Band 6: Talk about the first phone you had. You should say: When this was What type of phone it was The features you liked about the phone And say if you still have the phone (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Okay, so my first mobile phone I received from my older brother, who already had another phone, a very huge Nokia that was very heavy, and you really couldn't manage that kind of phone. My phone was a little bit smaller than his, and it was also a Nokia. I don't remember the exact number; it was maybe 3310 or something like that. I don't remember. It was navy blue, which was quite interesting and a very appealing color. I mean, every girl wanted to have this kind of color at that time. I remember that very well. It was so simple; I could only make phone calls and send some messages. That was everything. I think that time was very interesting because we were obliged to meet someone. I mean, it wasn't possible to send someone photos or chat on the internet; social media didn't exist at that time. So, the phone was just a tool to contact someone, very briefly to convey some information, maybe sending short phrases, for example, to tell my parents, 'Listen, I will be home late today,' or 'I am in this place, don't worry about me,' etc. That was all. The social life was still outside of the phone; we were talking and meeting together. Today, we have so many difficulties because the phones, the iPhones, or smartphones have replaced that.

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Okay, so my first mobile I received it from my brother, my older brother, who already have one other phone, very huge Nokia, who that was very, very heavy and you really didn’t, you wasn’t able to manage this kind of phone. My phone was a little bit smaller than his and that was also Nokia. I don’t remember the exact number. It was maybe 3310 or something like that. I don’t remember. And it was navy blue. That was quite interesting and very interesting color. I mean, every girl wants to have this kind of color. That’s times I remember that very well. And then, I mean, it was so simple. I could only do the conversations, I mean, phone someone and then send some message. And that was everything. I think that that time was very interesting because we were obliged to meet someone because I wasn’t, I mean, it wasn’t possible to send someone photos or, you know, chatting on internet, on social media that wasn’t existent at that time. So I mean, the phone that was just a tool to contact someone, I mean, very shortly to say some information, sent maybe short phrases for example for parents to tell them listen I will be on late today or I am in this place don’t worry about me etc and that was all I mean the social life was still outside of the stool we were talking meeting together etc I mean today we have so many difficulties because I mean the phones, the iPhones or the smartphone replace.

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