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Item 004 - Sony Ericsson K800i

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  • Fonds
  • JR Butler's Internet of Things - a collection of objects amassed over a lifetime whether bought, found or given and which no longer serve any purpose other than as a mnemonic.

  • Reference Code
  • JRB/OE 004

  • Title
  • Sony Ericsson K800i

  • Creator
  • Sony Ericsson

  • Date
  • 2007

  • Unit of Description
  • Mobile Phone

  • Level of Description
  • Superceded mobile phone, now replaced by Sony Ericsson C902. Still functioning but without active SIM card and faulty earpiece (distorts the signal).

  • Provenance
  • Like for like replacement for damaged phone which was covered by phone insurance.

  • Associations
  • This phone was used much more as a camera than a means to call people, I often have over 70% unused allowance every month. All the photos taken with this handset coincide with the first year of my daughters life, including my first ever photo of her. The reason I have not got rid of it is that on the phone's memory are all the text messages from friends and familiy around the time of her birth. These are locked into the phone and can only be deleted and not transfered - hence my attachment to it. Whilst transferring contacts to my current phone I re-read the messages and was transported back to that emotional time.

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