classic33
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First three Nokia handsets all take the same charger.
Classic mobiles?
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Fnaar
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Don't think I still have it though
classic33
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Tescos are selling them off at £1.99, whilst stocks last.Don't think I still have it though
lozcsjnr has my old 3gs and brought it to me saying the screen had come off, had a look and the battery had completely blown up like a balloon bending the main board and pushing the screen out.
The battery looked exactly like this... (not my pic)
I bought a new battery on ebay put it all back together and it still works! The old battery is at the top of the garden, too scared to move it and don't want to throw it in the bin!
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I wish i could remember the year, i brought the wife a Motorola, one of the first that was becoming vaguely affordable to the masses, similar to the Memphis, but bigger...bloomin big. Calls were 50 p a minute IIRC, expensive back then and no SMS either...mind there was no-one to send a SMS to !!!. She was so proud of having that phone, imagine...contact someone from almost anywhere, unheard of.
She was one of the first people we knew to have one...her love affair with the phone has grown and grown since then
...it costs her as much, if not more in phones than it did for my bikes.
Motorola Memphis, then there was the Erikson T10, a new style, flip front, that one was good and my first...various Nokias, on and on to Blackberry, then the Iphone which personally i can't stand, just too much faff loading music, bloomin itunes. Samsung S series for me, best phones ever.
She was one of the first people we knew to have one...her love affair with the phone has grown and grown since then
...it costs her as much, if not more in phones than it did for my bikes.Motorola Memphis, then there was the Erikson T10, a new style, flip front, that one was good and my first...various Nokias, on and on to Blackberry, then the Iphone which personally i can't stand, just too much faff loading music, bloomin itunes. Samsung S series for me, best phones ever.
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This collection of obsolete stock is for the last decade alone, less than half the time Mrs SJ and I have had mobiles. It excludes the one I dropped when getting in the car a few years ago and then drove over, and the recent one I shot with an air rifle (Don't ask, but there was a good reason).
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@Smokin Joe Interesting photo. Shows there was some genuine variety of designs in the older phones with button numberpads, as opposed to the newer ones where theres a limited amount anyone can do with a modern touchscreen. Despite various reviews trying to point out the differences in the curve between the edges of an iphone vs. an HTC (or whatever) - it's minor stuff in comparison. Easy to spot a 3310 from a distance (middle right hand column) don't think I could do that with a modern phone. Or maybe it's 'cos I'm an old git.
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smokeysmoo
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Exact same thing happened to my old 3GS, (32GB). Don't know why TBH as it was sat in a cupboard as a spare phone and hadn't been used for months. Came to need it one day and the screen was popped as you've described.
Fixing such things is beyond me so it went on fleabay for spares or repairs. IIRC I got about £40 for it.
smokeysmoo
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The first 'mobile' phone I ever used was similar to this around 1987/88 
It wasn't mine, it belonged to the firm where my Dad worked, and whoever was on call had to take it home at nights and weekends.
I thought it was amazing, but whilst it was movable it weighed a freakin' ton!
It wasn't mine, it belonged to the firm where my Dad worked, and whoever was on call had to take it home at nights and weekends.
I thought it was amazing, but whilst it was movable it weighed a freakin' ton!
The first 'mobile' phone I ever used was similar to this around 1987/88
It wasn't mine, it belonged to the firm where my Dad worked, and whoever was on call had to take it home at nights and weekends.
I thought it was amazing, but whilst it was movable it weighed a freakin' ton!
Well at least you were unlikely to drop it down the toilet.
smokeysmoo
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True
I did managed to do that with a Nokia 6310i though
However, it just needed a new speaker when it had dried out, I can't imagine my Galaxy S5 or my works iPhone 5 getting off so lightly
I have never been the biggest fan of mobiles. They are convenient no doubt but I hate the way some people have let them take over their life.
I used to laugh at anyone who had one. Then one night, back about 2000/2001 when I lived in Dublin, I came out of the pub late at night, slightly sloshed and wanted to make a phone call so went into a nearby phone box. The light wasn't working inside it, it was pitch dark and when I picked up the receiver, it felt sort of funny - rubbery and sticky so I took out my lighter to have a look at it. Someone had stretched a used condom over the receiver.
After almost throwing up, I went back to the pub toilet and washed my hands about 5 million times and first thing the next morning - went to buy a mobile phone
This is what I bought - The mighty NEC DB2000, the cheapest phone in the shop -
I still have it yet and still in working order. I replaced it several times but the replacements have always stopped working for one reason or another. I haven't seen many others but they are bombproof. Still lasts about a week between charges for light use.
I also have a UK phone as I live in a border region and want to avoid roaming charges and for that I have an LG A133 which is hardly state of the art either but is a decent enough phone and does what I expect it to do.
I used to laugh at anyone who had one. Then one night, back about 2000/2001 when I lived in Dublin, I came out of the pub late at night, slightly sloshed and wanted to make a phone call so went into a nearby phone box. The light wasn't working inside it, it was pitch dark and when I picked up the receiver, it felt sort of funny - rubbery and sticky so I took out my lighter to have a look at it. Someone had stretched a used condom over the receiver.
After almost throwing up, I went back to the pub toilet and washed my hands about 5 million times and first thing the next morning - went to buy a mobile phone This is what I bought - The mighty NEC DB2000, the cheapest phone in the shop -
I still have it yet and still in working order. I replaced it several times but the replacements have always stopped working for one reason or another. I haven't seen many others but they are bombproof. Still lasts about a week between charges for light use.
I also have a UK phone as I live in a border region and want to avoid roaming charges and for that I have an LG A133 which is hardly state of the art either but is a decent enough phone and does what I expect it to do.
smokeysmoo
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If anyone wants a standard phone with an amazing battery life then they do still exist.
I had a SAMSUNG C3350 as my work phone until recently, and TBH I very rarely had to charge it, it was then replaced with an iPhone 5 that needs charging every day!
I had a SAMSUNG C3350 as my work phone until recently, and TBH I very rarely had to charge it, it was then replaced with an iPhone 5 that needs charging every day!
