Smartphones Over Time

Some years back – around 7-8 years at least probably – I wrote a post listing the mobile phones I’ve owned since 1995 till that time. Unfortunately, that post got lost when I migrated between blogging platforms. I probably still have trace information elements in hard copy invoices and emails that would let me reconstruct most of that list – something I might get to if I get a substantial block of free time to work with. In the mean time, and also before my recollection and email invoices and receipts get further buried in digital storage, here’s an account of what I can easily reconstruct first: my mobile phone list from 2008, alongside my blog post links to them!

From Manufacturer Phone
Mar-08 Sony Sony Ericsson W890i
Apr-09 Apple iPhone 3GS
Jun-10 Samsung Samsung Galaxy S
Sep-11 Motorola Motorola Atrix 4G
Dec-11 Sony Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V
Mar-12 Samsung Samsung Galaxy Note
Dec-13 Samsung Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Mar-15 Sony Sony Xperia Z2
Jul-15 Xiaomi Xiaomi Redmi 2
Sep-15 Samsung Samsung Galaxy Note 5
Jun-16 Xiaomi Xiaomi Redmi Note 3
Aug-16 Xiaomi Xiaomi Mi Max
Mar-17 Huawei Huawei Mate 9
Jul-17 Samsung Samsung Galaxy S8+
Nov-18 Samsung Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Jul-19 Oppo Oppo Reno 10x Zoom
May-20 Samsung Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G

The phones I owned prior to 2008 included the Sony Ericsson T68i, Nokia 8250 and Ericsson T28s, and a bunch of others before that but which I can’t recall offhand anymore at this point.

Phones @ home now: the Samsung Note 5 (2015), Oppo Reno 10x Zoom (2019), Samsung S8+ (2017), Samsung Note 9 (2018), and my current driver – the Samsung S20+.

My handphones get changed at most every year, so the next update to this post will probably only happen at least several years from now.