I’ve been thinking of all the mobile phones I’ve had over the last 3 decades plus. Without doubt my blackberry bold was my favourite of them all, although Nokia always had a signal. The blackberry’s physical keyboard was fantastic.
What is your favourite mobile phone of all time and why?
Blackberry - Hands Down!!!
My answer is boring, I’m afraid: It’s my current iPhone. My previous favorite was my last iPhone. My next favorite will be my next iPhone.
I used a BlackBerry for literally a week. My company issued me one and I received it coincidentally the week the first iPhone came out. I bought an iPhone the first day and my BlackBerry sat in a drawer after that.
Before the BlackBerry I had a Palm Treo 750, which was very nice.
Like @MitchWagner my favourite 3 phones have all been iPhones. The iPhone X, iPhone 4, and then my current iPhone 16 are my top three in that order. The only thing I’d put against the iPhone X was that after the iPhone 6S, the X was a little small for the onscreen keyboard.
I supported Blackberries in my IT role, they were OK, but there were better out there. I liked Windows Mobile far better than RIM’s Blackberry.
My first “good” phone was the Nokia 5110 https://www.stuff.tv/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/nokia-5110.jpg. (previously I had an Ericsson which was rubbish)
Original “Candybar” phones were the Nokia 6210 and 6310.
I enjoyed the Ericsson T28, the original Motorola Razr https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1200,h_700/https://mobilityarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/motorola-razr-v3.webp,
the Nokia 6810 https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eEiTsORWU1o/W-nq1bnNURI/AAAAAAAAOfY/EKqO42RLGEIe7qqLOyjDx6Bkcf-sodjFgCLcBGAs/s1600/nokia-6820.jpg,
Sony Ericsson P800 and P900, the Nokia Communicator 8000 was fun for a play, but not as good as the Sony Ericssons.
The Sony Walkman W810 https://imei24.com/img/sonyericsson/10_27_20_9.jpg was my last Pre-iPhone phone which I enjoyed.
Your numbers used to be saved on the SIM card, so it was amazingly easy to swap phones. Some of us even sync’d our contacts with our computers for backup.
In the UK, Test messages (SMS) cost 10 pence per message with a few hundred thrown in with your Mobile plan, and calls weren’t free, there was a cost per minute. If you texted or dialled internationally the bill went up quickly, and in the US the person calling would be charged also.
Kids of today don’t know they’re born.
My favorite mobile phone was actually my 160gb iPod Classic with click wheel. 
My iPhone is basically a glorified iPod: it’s about 75% dedicated to just listening to stuff.
A phone, who talks to people anymore. I don’t even have the phone icon anywhere! Click on numbers to call, accept incoming.
If I take favorite to mean best product of limerence and utility, it might’ve been the 4S. It was good for a long time, too. I had it from launch day and people in bars would demand you let them ask Siri a question, as unbelievable as that sounds.
I’ve always been an iPhone user, but I was drawn to larger screens back in the day when apple was still making tiny phones. Bought an HTC One - the big silver one with Beats speakers.
All of my friends have iPhones and I am so heavily entrenched in the apple ecosystem I didn’t love it after a week or so, but from a hardware side - man I loved that phone. Photo from November 2013
I really loved my Palm Treos back in the day. The little stylus tucked into the back, the removable battery cover that you could get third-party extended batteries for, the various apps that you could run…it was a lot of fun.
Your mention of stylus reminded me of my galaxy note 8 which was one of my longest owned Samsung/Android phones. The stylus was just fantastic and well ahead of the competition. I wrote soooo many notes.
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Thank you! Always a great day when you learn a new word. 
The 6 Plus. Not too big to fit in my hip pocket, but I could comfortably read ebooks on it.
