Everyone remembers their very first mobile — it felt like a rite of passage. I got mine when I was 10: a Nokia 3210 with a pink case (obviously 😌).
The screen was tiny, the camera didn’t even exist yet, and the highlight was playing endless games of Snake 🤣. Still, I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.
Texting wasn’t quick like it is now — you had to tap your way through T9, hoping your phone guessed the right word (and sometimes it really didn’t 🙃). And of course, the panic of running out of credit was so real.
But honestly? That little pink Nokia gave me freedom. It meant I could text my friends after school, call my mum to say I was safe, and feel just a little more grown up. Looking back, it might seem basic, but at the time it was everything.
Tags: mid-noughties, nostalgia, Nokia, Snake, first phone
What was your first phone? Bonus points if you remember the case colour! ✨
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