[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Scott

Don't laugh! I must have been about 23.. You have to remember that before that phones were really only used by the "yuppies" Not everbody had a phone.. oh and there about the size of a brick.. When pay as you go started the mobile phone industry just boomed, the phones became smaller and everybody wanted one!

[Niamh.]

yeah I remember my moms first mobile, it was huge and it had this aerial that you had to pull out to make a call on it

[Kerry]

I can't believe how quick they took off. One minute you were super privaliged to own one, the next you were a nobody if you didn't

[Angus]

I bought a mobile for my son when he was 11 and starting at his new school. He had to get two buses to get there and it was more for my peace of mind than anything else. It was a brick by today's standards, with very basic texting and call features, but at the time it was state of the art

[Patrick]

I got mine in 2005, my little Nokia

Aw, it was the sex.
I thought I was so ******ing hard with it seriously.

The younger the better though, you're safer with one.

[Twilight]

i got my first when i was 12 lol.

[MTVN]

Got my first when I was 11 and going into secondary school, lived in a small village with a school of about 60 people just round the corner so I never needed one before that

[Jessica.]

I got a Nokia 3510i when I was 11, it was in colour.

[seanraff07]

I got my first phone(like the first Nokia out, it looked that ****) when i was about 11 too, just 5 years ago... yet now you see kids younger than 10 walking around with iPod touch's etc.. shocking

[Omah]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

At what age would you say it's acceptable for a child to have a mobile phone?

3 months .....

[Beastie]

I think 11 is the right age to give a child a phone. When they go to secondary school. When they start doing stuff on their own like go to town with their mates etc. Infact kids start doing that younger. If you have a child you should keep them a child for as long as possible.

Anyway I would give me child a cheapish phone when they are about 11. I don't want them flashing around an expensive phone and then they get it stolen I would do what I think is best for my child. Yes.. kids may bully your child if they don't have the latest phone but that's pathetic. EVERY child has the potential to get bullied. I would raise my child and teach them how to react and what to do if they ever was bullied.

[Beastie]

Mmm well infact when I was a child. Like 5 years old.. I could easily just run out and play. Even without my parents seeing me. However nowadays a child the age of 5 gets a mobile phone. I can see what the parents are doing. Nowadays children can get snatched away easily. Well in actual fact the rate of children being snatched hasn't gone up much. Therefore the other option is for children not to have a phone until they are like 11 but then they would always have to be in the parents sight when they should be allowed a bit of freedom. Hard one to call really. However the age of 5 sounds ridiculously young for a phone.

[Beastie]

I got a Nokia 3310 I think it was when I was 12. I remember before then I was messing about with my dad's mobile which was worth nothing! lol

[Jordan.]

I think everyone had a Nokia 3310 at some point.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

no one had mobile phones when I was a teenager not even adults

In your day you communicated through rocks and smoke signal. No?

[Smithy]

3410 >

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Omah

3 months .....

Haha!

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

I think everyone had a Nokia 3310 at some point.

I know. I kept my first phone for about 5 years. I always keep the same mobile phone until it actually breaks! I was so upset when it broke! My current phone has a scratch on the screen. It still works so I am keeping it until it actually dies. If it still texts and rings then it's in great condition!

[Omah]

Originally Posted by happyland

Don't laugh! I must have been about 23.. You have to remember that before that phones were really only used by the "yuppies" Not everbody had a phone.. oh and there about the size of a brick.. When pay as you go started the mobile phone industry just boomed, the phones became smaller and everybody wanted one!

Originally Posted by Niamh.

yeah I remember my moms first mobile, it was huge and it had this aerial that you had to pull out to make a call on it

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

I can't believe how quick they took off. One minute you were super privaliged to own one, the next you were a nobody if you didn't

It was cellular pioneer Motorola that developed the first truly handheld mobile phone – the 8000 series. In 1983, the Dynatec 8000X launched in the US with a price tag of $3,995 and just half an hour of talktime. The 8500X arrived in the UK four years later and quickly became a must-have for any City boy or yuppie – it cost Ł1,200. It was made famous when wide boy character Del Boy brandished one in the BBC comedy Only Fools And Horses.

[Kerry]

One of my cousins had one of those off Only Fools and Horses. I was in awe as a kid. So embarrassing to think of now but hilarious

[Benjamin]

Saved By The Bell always reminds me of my first phone. You even had to pull the aerial up.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

One of my cousins had one of those off Only Fools and Horses. I was in awe as a kid. So embarrassing to think of now but hilarious

Did it work or was it just a cheap copy that he yelled "Sell! Sell! Sell!" into .....

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by ukturtle

In your day you communicated through rocks and smoke signal. No?

Oi!!! You're awful cheeky tonight!

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Omah

Did it work or was it just a cheap copy that he yelled "Sell! Sell! Sell!" into .....

Oh the real deal. He's a car salesman of all things You had to be the first to own a housebrick. Infact it made a housebrick look small