Evolution of the cell phone.

[Ypedal]

It's gone full circle !.. depending on your age, you likely have a different perspective on this.. but i'm 35 as of this writing, got my first cell when i went to college, 1997, got me a brand new Nokia ! .. ( this was when bag phones were starting to be obsolete for car use ) .. reception was crap.. but it was cool .

Then was the " Peanut Phone " audiovox, worst thing ever... but the battery life was way better, it would last about a week per charge if you made one of two calls a day.

Then a Samsung flip, puny little bugger, as phones kept getting smaller and smaller.... call quality was better, battery life not as good, monochrome screen...

Then things started changing FAST.. i got me a Motorola KRZR, the smaller version of the Razor phone, coolest looking keyboard ever, color screen, able to text.. best audio quality yet..

Then my Motorola Atrix, among the first dual core touch screen droid phones on the market at the time, short lived model, terrible call quality but you could surf the web, Droid 2.3 , i should have waited a while before getting it as the Samsung Galaxy was the hot ticket at that time....

but last week i finally upped the game and got me a brand new Samsung S4, and WOW... this thing is a beast.. it's HUGE by 90's standards, but not as big as the Note 2, 3, the bells have whistles on this thing, it has gesture recognition, NFC reader, IR ( can serve as TV remote ), etc etc etc... i'm still learning new things the thing can do.. it's awesome !!!!!....

Wonder what will be next..

 

[spinningmagnets]

The movie "Wall Street" (1987), with Michael Douglas:

 

[TheBeastie]

I have stayed off the grid pretty much with smartphones, I have kept the same phone for like 4 years now and instead have been using the iPads since they first got released for my smart-bit of mobile tech.
I carry it in a stylish mens bag that is the perfect size for an ipad. See a lot of guys carrying a personal bag these days but most carry one way too big.

 

[kfong]

I've switched over from an old iPhone to a company provided Samsung S4. Was given a choice at the time to choose the latest iPhone a well. I looked at the specs and decided the Galaxy had more to offer. Been very happy with the choice. Not sure I would ever switch back. iPhone would have to make significant changes for me to switch. I was worried at first about the size, but I think it's about as small as you can go and still have a useful multimedia device. It generally fits in my front pocket, so it meets my portable requirements. iPhone is still an easier interface to use, but android isn't too bad once you adapt to it. iPhone gets the vote if you just want something that works. I have an iPad gen3 and nexus. The iPad and Samsung are used daily. Nexus was too small of a display for couch surfing. I have my eye on the Lenovo Yoga this Xmas, to bridge the gap between tablet, laptop and PC. I find I don't really want to be at the desk when I'm home, since I'm on it all day at work. Ipad gets all my attention while lounge surfing, but it isn't enough if I want to do actual work while still on a couch

 

[davec]

im surprised you didnt go for a blackberry- the z10 is pretty good
but no one is buying the products - which is why its going under
i remember my phone back in the day- it was a flip nokia using analoge
i really like analog the quality was always crisp than once rogers switched over to digital (since it was cheaper)
they forced you off analog by overbilling you to the point where you just had to upgrade
i've been hooked on nokia3310 models ever since than- using prepaid
smart phones are pretty handy but we do get gouged over data fee's (we really do need more competition here)
i prefer to stay away from contracts- prepaid dumb phones are still good for me

 

[liveforphysics]

Note 3 > Phones

 

[Lebowski]

I still got a T630 candybar phone from 2004 :|

 

[Toorbough ULL-Zeveigh]

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[spinningmagnets]

You really had me with the Pomegranate, made it halfway through the video...I really loved the projector for watching Hulu/Netfix

 

[dogman dan]

Building contractors had the first mobile phones around here, so in the 80's it was fun watching them run to the truck when it started honking. Then came the brick, an it was even funnier watching one have it fall out of his nail bags and smash. The brick was a lotta money. So they soon started setting it down somewhere instead of trying to have that brick on them. It would always be in the way, so we'd constantly move it. :lol:

Then came the Motorola flip phone. No fun anymore.

It is weird watching the phone grow large again. I used to say texting was for the young, because only the young could read that tiny text.

 

[kriskros]

I started selling cell phones in Canada about a month before they became "official".i don't remember the year. the portable was made by Nokia ]finland] and weighed about 12lbs ..cost was $4200.00. Eurpe had had cell phones about 3 years before North America... by far the majority of the phones were insatalled in cars ,, average phone cost was about $3200./00 plus $250.00 t0 $350.00 installation charge.. coverage was scattered and very limited.. selling cell phones in those days was a real grind..my best market was real estate agents.... Motoraola made a combination car and portable phone that went about $6000.00,if I remember correctly.. could have been even more..i never sold these.. I sold the Nokia and another phone that was made in western canada

 

[cal3thousand]

Good choice!

I've been happy with my Note II and have no reason to upgrade until Note IV comes out or maybe after that. I just put a new ROM and changed the case on there and it's like having a new phone.

 

[dingoEsride]

My first mobile or cell phone was a Uniden half brick in the 90's, compact in size compared to the whole brick Motorola above and the battery would only last about 7hrs so I carried it in a crate with other tools hooked to external power, but I do remember the car or truck phone used by builders I've work with like Dogman mentioned what set off the horn, it was always a laugh seeing them scurry from a roof to reach the truck and swear when the call has ended

My second was this sleak Nokia whilst still on analog network

here are a few I still have, with my lg smart at top of pic

and on edge

 

[Hillhater]

Ha, ! .. yes i guess several of us have similar collections still ( despite giving & throwing away many !).
I recently gave my (20yr +old ) kids a larf when i found some of the early 90's "mobiles"
Anyone remember the Panasonic "J" phone ?
The "sim" card in some were full credit card size !
..others had no "sim" card, but were permanently programmed to a network !
Some were still boxed with all accessories, spare batteries, pouches, " belt holsters" and even the receipt for one of them.
Oddest was the Hutchinson "Rabbit" phone which sort of pre-dates most mobiles since it was available before national network coverage was established ( UK ) and was actually a home phone system that you could travel with.
It was a cordless Home phone system, but Hutchinson installed base stations at key points ( service stations, city centers, post offices etc) around major cities where you could use your "mobile" home handset once you were close enough ( like using Skype at todays WiFi "hotspots")
I think it lasted a few months before Vodaphone swamped them with a true cell network.
( Hutchinson seem to have a history of short lived systems..apart from Rabbit, remember "Orange" , and "3" ? .. all gone now.)

 

[jay7264]

what i find funny is how they are calling phones with ir emitters "ir blasters" this is not new tech its been out since i had an audiovox blueangel. these crapple fans that think that apple invented the touch screen are just idiots

 

[MitchJi]

Hi,

I really like the iPhone speech to text, that I'm posting with now.