#10YearSmartphoneChallenge

[blak8830]

2009 - must have been the Blackberry 8310
2019 - Moto G6 Play

 

[Morty2264]

2009 - must have been the Blackberry 8310
2019 - Moto G6 Play
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That's awesome! How are you liking the G6 Play? I've always wanted a "Play" Moto phone.

 

[blak8830]

It's ok. Mostly bought it due to price at the time my Honor 5X was getting really flakey.
Motorola isn't terrific about keeping their phones up to date.
Wish the software was 64 bit instead of 32 bit. - I think it would perform a little better.
I do like that it's "universal" - will work on pretty much any carrier's network.

 

[Morty2264]

It's ok. Mostly bought it due to price at the time my Honor 5X was getting really flakey.
Motorola isn't terrific about keeping their phones up to date.
Wish the software was 64 bit instead of 32 bit. - I think it would perform a little better.
I do like that it's "universal" - will work on pretty much any carrier's network.

That's too bad about the lack of consistent updates! I feel like I have heard that about Moto. But their universality is quite good!

 

[Mr Smitzy]

I was on the Nokia 3110 Classic. It was my first phone ever and a gift from my parents.

This one went through a lot before it gave up. I remember watching full 2 hour movies in "3gp" video format (on the 2 inch screen), before I gave up on it. Had to reinstall clean software multiple times just to get it working properly.
Currently on the Moto G4 Plus. And planning to change it in the near future.

 

[Morty2264]

I was on the Nokia 3110 Classic. It was my first phone ever and a gift from my parents.
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This one went through a lot before it gave up. I remember watching full 2 hour movies in "3gp" video format (on the 2 inch screen), before I gave up on it. Had to reinstall clean software multiple times just to get it working properly.
Currently on the Moto G4 Plus. And planning to change it in the near future.
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Wow, you watched movies on it! That's pretty awesome!

 

[Mr Smitzy]

Wow, you watched movies on it! That's pretty awesome!

I was in senior year at the time, with no availability of cinematic options. We relied on questionable sources for those, which were... questionable.
So, when you got a movie in the appropriate format, you had to see it.

 

[Morty2264]

I was in senior year at the time, with no availability of cinematic options. We relied on questionable sources for those, which were... questionable.
So, when you got a movie in the appropriate format, you had to see it.

"Which were... Questionable." So funny! But I definitely get what you're saying!

 

[Tsepz_GP]

I was on the Nokia 3110 Classic. It was my first phone ever and a gift from my parents.
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This one went through a lot before it gave up. I remember watching full 2 hour movies in "3gp" video format (on the 2 inch screen), before I gave up on it. Had to reinstall clean software multiple times just to get it working properly.
Currently on the Moto G4 Plus. And planning to change it in the near future.
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I used to do the same in high school on my Nokia N80 and it's 2.1inch display, lol. Luckily the N80 was a Symbian smartphone so I would get .avi or .mp4 movies and use DivX Player to watch them, so they were usually decent quality for the time e.g. CIF or VGA resolution. Can't believe we watched movies on those tiny displays

 

[Mr Smitzy]

I used to do the same in high school on my Nokia N80 and it's 2.1inch display, lol. Luckily the N80 was a Symbian smartphone so I would get .avi or .mp4 movies and use DivX Player to watch them, so they were usually decent quality for the time e.g. CIF or VGA resolution. Can't believe we watched movies on those tiny displays

While I was on the 3310, one of my classmates at the time had the N80. I remember he had Worms-Fort on the phone. That phone became kind of a hot property in our year. Somebody or the other was always playing the game on his phone.
When I turned to Android, I looked for that game, but couldn't find a similar version. There were other options, but the game play felt weird compared to the N80.

 

[Tim1954]

I have my old Nokia N95 slide phone and it was a great phone! Good camera, FM radio, it does most things my S8 does without fuss.

 

[Morty2264]

While I was on the 3310, one of my classmates at the time had the N80. I remember he had Worms-Fort on the phone. That phone became kind of a hot property in our year. Somebody or the other was always playing the game on his phone.
When I turned to Android, I looked for that game, but couldn't find a similar version. There were other options, but the game play felt weird compared to the N80.

I love these nostalgia stories!

 

[ManishPandey21]

I still have my Nokia basic phone from the year 2009

 

[Morty2264]

I still have my Nokia basic phone from the year 2009

That's so awesome!

 

[Almeuit]

My first was an iPhone 3G haha.

 

[Morty2264]

My first was an iPhone 3G haha.

We won't hold that against you.

 

[AKS4]

In 2009 I was rocking my first smart phone, the iPhone 3G.


Now I am enjoying my 2nd Android device, the OnePlus 6T.