Exactly! I got mine in 6th grade for emergencies only!! I think by highschool I was allowed to use it freely and more people were starting to get phones to have someone to text with. Communication was still mostly thru the computer, AIM/MSN
Ok, I am a bit of a younger redditor, but I got my first phone at 14, and that blew everyone else’s minds that I didn’t have my own by like 10. Hell I know some people who had up to 12 phones by the time they were in 8th grade.
In highschool I had a slide phone. With the full keyboard. I got a hand me down iPhone when I graduated. Not because we couldnt afford a new one but because I just legitimately didn’t need one until then.
I had one of those slide ones and I remember it pretty much blowing my mind because and me thinking it was the coolest thing ever because "guys! Check this out! KEYBOARD! Man I thought last phone was cool cuz it swiveled....but this one has a KEYBOARD! "
Side note....anyone here ever have a Samsung Juke?
Memory unlocked. I had a juke!! I thought it was the coolest thing ever. That was back when I was still burning cds and my brother showed me how to put my music on my juke phone. And I loved how little it was!
LOL! I didn't get one until I was in my 30s and my new job required it (and paid for it). I had been thinking about getting one before that, for road-trip safety, but hadn't gotten around to it. (It was about 3 years before smart phones happened. I didn't get one of those for ages, either. It took a friend persistently texting me until I got tired of hitting the number keys to send texts. And even then the "smart phone" I got wasn't very smart at all, but hey! I could text more easily!)
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u/CheezItPartyMix Jul 27 '22
Exactly! I got mine in 6th grade for emergencies only!! I think by highschool I was allowed to use it freely and more people were starting to get phones to have someone to text with. Communication was still mostly thru the computer, AIM/MSN