Mine was the 1998 Nokia 5110, the one with the cheesy looking dark grey sprinkled paint job on the plastic, it had white illuminating dial buttons. I bought back in late 1999 because my woman at the time hated not knowing where I was when I was not with her. I had a beeper, but the beeper wasn't enough for her.
I don't even remember what company was the service carrier for that phone. I think it was nextel. I remember 60 minutes for the phone cost like twenty dollars.
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