Probably five or six. My first digital phone was about two weeks old when it fell off my belt as I got in the truck and I ran over it. Smashed the face, but it still worked as a very expensive battery charger. My current phone is a Kyocera and it is a POS!
I’ve been through three. The first was an old, grey, clunky flip phone that used to be my mom’s.
The second was a standard Nokia (I believe a 5165). You know, the one that used to be the only one you could get faceplates for. We got it as an upgrade from Cingular. My sister’s still using that phone.
I switched to Verizon in August and got an LG VX10. I really, really like it :).
- Ancient, forgotten Mitsubishi brick on AT&T
- Still-popular Nokia 5160 on AT&T
- Nokia 8290 on VoiceStream
- Motorola V60t on T-Mobile
- Motorola C332 on T-Mobile
- SonyEricsson T300 on T-Mobile
- Nokia 3650 on T-Mobile – this is the current, and it really pushes the definition of “phone”.
I love playing with new phones, and the fact that I’m on T-Mo is good for that. Since it’s GSM, it uses SIM cards – I can switch phones instantly. I still have the 8290 and the C332 for backup phones. I’ve had the SIM since phone #3, 3 years ago.
I bought my first cell phone in August of 2002. It’s a Motorola, fairly small with a green backlit screen. About a month after I got it I left it on top of my car one day, got in and drive away. First phone is forever gone. I bought second, identical phone and have had it ever since. In the time since I got this phone I have seen phones with the blue backlit display, full color screens, digitized music ringtones and phones with a built-in camera. I don’t need any of this (though the blue backlighting is impressive). All I need is a phone that rings like a phone and works like a phone.
Just one. A Nokia that I purchased in 1999 which still works fine. I’ve thought about upgrading but I realized whats the point? A phone is supposed to just dial a number and talk to someone, I could care less about ring tones or playing a subpar version of snakes/tetris/etc on it.
My phone frequently gets laughed at, its kinda clunky but Im not putting it to pasture till it croaks on its own 
Four.
First: A huge Ericsson (;)), can’t remember the model number. Went out-of-style quickly, so we had it replaced.
Second: Motorola, the small clam-shell one. Got worn out and eventually couldn’t power on.
Third: Nokia 3210. Gave it to my dad after a year.
Fourth: Siemens (my all-time favourite). Fell out of my pocket on a bus only two months after I bought it.
Current: Motorola E360.
When are they going to make phones that use GPS technology btw? It would be damned cool to have a full colour map that tells you how to get from point a to point b and such.
Oh well.
raizok: GPS mobile (cell) phones are already on the market.
7 so far
I got my first in 1988, a car-mounted NEC. It was built like a tank and cost around 900 dollars. Probably still working somewhere.
The absolute worst was a Motorola C332 that I got for my kids. (Not one of the seven) Non-replacable battery that eventually got so bad it lasted for one call and then died. POS.
Ummm, let’s see:
1 for FLorida Sprint disconnected since I moved here
1 Trax phone for when in the US [prepaid makes much more sense that monthly bills if you are incountry for short periods of time]
1 Acatel for home and South Africa - business phone
1 Motorola for “security” but its a piece of junk that I don’t use.
1 Acatel that was stolen out of my bag
1 ? stolen at a restaurant
6 for three kids [three for here and three for south Africa - three stolen - sigh]
2 for Mr Kiffa
that makes 14 [not counting 2 motorola radio hand sets] for the kiffa family.
I see cellphones as essential devices that provide me more freedom and comfort of mind knowing that I can get in touch quicky with family members. This perception was shaken a bit last Saturday night when the Vodacom system went down and we had limited alternatives [we were having a dinner party and were waiting for the last two couples to arrive; everyone except two people out of 18 had Vodacom service]. I live in Central Africa which might explains why all the different phones?
Just got my first one a couple days ago! It’s…umm…I dunno, a flippy one. The service is Verizon, with a pre-paid three year contract, 850 minutes/month + free nights and weekends. Parents got it for me. Don’t know what happens if I go over 850. It also has wireless web, though I haven’t tried it out 'cause when I start it it says ‘there will be a charge applied.’
3 dont know their names except current is sprint- Can I ask?
Does anyone have any special ring tones?
Caller Id calls- In da club
messages- get busy
family- theme song to the Godfather
Sorry about the highjack
3 now:
One of those ubiquitous clunky old blue Philips ones.
A Siemens C45 which fell out of my pocket at the Leeds music festival andI never saw again.
And now I’m on a Nokia that’s slightly bigger than the Siemens but OTOH gets a better signal.
2, and the second one’s second hand.
It still works perfectly fine, though, so I don’t see why I should change it.
I should be getting my first on Monday or Tuesday. As much as I have been avoiding it, I finally joined the 1990’s.
Ring Tones?
“Wenn Die Heide Wieder Blüht” more popularly known as “The Chicken Dance” here in the US.
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- Motorola analog phone on Cellular One
- Big black Qualcomm phone on Sprint PCS
- Greenish Touchpoint phone on Sprint PCS
- Motorola v120c on Verizon
- Kyocera 3035e on Verizon
- LG VX4400 on Verizon
My main ringtone is the A-Team theme.
Im on my 3rd, all of them have been Nokias, replaced the first because it was 'boring, it was the 5110, the second I bought because I could chane both the front and back cover, it was the 3110, I think, and my mother uses it now. The one I have now is the 7110, that was a move from pay as you go to contract phone, phone is ok but considering I bought it for €350 8 months ago and its now €80, thats slightly annoying.
Just remembered I got a free phone one time when I opened a Bank Account, think it was a Motorola, not sure though, I didnt use it much, just gave it to my Dad, who had it for about 3 years before it was replaced. It literally fell apart… no wonder it was free!
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Nokia 101 (AMPS analogue) on Bell Mobility. About 10 years ago.
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Nokia 2190 on Fido (GSM 1900). July '97, one week after Fido opened for service in Toronto.
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Nokia 6190 (GSM 1900 and AMPS 800 analogue). '98. Sold the 2190 and got this one when combo GSM/analogue phones became available from Fido.
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Motorola L7089 (GSM 900/1800/1900). Spring 2000. Triband ‘world phone’. Buggy software. Got it to go to Europe with; paid full price and got it unlocked, so I can use it with any SIM.
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Siemens M55 (GSM 900/1800/1900). Mid December 2003. Offered by Fido as a ‘reward for being a customer for seven years’. Very small, colour screen, whiz-bang feature set, triband, GPRS, etc. Since it was offered at only $25, it is of course locked to Fido. The other phone they offered was a Siemens A56, which is an ‘Americas dual-bander’ (GSM 850/1900). Perhaps they’re trying to get rid of Siemens phones…
One. It’s been a week and it still works. I know, I’m a Luddite.