When did you get your first cellphone? - Page 3

Kat · 02-12-2010, 08:45 AM

I got my first one when I was 13. Bought it with my own money, and paid for the bills myself.

Your parents should let you have a cell phone when you can afford one. It's not a necessity, so if you want one, get a job. Stop bugging them about it every night.

rhode64 · 02-12-2010, 10:24 AM

my first cell phone was a large brick when Tmobile was called one to one and a flippin great aerial like a radio with lousy reception.Many years ago.

DareByrd · 02-12-2010, 12:40 PM

i got mine when i was in grade six or so. And that was only because otherwise my mom ended up forgeting to pick me up from cross country or track practice. It was a great phone...very durable to. it survived the washing machine and the river. my pool finally took it out though. and since then i've had five or six different phones...wow i'm terrible at taking care of phones.

Woof · 02-12-2010, 12:50 PM

i got mine when i was 13,when my parents forgot to pick me from tuition class.i ended up sitting and waiting for about 4 hours..x.x

ctsubguy · 02-13-2010, 07:43 AM

My first cell phone was an analog bag phone and modem I got when I was 21.

I didn't even get it to make phone calls with. I was living in a very rural area which had no internet service locally, and at the time long distance calls weren't cheap. I'd dial in twice a day, to fetch email and netnews and to send responses I had drafted offline.

(The web just barely existed at that time. I think the first public release of Netscape happened shortly after I got my cell modem.)

When an ISP opened up in a nearby city, I got the cell phone and modem, since it was cheaper (but slower) than dialing long distance on the landline.

I ditched that cell phone a year and a half later, when an ISP opened locally.

My second cell phone (the first one I got for me, rather than for my computer) I got at age 26, partly because I was seeing someone long-distance at the time (and cell-cell calls were free), and partly because I started traveling more for work.

A few years ago, I visited my university for the first time in a long while. When I went to school, it was common for people to just lounge around, read, and talk on the quad. During my last visit, everyone was walking around the quad, either with a cell phone stuck to their head, or eyes down and thumbs working to send text messages.

That's when I first really realized I was starting to get old.

Nixie · 02-15-2010, 02:56 PM

I think I was 15... When I got my first job. Analog. wow I feel old

Pibb · 02-15-2010, 08:23 PM

Got mine sophomore year of HS, 3 years ago, still have the same phone. I love it!
We got rid of our land line 2 years ago, so we actually have to have cells. It seems a lot of the younger people here pay their own bills. My family's rather backward, I pay tuition and such myself and my family pays the little stuff.

shadow1fire · 02-16-2010, 12:00 AM

I got my 1st phone in 4th grade when i was 9 because that was the year i started walking home alone from school(I used to walk with my brother but that was the year he started middle school)I had like a dozen phones a year since then cause i either brake it or lose it. I think i was a little 2 young when i got it. i remember when i was in school 1 day i was actually juggling with my phone, my ipod, and my metronome(something i used in band class to keep time) and i dropped my metronome and phone and it cost like $20 for a new metronome and like $80 for a new phone. Now it costs my parents like $100 a month 4 my phone bill cause im 15 and i dont work. whatever money i do have im saving 4 when i get a car i can pay 4 gas.

02-12-2010, 10:24 AM	#32
rhode64 getDare Patriot Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: England south coast Posts: 3,043 Blog Entries: 3	my first my first cell phone was a large brick when Tmobile was called one to one and a flippin great aerial like a radio with lousy reception.Many years ago.

02-12-2010, 12:40 PM	#33
DareByrd getDare Sweetheart Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 341	i got mine when i was in grade six or so. And that was only because otherwise my mom ended up forgeting to pick me up from cross country or track practice. It was a great phone...very durable to. it survived the washing machine and the river. my pool finally took it out though. and since then i've had five or six different phones...wow i'm terrible at taking care of phones. __________________ 26/m/sub Gay Kik me at dkb1992 Likes: orgasm denial, hypno, rules, dares, games of chance, occasionally chastity. Very open minded otherwise Limits: public, friends and family, blackmail, feminization, illegal, permanent damage, messy, scat

02-12-2010, 12:50 PM	#34
Woof getDare Sweetheart Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Singapore and Liverpool. Posts: 408 Blog Entries: 38	i got mine when i was 13,when my parents forgot to pick me from tuition class.i ended up sitting and waiting for about 4 hours..x.x __________________ Female/20/SG&UK I enjoy interesting conversations.

02-15-2010, 02:56 PM	#36
Nixie getDare Devil Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Where the wild things are Posts: 1,077 Blog Entries: 44	I think I was 15... When I got my first job. Analog. wow I feel old __________________ Leo:YOU HARLTOT Simple Tips

02-15-2010, 08:23 PM	#37
Pibb Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 30	Got mine sophomore year of HS, 3 years ago, still have the same phone. I love it! We got rid of our land line 2 years ago, so we actually have to have cells. It seems a lot of the younger people here pay their own bills. My family's rather backward, I pay tuition and such myself and my family pays the little stuff. Last edited by Pibb; 02-15-2010 at 08:29 PM.

02-12-2010, 08:45 AM	#31
Kat Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 118	I got my first one when I was 13. Bought it with my own money, and paid for the bills myself. Your parents should let you have a cell phone when you can afford one. It's not a necessity, so if you want one, get a job. Stop bugging them about it every night.

02-13-2010, 07:43 AM	#35
ctsubguy Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 15	My first cell phone was an analog bag phone and modem I got when I was 21. I didn't even get it to make phone calls with. I was living in a very rural area which had no internet service locally, and at the time long distance calls weren't cheap. I'd dial in twice a day, to fetch email and netnews and to send responses I had drafted offline. (The web just barely existed at that time. I think the first public release of Netscape happened shortly after I got my cell modem.) When an ISP opened up in a nearby city, I got the cell phone and modem, since it was cheaper (but slower) than dialing long distance on the landline. I ditched that cell phone a year and a half later, when an ISP opened locally. My second cell phone (the first one I got for me, rather than for my computer) I got at age 26, partly because I was seeing someone long-distance at the time (and cell-cell calls were free), and partly because I started traveling more for work. A few years ago, I visited my university for the first time in a long while. When I went to school, it was common for people to just lounge around, read, and talk on the quad. During my last visit, everyone was walking around the quad, either with a cell phone stuck to their head, or eyes down and thumbs working to send text messages. That's when I first really realized I was starting to get old.

02-16-2010, 12:00 AM	#38
shadow1fire Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: U.S. the rest is irrelavent Posts: 26	9! Ha! I got my 1st phone in 4th grade when i was 9 because that was the year i started walking home alone from school(I used to walk with my brother but that was the year he started middle school)I had like a dozen phones a year since then cause i either brake it or lose it. I think i was a little 2 young when i got it. i remember when i was in school 1 day i was actually juggling with my phone, my ipod, and my metronome(something i used in band class to keep time) and i dropped my metronome and phone and it cost like $20 for a new metronome and like $80 for a new phone. Now it costs my parents like $100 a month 4 my phone bill cause im 15 and i dont work. whatever money i do have im saving 4 when i get a car i can pay 4 gas.