We spent yesterday cleaning out the garage, and in a box of old electronic/computer stuff we found one of our first cell phones, a 1993 Motorola flip phone. The only way I could figure out exactly what it is was to search it out on eBay. Anyway, next to it? My first generation iPhone. Gads, what a difference 17 years makes. We spent yesterday cleaning out the garage, and in a box of old electronic/computer stuff we found one of our first cell phones, a 1993 Motorola flip phone. The only way I could figure out exactly what it is was to search it out on eBay. Anyway, next to it? My first generation iPhone. Gads, what a difference 17 years makes.