Long read Re: Post Your Phone Timeline
My mobile history. Oh man. Dates, when I can remember them, are very approximate. New phones came at roughly 2-year intervals, all under AT&T’s former companies: Cellular One, Cingular, etc.
My first cell phone was a gift from my dad, for my college graduation at age 24 in July, 1995. It was a Motorola MicroTAC, their first big flip phone. The Striiv fitness watch I wear these days probably has more computing power.
Next was the Motorola StarTAC, their first small flip. Fun little piece, smaller than the battery on the previous beast.
Then a different direction, an Ericsson digital phone, the R320 candy-bar. Just awful, I hated that thing, sounded like crap and ugly as stink. Can’t remember why I bought into it. *shudder*
The first legacy phone I still have was my sweet little Nokia 282 flip. I was downstate in Peoria visiting my then-girlfriend, and I saw this phone at a Cingular (AT&T) kiosk. I flipped for it (ha!) and signed up on the spot. (Turns out I had to go back to my Chicago-area to sign up, but I got one.) I loved this phone, and still have it. It was relatively thin, light, and the flip action was smooth and precise. Only the screen on the flip, not the battery like the StarTAC, so it was lighter. Can’t say enough about it, it was great. Still have it.
My next one was also a Nokia, the legendary 3360 bar phone. This was also a fantastic unit. Solid, felt like it was carved from granite. Worked great, perfect size, and the interchangeable covers were fun, I had about a dozen. Fun trivia: it could stand on its end, and if you called it with the buzzer on, it would slide along a smooth surface with each buzz- hilarious! Still have it.
Went with Motorola again when the V60 flip caught my eye. In retrospect, it was only a so-so phone, but it was my first camera phone, with something like a 1.3MP camera. Wow. First color LCD too. Think I still have it.
Samsung’s SGH-A737 was next, a really nice little vertical slider, with QWERTY keyboard. Camera was about the same as crappy as the V60. But this phone was really nice, liked it a lot. Still have it.
Samsung made a great follow-on in the Flight, similar to the A737 but larger and less rectangular. Slightly better camera, and my first touchscreen. Really nice, I liked it a lot. Still have it.
Back to Motorola from here on, with the Atrix 2, my first smartphone. Love this little thing. Durable, handsome, and overall a great smartphone experience in its time, which was only about 3-4 years ago.
The Motorola Atrix HD was the successor, and I liked it a lot as well. Slightly bigger screen than the Atrix 2, but it looked more so, and mostly thinner except for the camera hump at the top. Had it for less than a year when I fell asleep laying back in the recliner with the HD on my chest. Woke up and straightened up the chair, reaching for where I had left the HD to catch it. At that instant, a crunching sound came from under the chair. The HD had slipped down into the workings of the recliner, and was crushed. Bent my SIM card in half, but thankfully left the micro SD intact. Dig:
I had insurance on it, so they sent me a 2013 Moto X, in early 2014. Was not able to Moto-Maker it, but in basic black it’s a good looking piece. This is what I’m using now. It’s great, there is very little I don’t like about it, the screen burn-in being #1. It’s been great, but recently has felt small.
In July I ordered a 2014 Moto X from Moto Maker, Navy Blue back, Black front, and Orange trim, the Pure Edition. It was great! I loved it, it did everything better than my 13 but felt so very familiar. No learning curve to speak of. Then they announced the 2015 Moto X Pure Edition, and I immediately returned the 14.
And that’s where I am now, still loving my OG Moto X, but eagerly (!) awaiting my 15, which has been ordered.
Who knows what the future will bring, mobile-device-wise…
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