When did mobile phones take over lives?

My daughter (now 35) had one at 11 because my bl***y dad bought her one.

I loved my first one. I've gradually become less interested. My current phone is an old Windows one. SHOULD be a smart phone but because it's so old, it can only text and use for calls.

I COULD buy a new one, but why? It still works.

Love my tablet though.

For me it was mid 90s and a cute little Nokia. My DD was becoming a teenager and my excuse was needing to keep in contact with her. I remember it went off in the reference library and I didn't know how to switch it off.

About 10 years ago we became very irritated with a young American volunteer who brought his phone to the breakfast table! Imagine that

The demise of phone boxes and calling the AA when you break down. How did we ever manage before?

Oh the dialup - Grannynannywanny the endless waiting while DH looked at his emails on the shared PC. He would say he was always waiting for me.