Ericsson GH 218

  • Released 1994
    36mm thickness
    Feature phone
    No card slot
  • N/A 139,215 hits
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    1 line
  • NO
    No video recorder
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  • 650mAh
    NiMH

Ericsson GH 218 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900
GPRS No
EDGE No
Launch Announced 1994
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 130 x 49 x 36 mm (5.12 x 1.93 x 1.42 in)
Weight
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type Alphanumeric
Size
Resolution 1 line
 Fixed icons
Memory Card slot No
Phonebook
Call records
Camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Monophonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Radio No
USB
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS
Browser
Clock No
Alarm No
Games No
Java No
Battery   Removable NiMH battery
Stand-by 47 h
Talk time 2 h 40 min
Misc Colors

Ericsson GH 218 - User Reviews

  • I've had from Galaxy S2 to Galaxy s9+ and I am using Digi.I never had any problem with the signal, sometimes I can get signal even where other networks don't have. Maybe you should go check your SIM card in a service, or try a Samsung phone to see the difference.I'm not advertising Samsung, this is not the purpose, they just are better phones in many aspects.

  • This is when people just had simple lives.

  • a strong signal... what we DON'T have these days. Fancy shamcy phones with any sort of bullshit useless application that you don't need, yet the sole reason these things were invented, lacks the ability to do it! I almost always have no signal on my phone. ffs. 2014, htc m8 one... never buy htc

  • This is just my phone now in 2017 and it was from my dad anyway this one is just awesome.

  • This was my first ever cell phone, back in 1995. It had almost no features whatsoever, except for an address book, but I always got a pretty good strong signal with it. which was all I wanted at the time.

  • I want this mobile

  • Lmao

  • i agree

  • Yes and Red-Tube too.. -_-

  • Can you watch YouTube videos on this?

  • I guess u r a damn guy who knows nothing about cellphone.Tis phone subjected here is wat u called a true phone as compare to wat we ve today.Why-cos today's phone is not actually a communication device but a computing gadget which is a combination of all IT functions into a stupid device for entertainment.So now could u analyst te difference of te 2 items.Guess u wont understand.

  • Yes place in vice aw in half install Jellybean and glue phone back together ;-) there you have it an installed jelly bean on an Ericsson GH218

  • i don't care what anyone says. if i had this phone in 1994 i would've been the absolute boss!

  • Wow!!!!! look at all the "NO" on the specs.. Can anyone tell me how to update this piece of beauty to Jellybean 4.3.3

  • This is a great gift for my iPhone-proned sister.

  • oh my god!!!! i have one in my house!! its so ugly but i used for a long time in the school... good times...

  • ericsson makes so many bricks!!!!!!

  • wt an outstanding mobile, me n my partner have jus recently purchused 2 of these, does any1 kno wt megapixel camera this has got? its almost as gd as my current nokia 2760 :) weee xxxx

  • Wow, would you look at this big brick. It looks so cool and I bet it is worth alot of money now. Very rare, wish I had one!

  • not the first phone or even the first gsm by a long way but still great for the time, ive been looking for one for ages to add to my collection this site should list the pre-gsm phones aswell (but i guess it wouldnt be called gsmarena then lol)

  • Can people stop bagging this phone and similar phones. At the time this would have been a great phone, and if it wasn't for phones like this, we wouldn't have the phones we have today.

  • i compared dis marvel to da HTC TYTN II Results: 1) Camera is incredible!! TYTN's measly 3MP AF camera is nothing compared GH 218's 9.5 MP FF (fine focus)with auto Macro and manual ISO. 2)In the line of user friendliness the huge, Fred Flinstone sized keys work MUCH better that any touch screen!! also no need to use your brain, just press!! I could do a full review but I'll leave that to the real guys. Overall, according to those inspections alone, the massive TYTN II pales (u could become impaled on the GH 218's antenna though) in comparison to the legendary GH 218.

  • awesome phone!! they shouldn't have 'discontinued', it's a real awesome phone. i mean when it soppd workin 5 years ago, i still play catch with it. even then, when me landline phone spaeker went bad, what better replacement to use that this Mega Bass speaker? one time i had to cut my pants pocket because the antenna bored a hole in it and couldn't come out sniff~ i really loved that fone!~sob

  • it's one of the first mobile phones ,what do you expect it's a phone not a computer,at that time it was good .

  • Except the tremendous characteristics,it supports satellite and 3G!!!!Wow, I never expect to have a 25Mp camera phone in my home...And another two secret points, u can use it as a handbrake!!! Yes...U put it under your wheels!!!!OR, u can build your house with a brick like that!!!!!Take it without second thought,is recommended by everyone...

  • what a good phone it has camera with 10mp color screen with 16m mp3 aac radio bluetooth 3g and is very small:-]

  • It's the pocket version.

  • u could get killed with that antena if u're not carefull enough

  • What no bluetooth?

  • freakin huge as..its like those old army fones..

  • dnt tease dis fone cos as soon as it came out millions of ppl got it, this fone is de ancestor of all fones and it was a big boost in technology

  • Wow. This is old school, even by old school standards

  • that phone looks old skool

  • look at the size of the phone its a wifi enabled phone donot ignore this ,have a look at its huge display screen ,awesome

  • wot a bad boy this phone is . i;m 18 and this is the first time i'v seen anything like it , a think its ace ,, .. and NESHA . a can sooooo reme that phone and Z had n=on save by the bell it was ace , if god tec as moved on sooooooooooo much !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • look at this phone its hugeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee antenna. this mobile phone has 7 megapixel camera in it.and please have a look at its massive display and features.

  • ha look at the antenne hahahahahahahaha!

  • no, this is not the first mobile phone the Motorola Dyna-Tac was the first (not to mention the crappiest)however it is not on this website so i suggest google

  • oh come on man i cant belive you guys making funny of the one greater phone ever came truht , was very nice by the time being.i had one , and was the best.

  • For all you haters and people who make fun of this phone: this was a pioneer in GSM communications. If this phone and others like it hadn't been made you wouldn't have enjoyed all the hi-tech benefits of today's phones!

  • Look at the antenna! U cud fit a TV and watch it for Free!!!! Blimey, I'm gonna have to buy this. I heard that this fone is better than the N70! No seriously, it costs �659.99 here in the UK. It also has a built in DVD video and Live Web Cam too! Seriously, check out the full review at www.imjustblaggingmyheadoff.com/isthisevenafone?­wml

  • Show some respect..you ignorant ones..This is the very first mobile phone.

  • does anybody know where i can get a 1GB memory card for this fone from. by the way the modem is great on this. the only problem is that there is only a 2mega pixel camera not a 4.

  • Can anyboy tell me wher i can get a memory card for this model?? it just seems so hard to get now a day

  • ppl may lol @ dis fone but iv it wer nt 4 old comanies like ericsson making fones bak in da day we wun av wot we got 2day, like it or nt dis is a pioneer. let it rest in piece an remembr in 10 years dare wil b ppl who luk @ da fones we got now an lol @ dem... jus bare dat in mind

  • Jesus Christ ,is this a mobile phone or a goddamn dildo?

  • We are currently considering whether to bring this design of phone back into production with all the modern functions from phones now. We really like the stylish design and feel that a 9 megapixel camera, bluetooth and 3g would enhance its performance. We will also put a memory card slot and satnav onto this phone and wi-fi. We need peoples opinions on this subject. Please oblige. Thanx. Mr S. Ericsson (Chief Executive)

  • this phone has a 4 megapixal camera with flash, has bluetooth, video, pda functionality, wi-fi, 3g vidoe downloads and comes with a 3 gigabyte transflash memory card. it also uses the tom tom sat nav which is included and looks cooler than the v80 and 8800 combined.

  • I think that if some of you have this phone now you should take care of it because it will soon worth a fortune as a museum piece. Don't you think so? :)

  • ROFL nice anntena but for 1994 what would you expect,heh nice to look at old phones and read the funny comments

  • old school!!!

  • excellentphone. I love the one line of text feature and the backlight. I like it how it displays every thing in black and white. I've had a few great times with this. It will be interesting how the phones of the future beat this great creation.

  • wow. it's amazing how technology has changed over the past 10-or-so years. put a few of these together with a bit of cement and you've built yourself a house.

  • This was my first cellphone. It cost a fortune, fried my brain with its radiation, weighed so much, that if you put it in your pants' pocket, the pants fell down

  • look at the standby ^^.. cute

  • ooh this fone is like 1 yeer less than me witch makes it 11 yeers its like vintage lol

  • This phone is pretty cool, but it doesn't compare to this bad boy that I want so much...

  • Does this phone support bluetooth? Is it compatible with 3G networks. I need to know. Planning on trading in my Nokia 7710 for one of these sexy babys!

  • I WANT IT NOW!!!!! hahaha what a joke of a phone

  • Nokia 7280 or this phone? I'm having the absolute hardest time deciding. Anyone care to help me decide?

  • This phone is absolutely fantastic esp with the 1.3 megapixel camera and MP3 ringtones. This is the future of mobile phones!

  • i i i tink thiss fonee is teh besst fonne on hte marrkete it it it iz betterr thann alll off yourzz

  • it just 0wns !

  • I think the antenna needs to be longer and it needs a massive flip covering the keypad that you have to pull down really elaborately to dial a number. Also, it has to go boop-boop-beep when you push the buttons.

  • it's so good to see the old phone... arf! don't say you're phone is big!!!

  • Yes! This is the old-school shit right here...now if only they still made the kind Zach used on Saved by the Bell...

  • omg this phone is awesome, it's so ghetto/retro. I really want one

  • I'm like really into this retro stuff and I want this fone if you have one email me

  • wow this the perfect set for " Gand " cleaning with extra long antena

  • sssscccccaaaaaaaannnnnniiiiinnnnnggggg eeeeeeeeerrrrrriiiiiccccsssssssssooooonnnnn ggggghhhhhhh 2222211111188888

  • Yeah this is Said bahaii, Abay raheel taira ericsson maire C T mai neechay agaya hai , naya pakar laina ja kay ,, mai to TRIUM XS lainay ja raha hooon

  • Its One and Only use is scanning. Codes stolen from Nokia FActory , ciruclated around the world and Hyd aswell. Raheel keeps it in his Jeans Back Pocket to show up its Antenna coming out and this is his motive to keep this set with him.. Just for the sake of its Antenna, SO i guesss GH218's main attraction is its ANTENNNAA and SCANNINg!!!! I have noticed another thing in this phone is a SINGLE LINE Display,, DAMnn Whaat do you expect in one line display, Just to SHow the Battery life and Signal????.... Id like to give a suggestion to NOKIA company PLeasee Keep Assembling this cell phone Just for Raheel.. For rest of the WORLD

  • It can only be used for SCANNING. Antenna is longer than the body of this unit. U can never hide this unit as the antenna always shows up.

  • This cell sukz big time.. people put it in their pockets just to show its huge antena. Ye antenna raheel ke gand mein lainay kay lia hay.

  • The best phone ever! Go on and buy it! Look at it..... is so gorgeus!

  • How much is this Phone ?

  • This fone is old and bad

  • Longest Antenna I ever saw!