Telefon Bimbit

Mobile phone / handphone / handset is a necessity nowadays. 10 years ago, only the rich can afford a mobile. Remember Star TAC? And all that big ATUR mobile? But now, even kids in primary school have 1. Sometimes I wonder, how can I live without a mobile when I was still in school. I was an SBP product. Once a week, I'll go to the pay phone, press 0 for operator, then reverse charge. That's how I call home, mainly to ask for pocket money or things that I forgot to bring back to hostel.

Awek? Tulis surat saja... hahahaha... kids nowadays? SMS, MMS, video call, 3GP... wat

Ok so I'd like to share with you guys, my mobile phone history with pictarss. Starting with my dad, coz he was the first to have a mobile in my family.

That ladies and gentlemen, is SAGEM MC912. I remembered when my dad brought home the phone, I grabbed the manual just to learn all the things I can do with the phone. Green background, monotone, and if memory serves, it had a loud speaker. I was so excited, I call my home fixed line with that phone (which was situated about 5 feet away) and talk to my bro. Ok now, my turn:

Behold, the flagship of NOKIA, with the big screen no antenna revolution. Nokia 3210 was my first mobile, bought with my own Petronas money. Year 2000. Also nicknamed Dog's Mobile because it was so big and heavy, you can throw the phone to a rabid dog. I bought it for RM800-900. Together with Maxis line that come with it. RM30 per month fees call/sms not included. A year later, I switch to Maxis Hotlink prepaid, the sim card alone cost RM218 (retail RM258). HA HA HA! Sim card today is almost FOC! I used the phone until the front cover breaks and the LCD was blank. Had to ask the caller who's calling coz I couldn't see a damn thing on the LCD. I sold the phone for a mere RM100 to 1 of my senior during internship, and that was after 4 years using the phone. I changed to this: (big bucks coming during internship, with all that claims etc)

Personal favourite of mine, Nokia 8250. Blue screen, small, silver cover. I bought this phone for RM600 at Sg. Wang Plaza. I used the phone until some accident happened, where I changed my phone with my Mrs for fun, and I lost her's. So I kinda let her have my 8250 while I had to look for another phone to replace. The phone broke eventually at the end, after using it for almost 3 years. My replacement came from home, from my dad. He had a lot of spare phones, mostly the cheap ones, from busting a gambling den etc. So I took this one:

Motorola C380. Rare breed in Malaysia. Color screen, polyphonic ringtone. This was my first time using color screen phone, so I kinda happy changing the themes, ringtones etc. Shortlived since the phone was acting weird, it just won't ring anymore. My dad presented me with another brand new phone as a gift:

Sony Ericcson K510i. 1.3MP camera with 4x digital zoom, 20something MB internal memory, color screen and mp3 as the ringtone. I loved it. This was last year, where a more modern trendy good looking phones were available. But I loved it nonetheless, partly because it was a gift and my motto was, use it until it breaks. And something went wrong a year later. A little shake and the phone was dead. I had to turn on the phone again and again because it kept turning off inside my pocket. Frustrated, I changed to this (while keeping the K510i because it had that special nostalgia attached to it):

Another Sony Ericcson. Walkman series W980 flip. 8GB internal memory. The bestest W series in store. Bought it in Lowyat.net for RM730 (now RM670) and still using it until now. And yeah, this phone was so shiny, I had to clean it regularly. A fingerprint magnet. So until it breaks, I'll be using it. No rush to change to another and with Omnia, Blackberry and i-Phone competition nowadays, it was hard to choose the best.