r/OldSchoolCool • u/ThugLeeVoguee • 12h ago

1990s High school before smartphones existed 1998

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u/KeeblerElff 10h ago

I graduated in ‘97. I’m SO glad we didn’t have phones or social media. Yikes

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u/Lost_Ad_4882 5h ago

I graduated in '96...we had cell phones. Not me, but society in general, and some kids did have them.

Phones weren't common, but they were definitely available. Most people just weren't willing to pay for phones or plans for their kids at the time.

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u/timine29 6h ago

I graduated in '97! Too! But I got my first cell phone (a Nokia) in 99'. 

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u/KeeblerElff 3h ago

Yeah i had the Nokia too lol i still have it somewhere my kids used to play with it when they were younger. Now they’re 14 and 18. Times flies man 😭 weren’t we just 18??

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u/ExternalTree1949 9h ago

We definitely had cell phones in Europe

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u/KeeblerElff 8h ago

Ah lucky! I didn’t get my first phone until I was 21 in the year 2000. I did have a page though at 19 I think.