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Title: Nostalgic and cool-looking hardware
Post by: ciro64 on Sep 16, 2026, 02:48 AM
This is a Sony Ericsson w200, my first phone. This forum theme with all these orange items is reminding me so much of it lol.
(not my photo as I unfortunately don't have it anymore)

(https://i.imgur.com/TbSh4Hi.png)
Title: Re: Nostalgic and cool-looking hardware
Post by: Ranmyaku Ichi on Sep 16, 2026, 03:03 AM
The classic 2004 Motorola Razr was all the rage back when I was a teen, seeing one always takes me back to those days
(https://i.postimg.cc/Nf0Y9XK8/dbd2608e303b53a7dff479beb5220bf1.jpg)
Title: Re: Nostalgic and cool-looking hardware
Post by: ciro64 on Sep 16, 2026, 03:33 AM
Quote from: Ranmyaku Ichi on Sep 16, 2026, 03:03 AMThe classic 2004 Motorola Razr was all the rage back when I was a teen, seeing one always takes me back to those days
(https://i.postimg.cc/Nf0Y9XK8/dbd2608e303b53a7dff479beb5220bf1.jpg)

That design looks so cool!

That reminded me of a flip phone I used to play games on before I owned a phone of my own, this is Sony Ericsson W380, it had touch music controls on the outside!

(https://i.imgur.com/9WMteGL.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/s1uvb3X.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ooPB1Jh.jpeg)
Title: Re: Nostalgic and cool-looking hardware
Post by: Ranmyaku Ichi on Sep 16, 2026, 07:27 PM
Quote from: ciro64 on Sep 16, 2026, 03:33 AMThat design looks so cool!

That reminded me of a flip phone I used to play games on before I owned a phone of my own, this is Sony Ericsson W380, it had touch music controls on the outside!

(https://i.imgur.com/9WMteGL.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/s1uvb3X.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ooPB1Jh.jpeg)
I remember these! The Sony Ericsson was a pretty common sight back then here too

Edit: Oops, I broke the quote sorry! Still sorta getting used to this lol
Title: Re: Nostalgic and cool-looking hardware
Post by: ciro64 on Sep 16, 2026, 08:19 PM
Quote from: Ranmyaku Ichi on Sep 16, 2026, 07:27 PM
Quote from: ciro64 on Sep 16, 2026, 03:33 AMThat design looks so cool!

That reminded me of a flip phone I used to play games on before I owned a phone of my own, this is Sony Ericsson W380, it had touch music controls on the outside!

(https://i.imgur.com/9WMteGL.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/s1uvb3X.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ooPB1Jh.jpeg)
I remember these! The Sony Ericsson was a pretty common sight back then here too

Edit: Oops, I broke the quote sorry! Still sorta getting used to this lol

I took the liberty to fix your post if you don't mind :3

Also I took the opportunity to make a CSS edit on the forum theme's to automatically limit the size of a quote while making its contents scrollable, so this way we don't have to worry about manually making quotes small anymore  ;D
Edit: now also using CSS I also made subquotes invisible! Yay!

Anyway, pink 3DS, I just think it looks cool and cute. Wish I had this color.

(https://i.imgur.com/5H7wrkA.png)
Title: Re: Nostalgic and cool-looking hardware
Post by: Ranmyaku Ichi on Sep 17, 2026, 12:08 PM
Quote from: ciro64 on Sep 16, 2026, 08:19 PM
Quote from: Ranmyaku Ichi on Sep 16, 2026, 07:27 PM
Quote from: ciro64 on Sep 16, 2026, 03:33 AMThat design looks so cool!

That reminded me of a flip phone I used to play games on before I owned a phone of my own, this is Sony Ericsson W380, it had touch music controls on the outside!

(https://i.imgur.com/9WMteGL.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/s1uvb3X.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ooPB1Jh.jpeg)
I remember these! The Sony Ericsson was a pretty common sight back then here too

Edit: Oops, I broke the quote sorry! Still sorta getting used to this lol
Anyway, pink 3DS, I just think it looks cool and cute. Wish I had this color.

(https://i.imgur.com/5H7wrkA.png)

I had the turquoise blue one, and I loved it so much
(https://i.postimg.cc/gkgzYh0Z/81I7gzdc-Ip-L-AC-SL1500.jpg)

I literally played it to death. I put like 800 hours into it and then it stopped working :(
I got a black New 3DS shortly after which I still use, but it just doesn't hit the same
Title: Re: Nostalgic and cool-looking hardware
Post by: ciro64 on Sep 17, 2026, 07:11 PM
Quote from: Ranmyaku Ichi on Sep 17, 2026, 12:08 PM
Quote from: ciro64 on Sep 16, 2026, 08:19 PM
Quote from: Ranmyaku Ichi on Sep 16, 2026, 07:27 PM
Quote from: ciro64 on Sep 16, 2026, 03:33 AMThat design looks so cool!

That reminded me of a flip phone I used to play games on before I owned a phone of my own, this is Sony Ericsson W380, it had touch music controls on the outside!

(https://i.imgur.com/9WMteGL.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/s1uvb3X.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ooPB1Jh.jpeg)
I remember these! The Sony Ericsson was a pretty common sight back then here too

Edit: Oops, I broke the quote sorry! Still sorta getting used to this lol
Anyway, pink 3DS, I just think it looks cool and cute. Wish I had this color.

(https://i.imgur.com/5H7wrkA.png)

I had the turquoise blue one, and I loved it so much
(https://i.postimg.cc/gkgzYh0Z/81I7gzdc-Ip-L-AC-SL1500.jpg)

I literally played it to death. I put like 800 hours into it and then it stopped working :(
I got a black New 3DS shortly after which I still use, but it just doesn't hit the same

I have a black 3DS too, and yeah, they're not as fun as the colored ones.

The pink one stuck in my mind so much because if I had decided to bought a 3DS earlier, I would have gone for the pink one because I remember finding one in a good deal before. I wasn't obsessed with pink back then but I wasn't against it either.
Title: Re: Nostalgic and cool-looking hardware
Post by: Ranmyaku Ichi on Sep 17, 2026, 11:28 PM
Quote from: ciro64 on Sep 17, 2026, 07:11 PM
Quote from: Ranmyaku Ichi on Sep 17, 2026, 12:08 PM
Quote from: ciro64 on Sep 16, 2026, 08:19 PM
Quote from: Ranmyaku Ichi on Sep 16, 2026, 07:27 PM
Quote from: ciro64 on Sep 16, 2026, 03:33 AMThat design looks so cool!

That reminded me of a flip phone I used to play games on before I owned a phone of my own, this is Sony Ericsson W380, it had touch music controls on the outside!

(https://i.imgur.com/9WMteGL.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/s1uvb3X.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ooPB1Jh.jpeg)
I remember these! The Sony Ericsson was a pretty common sight back then here too

Edit: Oops, I broke the quote sorry! Still sorta getting used to this lol
Anyway, pink 3DS, I just think it looks cool and cute. Wish I had this color.

(https://i.imgur.com/5H7wrkA.png)

I had the turquoise blue one, and I loved it so much
(https://i.postimg.cc/gkgzYh0Z/81I7gzdc-Ip-L-AC-SL1500.jpg)

I literally played it to death. I put like 800 hours into it and then it stopped working :(
I got a black New 3DS shortly after which I still use, but it just doesn't hit the same

I have a black 3DS too, and yeah, they're not as fun as the colored ones.

The pink one stuck in my mind so much because if I had decided to bought a 3DS earlier, I would have gone for the pink one because I remember finding one in a good deal before. I wasn't obsessed with pink back then but I wasn't against it either.
The pink one IS really cute. I've never actually seen one outside of boxes or online pics, but I didn't know many people in my IRL friend groups who had an original 3DS either instead of a 2DS or New 3DS.

Funny enough, I didn't actually pick the turquoise one myself, it just happened to be the last color the store I went to buy it at had in stock. It was the one I wanted though, so everything was coming up Ranmy that day lol  :comfy: