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Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by vichelinsphones(op): 12:13pm On Apr 17, 2025
Ah, SAGEM! If you’re a Nigerian guy who grew up in the early 2000s, you know what I’m talking about. SAGEM was that brand you either had, or your cousin/friend/neighbor had and you’d be lowkey jealous. It wasn’t the flashiest, but it got the job done, and sometimes that’s all that mattered, right?

SAGEM mobile phones were the real MVPs of the time. Let's Forget Our sleek iPhones or Galaxy phones we flex with now for a minute; back then, SAGEM phones were the tough guys! Whether you were in Lagos traffic or jamming to some naija jams with your friends, your SAGEM was there never crapping out on you, even when it fell to the ground from your pocket after a serious "Omo!" moment. You could literally drop a SAGEM from the 3rd floor and it would still be working like nothing happened. True story, no cap.

And let’s talk about the flip phones. If you didn’t have a flip phone in the early 2000s, were you even living? You’d snap that bad boy shot after a call, making the loudest “CLICK” sound, and it felt like you were starring in your own action movie. If you had a SAGEM flip phone, you were definitely the boss of your block.

Now, some of us went a bit extra. You know the guys who had those high-end SAGEM models? They didn’t just have a phone; they had a status symbol. Custom ringtones? Please. "Yahoozee" by Olu Maintain blaring from the speakers? You were the coolest guy in the area, no doubt about it. wink grin

And then there was the SAGEM internet modem. Ah, yes, the Nigerian version of "Wait, make I finish this 5-minute download before NEPA takes light." Dial-up internet was the original test of patience. If you could survive waiting 15 minutes to check your email, you could survive anything, even the slowest traffic on the 3rd Mainland Bridge.

But let’s be real, SAGEM was the real one in those early days. Tough, durable, and a bit quirky, they didn’t follow the trend, they set it.

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Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Rexymania(m): 2:11pm On Apr 17, 2025
When we were busy using Sagem, China were using Android

Respect to those people
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by RealityKings1: 2:19pm On Apr 17, 2025
I used X5 back then... Some never do well stole it embarassed
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by CJStarz: 3:03pm On Apr 17, 2025
I miss Motorola....
Hello, Moto..
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by RealNiggaDee(m): 3:15pm On Apr 17, 2025
many ladies got fvked and overfvcked just so they could get a sagem and a bold 2 black berry phone .


Women!, fish brain Dem .
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Myrepublic(m): 3:28pm On Apr 17, 2025
RealNiggaDee:
many ladies got fvked and overfvcked just so they could get a sagem and a bold 2 black berry phone .


Women!, fish brain Dem .
Na BB bold 5 tear toto pass that year cheesy,Z10,Q10. also did,cux some wanted to upgrade. Students most especially.
Fast-forward to iPhone. iPhone torn toto,still tearing toto till date...

My guy here said.. even touch light phone tear toto grin grin
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Daptboy(m): 4:02pm On Apr 17, 2025
My x5 that year... Mehn that 5secs video recording was the bomb....

To my guy above... Those genders matter Taya me... Things you can use to nack Dem.. noodles, coke, generator, just have light in your house, food, weed, beer, drinks alcoholic and non the list is endless.

My guy got a job some months ago good salary now he wants to go to school..

He paid 350k for rent off k... Bought a mini bus to defeat mobility and brokerage you know...

Furnished the house wetin no good... Gentlemen if you see ladies ehnnnnn...

Women mata no dae end
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by richiemcgold: 4:09pm On Apr 17, 2025
I remember using one phone called Trium in 2001. Very ugly and low-end phone grin grin. Shame no dey allow me commot am for public.
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by KingMack(m): 4:25pm On Apr 17, 2025
I love phones with good gaming experience.. Nokia did the banger with that Space Impact 💯
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Jerixcon: 4:48pm On Apr 17, 2025
CJStarz:
I miss Motorola....
Hello, Moto..
Motorola still dey nowww.
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by EmperorIsaac(m): 4:57pm On Apr 17, 2025
Nokia N98...oh...I missed the days of symbian designs! grin Now everything just looks the same.
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Fogman(m): 6:43pm On Apr 17, 2025
richiemcgold:
I remember using one phone called Trium in 2001. Very ugly and low-end phone grin grin. Shame no dey allow me commot am for public.
Mitsubishi Trium that year smiley
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by henrycloud: 6:46pm On Apr 17, 2025
I used my x5 in 2008/2009. Omo time flies o. I should get married o.

If you get money and are not a fetish lady, biko come marry me o. I no ugly and I get tiny money.
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by MichaelSokoto(m): 6:57pm On Apr 17, 2025
richiemcgold:
I remember using one phone called Trium in 2001. Very ugly and low-end phone grin grin. Shame no dey allow me commot am for public.
fone wey I take shine those dayz, nahim shame nor let u bring out 4 public?

dat blue Trium fone wey geh butterfly dp?
cool

Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Kimo21(m): 7:42pm On Apr 17, 2025
Na the second sagen I use play prince of Persia grin
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by rampage101(m): 7:51pm On Apr 17, 2025
Myrepublic:
Na BB bold 5 tear toto pass that year cheesy,Z10,Q10. also did,cux some wanted to upgrade. Students most especially.
Fast-forward to iPhone. iPhone torn toto,still tearing toto till date...

My guy here said.. even touch light phone tear toto grin grin
e cost me and my woman fight dat year
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Myrepublic(m): 8:14pm On Apr 17, 2025
rampage101:
e cost me and my woman fight dat year
Wahala grin
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by id4sho(m): 8:18pm On Apr 17, 2025
RealNiggaDee:
many ladies got fvked and overfvcked just so they could get a sagem and a bold 2 black berry phone .


Women!, fish brain Dem .
Till date oOoOO 😅😂🤣.

Many of them are in their 40s now 🤷
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Nobody: 8:32pm On Apr 17, 2025
To a woman it’s just sex…5 mins, max 30 minutes for the equivalent of 3months salary for an average guy.

Who really lost?

To you they are fish brains, but to them, men are fools whose IQ drop by half when it comes to sex.

RealNiggaDee:
many ladies got fvked and overfvcked just so they could get a sagem and a bold 2 black berry phone .


Women!, fish brain Dem .
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Nobody: 8:35pm On Apr 17, 2025
Sagem and that heavy Nokia phone…I didn’t send…it was magically being able to text or call anyone I wanted.

Before then we used to queue to use a landline…no privacy, hot sweaty space…

Thank God for technology.
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Pickmycall: 8:43pm On Apr 17, 2025
My first phone was that flip blue colour sagem by the far right.Very good ringtones.Na pick I pick am for one bar joint for ilupeju when I dey go work early Momo.
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by AngelicDamsel(f): 9:24pm On Apr 17, 2025
Sagem
Trium
Motorola
Nokia
Siemens


I used to call them hummer phones, Motorola the sleekiest of them all.
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Dundalk(m): 9:34pm On Apr 17, 2025
All you of you guys forgot the Best among the Best...

Sony Ericson,with infrared..

Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Carndidlaydid(f): 9:56pm On Apr 17, 2025
dollypi:
To a woman it’s just sex…5 mins, max 30 minutes for the equivalent of 3months salary for an average guy.

Who really lost?

To you they are fish brains, but to them, men are fools whose IQ drop by half when it comes to sex.
grin grin grin grin cheesy

You made yourself a target an enemy of the comrades grin grin cheesy grin
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Zonefree(m): 12:34am On Apr 18, 2025
rampage101:
e cost me and my woman fight dat year
She kill you?
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Deelaw(m): 1:17am On Apr 18, 2025
Dundalk:
All you of you guys forgot the Best among the Best...

Sony Ericson,with infrared..

You also forgot that Samsung blue screen phone with the blue indicator light. That phone oppress those days sha...😂
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by rampage101(m): 8:08am On Apr 18, 2025
Zonefree:
She kill you?
space abeg.
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Azazyel: 8:39am On Apr 18, 2025
I played games with my Dad's sagem My x7 back then. Gulo's tale and Siberian strike
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by Peakdesign23(f): 8:53am On Apr 18, 2025
I was still a kid back then.
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by dalongjnr: 9:01am On Apr 18, 2025
I was using x-2 in 2003-7 connected to a very long M-TEL antenna before switching to thuraya 📡 😅 😀.
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by FEGNO: 11:36am On Apr 18, 2025
RealNiggaDee:
many ladies got fvked and overfvcked just so they could get a sagem and a bold 2 black berry phone .


Women!, fish brain Dem .
. Believe me Nigeria was not that bad at the time. Women still had decorum and the decency levels were quite high then
Re: Throwback To SAGEM: The Real OG Of Early Mobile Phones by SouthSouth1914: 12:08pm On Apr 18, 2025
Before phone started getting smart. There was Sony Ericsson- The W series! Nokia communicator, express music, n900. BB touch etc.

I still have the BB Porsche 3. Good times..

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