How old were you when you got your first cell phone (spinoff of texting thread)

[Disneylover79]

I was reading the how old was your child when they got the privilege to text thread....http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2289590, and I wanted to say that I was 17y/o when I got my first cell phone and that was only because I had a job and paid the bill on my own.....and I have literally just started texting in the last year ( I am 30)... and thankfully I have the iPhone so I have an unlimited data plan....

So how old were you when you got your first cell phone... I just want to see the age range...

 

[SC Minnie]

25 and was pregnant with DD now 15. My dad got us all phone for Christmas that year. And it was a bag phone that you could only use in the car.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

I don't remember, but somewhere around 23. That's not because I waited until I was 23, it's because they didn't exist before then. Well, OK, they existed, but they weren't widely used or affordable for most people. They were attached to cars, then, too, and too big to fit in a purse, even if you thought you needed to.

IMO, the comparison for people my age was when I got my own bright blue trimline push-button phone in my own room, and I was 12.

 

[mjkacmom]

I think I was 24, and it cost me more then, I believe, than it does for my family plan now!

 

[downsouth]

I got one of those sporty bag phones in 1998 at the age of 23 and had a robust 20 minutes per month on the plan that was like $39.99 a month.

 

[BillSears]

I was about 35.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

I am 29 and I got my first cell phone when I was 20. I was in college, had a job and paid for my own plan.

 

[BeachGirlFLA]

I think I was about 24.

 

[kacaju]

31. When my oldest started Kindergarten is when I felt the *need* to have one.

 

[RadioNate]

I was a bag phone in 1992! We had like 30 minutes a month for maybe $50! I was dating a guy who had an actual car phone. One phsycally installed in his car! He was cool Looking back, I have no clue how he afforded it!

I got a giant 'flip' phone in like 1996. My dad paid for it and I'm sure I didn't have many minutes. It was a strictly for emergencies thing.

Now, I can't live without my iPhone. I really only started texting a lot 18 months ago when I got the iPhone. I had a Razr before that so texting was annoying w/out a full keyboard.

I love my iPhone but if we ever have to change providers I'll get something like a sidekick.

 

[HM]

In my 40s, 4-5 years ago.

I still would probably not have one if it weren't for having kids that need to get hold of me occasionally. I have a pay-as-you-go phone.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I finally got a cell when my oldest dd got a cell in 6th grade, so about 37. DH had one thru work for awhile before me.

 

[JEmaryland]

I was 17. I'm 24 now. Before that I didn't have much of a desire for one.

 

[Feralpeg]

I was 52.

 

[Vixen]

i was 16 when i first got mine

 

[Sparx]

14 was my first cell phone that was mine. my mom had one that i could borrow before, but when i was 14 we all switched to a family plan.

 

[mickeyboat]

I was probably 30 or so. DH had a bag phone through work for a while and got a phone for himself when he left the company. I didn't get one until several years later.

I rarely use mine!

Denae

 

[Darsa]

I believe I was about 30 or so, which was about 9 years ago

 

[AKL_Megs]

Mine was actually my mom's that I used to call in an emergency when I would drive to/from school. I was 17, and this was back in 2000.

My OWN cell phone, which I purchased, was in 2002.

 

[mtemm]

I'd say around 34 or so (am 42 now). can't imagine life without one now!