The age of tech to age of human relationship really breaks down as soon as you leave the imperial core or even the middle class, so I'm not so worried about it.
First phone i bought with my own money was an s6 and yeah it died after a year with some boot looping thing. Couldn't even get my photos off it so i lost a lot cos I didn't back shit up back then lol... Still pissed. Engaging with Samsung support to use the warranty also didn't work because their customer support website just didn't function at all
Got a windows phone after and ngl its still the best phone i ever used
Nokia 5110, back in the very late 90s was my first phone.
First cellular phone to make a phone call on? The Motorola 2950(i think) bag phone in my Aunt’s mid 90s convertible mustang. It only worked in certain parts of San Antonio, Tx. An average phone call cost about 15-20 bucks (back then calls were dollars per minute not minutes per dollar).