Whether you’re one of those people who has 64GB of memory, opted for the Apple upgrade, have stayed true to your Android roots or don’t really care as long as the phone case has glittery avocados on it, you will never ever top your first mobile phone.
Back then, the battery would last 11 days, even when you spent the entirety of an EastEnders omnibus trying to beat your high score on Snake. You didn't even need to bother with the gym because you needed to press down FOUR times to type a single 's' and that was exercise enough. You could also drop your phone down the stairs and leave it in the pocket of your cargo trousers when your mum did a colour wash. It would still work.
It was the ruddy dream, don’t deny it.
Remember fancying a guy in maths and so proceeding to spend ten whole pounds on phone credit on a Friday night (after one too many WKDS at your local park) only for it to run out by Sunday morning, even though you desperately tried to cram all your thoughts, charm and graft into one single SMS message? That’s why millennials are so great at writing sassy tweets in 140 characters or less baby!! We have been practising condensing our thoughts since we were thirteen.
Then there was the pain of wanting a song on your phone as your ringtone, but not having anyone willing to send you the stupid thing. ‘In a min, bbe! Just wid ma m8z’, said the cool girl who managed to download 16o songs to her Motorola Razr. What was this witchcraft? Why wouldn’t anyone send you Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love so you could sob yourself to sleep too?
Yes, we all remember our first phones almost far too clearly, but what do the phones we had to say about our personalities? Scientifically speaking, probably very little. But pick the phone that most resembled your first (don’t worry about being too technical) and we’ll try to unveil your true colours.
The best of British luck to ya!
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.