1.
Typing a text message meant cycling through letter by letter — and 160 characters was the limit.
2.
The web browser took forever to load, and when it did, it looked like this:
3.
Relentless TV commercials convinced you to download the most annoying ringtones imaginable.
4.
This is what it looked like when your extended family signed up for the push-to-talk plan:
5.
Antennas were still kind of a thing...
6.
...and so were pouches and armbands:
7.
Basements had zero reception.
8.
The first cell phone you ever used couldn't take pictures...
9.
...and when you finally got a camera phone, this was the best photo you ever took:
10.
Snake was the best mobile game.
11.
Phone charms and bedazzling were seen as valid forms of personalization.
12.
This offered an exciting vision of the future:
13.
Or, then again, maybe it was this:
14.
Your inbox could only hold so many texts before they were deleted forever.
15.
The first time your phone went off in class, it didn't just ring and vibrate — it flashed colors.
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And, finally, snapping your flip phone shut was a serious addiction.
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