When did you first get a smartphone?

I jumped on the bandwagon in 2010. It seems like 2010-2012 is when most people first got them. Prior to that, Nokia still dominated, and it was only a select handful of tech-nerds who owned them.

2007 ( Release of the original iPhone, marking the beginning of the smartphone era ) 0
2008 0
2009 1
2010 3
2011 3
2012 3
2013 4
2014 3
2015 3
2016 1
2017 2
2018 1
2019 1
2020 1
Never 1
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Comments ( 15 )
  • Trichfuzz

    2011, Android, I got for graduating highschool.

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  • bbrown95

    2011, Samsung Galaxy S2. Loved it! I now have an S10.

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    • Oh, my mom had that one. Yeah, it was probably the best smartphone you could own back in 2011. My step-dad back then had the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, which was also good.

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  • Tinybird

    never had one

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  • megadriver

    When I was in university. I think in 2013, I bought a Samsung S3 and used it up until late 2019, when it broke and refused to turn on.

    Bought an S7 Edge and still using it now. It was a good phone and if it hadn't broke, maybe I would have kept it.

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  • 1234tellmethatyoulovememore

    Had to have been 2012-2013. Idk what type it was, it was very small and through Cricket. I think I might still have it somewhere lol

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  • 1WeirdGuy

    2009 maybe? That or 12 at the latest

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

    2010 i think?

    motorolla electrify 2

    i broke the screen and got a samsung s5 a couple years later

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  • Cuntsiclestick

    I think it was 2014. It was a cheap little Virgin Mobile phone. Using the internet with my phone for the first time felt pretty cool. XD

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  • ellnell

    2013 I think???????I remember my best smartphone (that my mom now uses because it still works amazing so I gave it to her when hers broke lol) and I got that one 2014 but it definietely wasnt my first so my first was probably 2013.

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  • Meatballsandwich

    A Samsung back in 2010. It was an awful, cheap little model, and I hated it. But hey, I got it for free, so no complaints. Nowadays, even the cheapest smartphones on sale are good, which definitely wasn't the case then.

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  • SkullsNRoses

    I had a terrible Android phone with a big screen in 2011 but I don’t count that so it’s my 2015 iPhone. I found the Android in my December clear out and the plastic on the back had all melted.

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    • The early smartphones ( pre-2012 ) were actually pretty unreliable and crappy.

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      • SkullsNRoses

        You’re right, it was a hunk of junk, I switched to a little Nokia brick in 2014 and it was a relief.

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  • Somenormie

    I first got mine which was an android phone in 2013, the first model I ever got that was a smartphone was a Samsung Galaxy S III Mini.

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