They don’t make them small like they used to…
My Nokia 6800
1961 Bell System Model 554 Rotary Dial Wall Telephone
I am sad they switched off 2G some time ago here, I liked calling with my Nokia 6150 once in a while.
Yeah, I miss my Xperia Play. It was so damn cool with side controller built in.
I had a POTS phone that was clear plastic with a ring of blue neon that would flicker when a call came in
I miss the HTC Hero, and my ancient Motorola Razr.
Does no one realize they still sell tiny dumb phones. You dont have to get a smart phones.
My lumia 950 windows phone. Just fantastic ui that is yet to be matched, 13 years later.
Nokia n900 for me, circa 2010. It ran Linux (real Linux!), had a pretty good camera, headphone jack, sd card slot, slide out keyboard, 4or 5 day battery life, xmpp instant messaging natively. It was perfect. It was a little bit chunky, but would fit in a jeans pocket perfectly and didn’t weigh too much.
S4 Mini - flagship (or slightly under) in a one-handed, pocket friendly format. I would love to see a modern take on this
I miss my original Motorola droid phone. With the USB on the side…with accessories like the charger that made it look like a nightstand alarm clock…
Great phone.
When I was a little 1980s kid, my family got rid of a malfunctioning wall-mounted rotary phone which had been installed there since time immemorial. I asked if I could keep it and my mom said no, but she did let me exercise my curiosity by taking it apart to see what the innards were like.
I kept the dial, and it still lives on a shelf of mildly-interesting things in my house. It still spins, though the recoil speed is way slower than it should be
(I also grew up to be a phone phreak.)
My old palm pre was amazing webos ui was way ahead of its time, super customizable, independent from google, Facebook and everyone elae, all in a sleek package with a physical keyboard. It had many other issues but it took android a few years to catch up so their UI wasn’t as clunky.
I remember having a phone called NEC (I think) and it had an awesome James Bond ringtone on it
I miss having my Motorola Z2 Play, with the Moto-Mods platform, as a daily phone.
External mods that magnetically attach to the back of the phone. Primarily an extra 3500mah battery, but there were others: 360 camera, a printer, 3" stereo speakers, and even a projector.
I actually still have this phone, but it has become extremely slow, doesn’t get security updates, and is incompatible with lots of apps. It now lives on the handle bars of my ebike, with it’s extra battery mod; mostly as a gps. Occasionally I’ll use it with the projector on the wall of my bedroom; watching movies or youtube.
Modular phones are such an awesome concept. I wish someone could make a modern spin of it. Maybe like those framework laptops, idk
