
Mobile phones by year

These are UK phones year by year. This is not an exhaustive list, but we have tried to capture a flavour of what people generally used. Apologies if we have missed your favourite model.
Analogue phones
1983
1985
- Motorola DynaTAC 8000S
- Technophone Excell M1/M2
- Technophone PC105
- British Telecom Opal (rebadged Motorola 8000S)
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1986
- Mitsubishi Roamer (also marketed as BT Pearl or Racal-Vodac VP15)
- Technophone PC115
- Technophone PC135
1987
- NEC 9A
- Motorola DynaTAC 8500X
- Nokia/Mobira Cityman 1320
1988
- British Telecom Coral (made by Kokusai)
- Philips PRC30E (made by Kokusai)
- Technophone PC205
- Cleartone CTN9000

1989
- Motorola MicroTAC 9800X
- British Telcom Ivory (made by Hitachi)
- OKi CDL 700E (Distributed through Martin Dawes in the UK)
- 1989 Maxon EPC590E
- 1989 Bosche Handy 450
- 1989 Hitachi CR-2170UK
- 1989 Ericsson Hotline
- 1989 Mitsubishi MT-3
1990
- Motorola DynaTAC 8800X
- NEC P3
- Nokia Cityman 100
- Nokia Cityman 190
1991
- Motorola DynaTAC 8800X

1992
- Ericsson EH97
- Mitsubishi MT7
- Motorola DynaTAC 8900X
- Motorola Independent
- Motorola Personal
- Motorola MicroTAC II
- NEC P4
- Nokia 101
- Nokia 121
- Sony CMH-333
- Swatch Cell Phone
1993
- BT Jade (rebadged NEC P100)
- Ericsson EH237
- NEC P100
- Nokia 100

1994
- Motorola DynaTAC 8900X-2
- Motorola 888
- Nokia 232
- Ericsson EH237
- Sony CM-R111
1995
- Motorola Flare L
- NEC P800
1996
- BT Jade II (rebadged NEC P800)
- Motorola a130
1997
- Nokia Ringo (available in the UK on Vodafone Pay as You Talk)
Digital phones 1991 to 2000

1991
1992
1993
1994
- Ericsson GH337
- Motorola 5080
- Motorola 5200
- Motorola 7200
- Nokia 2010
- Nokia 2110
- Nokia 2140 (Nokia Orange)
- Orange MR1 (Motorola)

1995
- BT Roamer 600 (Ericsson)
- Motorola 7500
- Motorola 8200
- Motorola Flare
1996
- Ericsson GA318
- Motorola 8400
- Motorola 8700
- Motorola StarTAC 85
- Motorola StarTAC Lite
- Nokia 1610
- Nokia 2110i
- Nokia 8110
- Nokia 9000 Communicator
- Nortel m900
- Orbitel 903

1997
1998

1999
- Ericsson A1018
- Ericsson T28
- Motorola Timeport L7089
- Motorola v3688
- Nokia 3210
- Nokia 7110
- Nokia 8210
- Philips C12
- Segem 815
2000
- Nokia 3310
- Nokia 6210