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    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 19 Mar 2019
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    People over 40: When did you *first* buy a cellphone? Anyone here among the customers of the first 1G cellphones circa 1983?

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      2. James Downes‏ @james_downes 19 Mar 2019
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        It was weird in the 90's as Europeans all had phones, yet no-one Hollywood films had them.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 19 Mar 2019
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        The 1G story is odd since it started in the US, then went to Israel, Australia... I think Europe took the lead with 2G if I'm not mistaken

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      2. mark safranski‏ @zenpundit 19 Mar 2019
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        About 2000-2001. I recall having a pager in 1999 but not later

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 19 Mar 2019
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        Interesting... were pagers ever common outside doctors and other on-call people?

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      2. You and 52 others‏ @bahstgwamt 19 Mar 2019
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        I bought my first cellphone in 2000. I'm 43.

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      1. Adam Gravois‏ @AdamGravois 19 Mar 2019
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        2000. Amazing to think, immediately prior to this, we all thought people who owned cell phones were egomaniacs.

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      2. Emerson Dameron  🐝‏ @emersondameron 19 Mar 2019
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        2005. After several years of peer pressure, I got a Nokia that looked like a garage door opener.

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      3. Matt Thompson‏ @LHCBMatt 19 Mar 2019
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        Same year. One of those flip-style burner deals. Felt like a drug dealer instead of just an enthusiast.

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      2. Karunakar Rayker‏ @krayker 19 Mar 2019
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        2000, 3310. Wanted the slick looking Ericsson T28, but Nokia 3310 was more practical.

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      3. Karunakar Rayker‏ @krayker 19 Mar 2019
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        The network, to this day remains spotty. Was in Hubli when I noticed the signal change from LTE to G, had to google & find out WTH G was, had completely forgotten 😄

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