I just scanned a listicle entitled "Reasons Why the Nokia 3310 Was Man's Greatest Invention" and it got me thinking about the good old days when it was not yet a necessity to have smartphones, AND we were totally okay with it. Then, it led me to the sad realization that the first time I had a cellphone was already 14 years ago! (Holy. How is it even possible that I'm already this old? I don't feel old!)

So I thought, why not recount the cellphone models I have used throughout these years. Instead of using the actual years, I'll just use the Academic/Work years so it won't look that bad. K?

1.) Grade 5-Grade 6: The Nokia 5110

When one classmate got a cellular phone, many of us wanted to have one as well. How can you not want one? You can send text messages and play ringtones. Naturally, everyone else got their own phones, for the fear of missing out on having a Snake Top Score. That's semi-private school in an island province for you. (Previous statement is not meant to generalize but this is the case I argued as a child to my parents during Polly Pocket, Tamagochi, Vtech days. Although in fairness to my good parents, they did not always let me have what I wanted. It did, however, paved way for me to be good at rationalizing and presenting my arguments, so counting that as a win!). I remember the prepaid card then costing around Php 500 at minimum. Hindi pa uso ang auto-load noon.