How old were you

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  • Yes2HealthyAriel
    Yes2HealthyAriel Posts: 453 Member
    30
  • xYumzx
    xYumzx Posts: 953 Member
    I was 16 it was Nokia and I WAS ADDICTED TO SNAKE! lol 26 now an its an iPhone... and im textacholic lol
  • Cindy873
    Cindy873 Posts: 1,165
    I'm 39 and I haven't had a cell phone for years. I was in my 20's when I got my first cell and I've had a couple since then, but I really never used them and it didn't seem worth it to pay for something I wasn't using.
  • trishgrace
    trishgrace Posts: 279 Member
    I got a pager when I was 15 and started working. I got my first cell when I was 17. It was one of the Nokia 918 indestructible type. LOL. I am 32 Now.
  • rob1976
    rob1976 Posts: 1,328 Member
    I got my first pager when I was 15 or 16. It was a Mountain Dew one you got for collect points off the side of bottles and 12-pack boxes.

    My first cell phone was in 1993 at the ripe old age of 17. It was a bag phone that you had to plug into a cigarette lighter of your car and you got like 100 minutes/month for $200. Thanks, Cellular One.

    My first non-bag phone was an Ericsson (no Sony partnership back then) and all it did was make phone calls. It would ID the incoming number if you had it saved in your contacts. The screen was one line.

    I got PrimeCo in 1997. That was the first PCS company that introduced text messaging, voice mail, caller ID, and other now-standard phone features to most regions.
  • cpegasus01
    cpegasus01 Posts: 400 Member
    I was 26 and it was one of those brick phones. I am almost 44 now.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    I don't, never have, and won't have a cell phone. I can see the advantages, but I hate dealing with the phone at home that willingly having one on my person is disgusting. By that, disgusting for me since I hate phones, not other people who have them. I will say I hate you if you use a bluetooth ear bug.
  • tslean
    tslean Posts: 8
    i got my first cell phone at 15 or 16...I didnt really discover all the great uses for my phone until i was about 17 when i first discovered texting.
  • jcjsjones
    jcjsjones Posts: 571 Member
    I was 22, married, and had a kid. I'm 33 now.

    I was never cool enough to have a pager. :sad:
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    44 and 51.
  • drusilla126
    drusilla126 Posts: 478 Member
    I'm 26 and still haven't had a cellphone nor do I see the need for one. I actually lived without both a cellphone and landline for 6 months because I couldn't afford it.
  • LadyofLight08
    LadyofLight08 Posts: 245 Member
    13 I was able to get a phone for only emergencies.
    I'm 20 now.
  • Meg_78
    Meg_78 Posts: 998 Member
    I was 22 or 23, I'm 34 now and its a pre paid one (I generally prefer the land line!)
  • Frisky_CoastalNative
    Frisky_CoastalNative Posts: 140
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    This isn't the phone I had, but I remember it! I had the Nokia with the interchangeable face plates...it was a brick and so cool back in the day :happy:
  • small_ninja
    small_ninja Posts: 365 Member
    I was 11 or 12 - 21 now.
  • healthtenderfoot
    healthtenderfoot Posts: 42
    Two months before I was 16, and that was only because AT&T had some awesome "Santa" deal for phones since it was Christmas time. Otherwise it would have waited until I was 16.

    I bought the phone, paid for activation, my share of the bill, and even overage charges on the phone bills. I think I was allowed 20 minutes per phone call, and only one or two a day, wasn't allowed to use it before 7:00am, during school, or after 8:00pm. The only reason I could use it between 7am and 7:30 was to call and wake up my cousin since she was my ride to school. I barely used my cell phone, I think I reached 300 mintues once.

    I'm 24 now, and haven't had overage fees since the summer after I graduated, when I went on my own line. :smile: I still barely use my phone, I think I use the FB and MFP app's more than any other feature on my phone! What a waste of money right?! :laugh:
  • TK266
    TK266 Posts: 3,638 Member
    first cell phone was age 34. I had to due to work. now 47, still don't care for it most of the time.
  • Tsunami79
    Tsunami79 Posts: 122 Member
    I was 22, I was going to collage. I'm 32 now.
  • Samstudent88
    Samstudent88 Posts: 135
    I got a prepaid phone when I was 17 to use for emergency situations. For christmas...=)
    I'm 23 now.
  • musicgirl99
    musicgirl99 Posts: 252 Member
    I was 17 but I had a part-time job and paid the monthly bill myself. I'm 31 now.
  • LilMissSunshine_
    LilMissSunshine_ Posts: 520
    16. I had to pay for it myself and I am 29 now.
  • mmarcy7
    mmarcy7 Posts: 227 Member
    I was 18 and it was one of those bag phones that you plugged into your cigarette lighter in your car. My parents made me use it since I was driving back and forth from college every day. I'm 35 now.

    This, except I was 21 and now I am 38, must have been the year bag phones became reasonably priced.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    I was 18, with a job, and just started college.
  • ILoatheDieting
    ILoatheDieting Posts: 8 Member
    I'm pretty old, does a pager count?

    Haha me too! I think I got my first pager at 18, after I graduated and had a job to pay for it.
  • ohmykai
    ohmykai Posts: 210 Member
    19!
  • GeorgieLove708
    GeorgieLove708 Posts: 442 Member
    I got my first when I was 18. My husband got it for me when we first started dating so that we could text. I'm 23 now.
  • Alzzak
    Alzzak Posts: 89 Member
    21... as a christmas present... three months later ditched it and didn't look back sense. I am 27 now. Everyone else wants me to have one, I don't.
  • DesireeLovesOrganic
    DesireeLovesOrganic Posts: 456 Member
    16 (I'm 32 now.) It was the Nokia big giant one. Haha
  • sfgonzales
    sfgonzales Posts: 110 Member
    14. I am 25
  • kittyhasclaws
    kittyhasclaws Posts: 446 Member
    I got my first at 18, and I'm 26 (ten days from being 27).

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