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My First Ever Mobile Phone—Nokia 1611

  • Written by Jerry Silfwer aka Doktor Spinn on June 24, 2012 | 10 Comments


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Without further ado, I give you the Nokia 1611, the first mobile phone I ever owned.

Why, you ask? I don’t know. Thought it would be fun to remember my old companion.

This particular model was pretty big even when I had it; my comrades in the military service used to make jokes about it, saying that I should have a license for it since it could be used as a weapon.

Anyway, I would L-O-V-E to see what YOU first carried. Just google your first mobile phone and post a picture of it somewhere and ping me. Let’s be nostalgic together!
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Jerry Silfwer
Jerry Silfwer

 @ virtual office No, I don't carry it around still, but maybe we're just waiting for old phones to become hipster trendy? ;)

virtual office
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This must be epic if you still have this in your pockets. But this isn't a thing to ashamed with.  Nokia low tech phones are the one we all had since the evolution of mobile phones started.

Jerry Silfwer
Jerry Silfwer moderator

 @ virtual office No, I don't carry it around still, but maybe we're just waiting for old phones to become hipster trendy? ;)

virtual office
virtual office

This must be epic if you still have this in your pockets. But this isn't a thing to ashamed with.  Nokia low tech phones are the one we all had since the evolution of mobile phones started.

rutberg
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I started with the Nokia 1610. I thought that the 1611 was so cool because the possibility to use a solar powered battery to prolong the 30 minutes of talk time :)

Jerry Silfwer
Jerry Silfwer moderator

 @rutberg I know! But I never got the solar battery for some reason. I can't quite remember what the difference was between the 1611 and 1610, but I sort of remember they looked the same.

rutberg
rutberg

I started with the Nokia 1610. I thought that the 1611 was so cool because the possibility to use a solar powered battery to prolong the 30 minutes of talk time :)

Jerry Silfwer
Jerry Silfwer

 @rutberg I know! But I never got the solar battery for some reason. I can't quite remember what the difference was between the 1611 and 1610, but I sort of remember they looked the same.


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