted a phone it would have to be nice not juszt any cheap phone.. mother would always say if you want something you work for it.. :) now im 18
  • kborton1122
    kborton1122 Posts: 914 Member
    Got my first one around 27, I'm now 39. We didn't have cell phones when I was a teenager. lol
  • smtillman2
    smtillman2 Posts: 756 Member
    I was 21 and was required by my job to have it at the time. I'm 32 now.
  • _Christine_
    _Christine_ Posts: 1,385 Member
    I was about 17 when my mom had a car phone installed in her Thunderbird. It had a cord and a huge component under the passenger seat. It was rockin'!

    I'm now 39.

    We was all fancy and stuff. ;)

    *My first mobile phone I was probably 21.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I had a pay as you go phone in my mid 20s. I bought a house before I had a cell phone. But then again... I bought a house before I bought a car, too. I drove my dad's old van when I got my house.
  • legmotor
    legmotor Posts: 197 Member
    28 and it was a bag phone. I am 45 now.
  • sthrnchick
    sthrnchick Posts: 771
    I was 16 ( and it was a BAG PHONE :grumble: , I am soooo old!) I am 38 years old now!
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    I got my first one at 18 when I moved away for college (I'm 29 now). My parents paid for it while I was in school.
  • wildcata77
    wildcata77 Posts: 660
    Somewhere b/t 15-17. When I started riding with a friend to school my parents gave me one. Although it was nothing like today's teens...it was a pay by the minute plan and it was very clear that it was for emergencies and so I could reach them/they could reach me. Not too big of an issue since I've always hated talking on the phone.

    I'm 33 now.
  • apedeb09
    apedeb09 Posts: 805 Member
    I got my first one at 14... I'm 23 now.
  • ammire82
    ammire82 Posts: 50
    I got my first cell phone when I was 22 and divorcing my first husband. I'm 29 now
  • amnski
    amnski Posts: 251 Member
    17 & 27...and that was only because I was in the Navy and could pay for it myself. Times have certainly changed though
  • tas3980
    tas3980 Posts: 93 Member
    I was 16, it was like a house brick!!! I'm almost 32 :-/
  • MissShancey
    MissShancey Posts: 464
    i got mine when i was 11 .. im 21 now
  • lsjd2000
    lsjd2000 Posts: 287 Member
    I was 18 -- It was great you could run over that thing with a truck and it would still work :) I paid for it - my mother refused to get me one
  • CarolinaGirlinVA
    CarolinaGirlinVA Posts: 1,508 Member
    I was 26, it was a Trac fone that had really bad reception in CT. If I wanted to use it I had to run to the top of the hill we lived near, then I might have enough reception to make a call.

    I'm 38 now. :)
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    I was about 13, and the only reason I got it was so my mom could call me when she was ready to pick me up from girl scouts. It was a basic pre-paid phone, and my mom only bought minutes for it once a month. If I used more than what I got, I had to earn some money by doing chores and get more.

    I'm 20 now and able to pay for my own phone. The one I currently have is still just as craptastic as the first one I owned.
  • ededar
    ededar Posts: 36
    I was 8 and I didn't even want it. Who the bloody hell did I have to call? :noway:
  • amonroe1343
    amonroe1343 Posts: 206 Member
    I was 16 when I started driving and I'm 27 now.
  • Rockmyskinnyjeans
    Rockmyskinnyjeans Posts: 431 Member
    I was 17 when I got my first cell phone, or I could say electronic leash so my parents knew where I was. When I was 18, I got my own pager in college. I thought I was oh so cool for that one lol. I think I'm showing my age now...

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