Way before apple reduced handsets to monochrome slabs mobiles had some sense style. , post up yours . I'll start


http://www.mobilterminalen.dk/galler...late-phone.jpg

 

Long before Apple even thought of making a phone but this is my 1st of many touch screen phone

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_p800-326.php

 

This was I think my first or second phone another Ericsson

http://tech.firstpost.com/wp-content...97_640x360.jpg

 

My first phone was this on Orange.....I remember incoming calls didn't show the name, just the number.

 

That was a cool phone

 

That's probably one of the coolest phones I've had over the years.

Have to say I think the death of the keyboard is what neutered phone styling, rather than the rise of he iPhone. Shoe horning a keypad in has made for some pretty cool designs over the years.

 

yes odd really ,a new phone genuinely felt special with buttons

http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/...tNobleBlua.jpg

 

That being said, there were several monstrosities to.

 

I had the leaf Nokia crazy looking phone for ages it's been that long I've forgotten were it went
I wouldn't mind one again on the cheap anyday over my iPhone 6plus lol!

 

http://images.pcworld.com/news/graph...y_14_slide.jpg



http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/...8221?s=594x594

 

Ah the Motorola Razr, now that there was a good looking phone

 

Do you know how much the ubiquitous StarTac was when it came out ...?








1400 quid !! That's more than a bloody iPhone !!!

 

I had a Raz-r.

Thought it was beyond cool

 

PEBL

lol

 

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2-rgY8Ugt...nokia-7280.jpg


No keypad required !

 

I had one of these back in the day:

 

lol.Remember those star tac

Apparently Nokia is relaunching the 3310

I'll be getting one

 

Still got my 3310. Sitting gathering dust.

My modest mobile career to date:

Nokia 3310
Sony Ericsson T610
Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i
iPhone 5s

 

My Lg Viewty .

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_V...ALG_Viewty.jpg

http://img1.lesnumeriques.com/produi..._2_450x400.jpg


Someone had to be first.

 

Still have my 8310 in a drawer somewhere; love the fact it's small, you don't get thumb ache texting one-handed and trounces any modern phone on battery life (used to use it when out camping etc).

 

That looks v much like T68i I had

 

Has to be said I'd love a modernised 3310 (or even better an 8210). Keep the same base design and add; waterproofing, a decent camera and a minimalist operating system (keeping the bare essentials like a decent calendar and web browser but any other app needs to be downloaded seperately rather than being pre installed).

 

. . . Damn! I knew I'd missed one out... The SE K750i.

List updated lol...

Nokia 3310
Sony Ericsson T610
Sony Ericsson K750i
Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i
iPhone 5s

 

So much on a telephone now that saps the battery

Best thing would be as you quote and just shove a small tablet in your pocket for everything else.

Reality is,smart phones are just too small for what they try to do in addition to being a telephone

Yeah.8210 cracker too.Didn't even notice it in your pocket

 

And nobody can pin point where you are

 

Loved my 8800 back in the day

 

mmmmm.........Buttons
http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreak...specs-mwc-2017



despite the " Cesspit " that is android

 

Nah that's not a good look, a full physical qwerty keyboard takes up far to much space on the handset (tbh I'm not a big fan of qwerty keyboards on phones end of).

 

I'm buying that Nokia when I see it. Was looking for a new Android but this will be much better.

 

Hi,
My first phone was the Sony "mars bar"
Still have it and its charger!! - before the days of SIM cards!

Cheers
Steve