This Facebook poster displayed a receipt of a Nokia 3310 and starter pack she bought in 2001.

The "palasa" phone together with the network's sim pack came at a cost of N47,000.

How time flies! Can you imagine the hi-tech android or iphone that amount will fetch you nowadays?

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Lol

When eyes never tear

santakris:


When eyes never tear

When there was limited mobile phones...and raw materials to produce were somehow scarce.

If this phone fall for person head from storey building, the owner will only come down to pick his rock of ages.. but that person head na tear!!!

Inside life...buh i like nokia sha

My God....43000 Naira as far back as 2001 no be Beans oh.....it's the equivalent of 200k now.

that year

Vulcanheph:
My God....43000 Naira as far back as 2001 no be Beans oh.....it's the equivalent of 200k now.

when mtn was 25k

Vulcanheph:
My God....43000 Naira as far back as 2001 no be Beans oh.....it's the equivalent of 200k now.

More likely in d range of 120k and not 200k

As at that time petrol was around 60# or less. The value of 47K now should be around 100K

seunfly:

when mtn was 25k

with CD case

Bought Samsung R220 "Blue face" 17k , MTN sim 13k, both 30k in 2004

seunfly:

when mtn was 25k

with CD case and 60leafs HIGH EDUCATION MANUAL

I use simless phone straff Nky baby then

Dad bought sagem my v55 2nd hand from one boy 55,000 naira.
This was like between 2002 and 2005 (Cant recall)
He had to wait for some weeks before buying econet sim card i think about 25k then...


Na d same man d shout when we buy phone of only 70k now

See how the man take use calligraphy handwriting write "fourty"

Very beautiful handwriting

Amazing handwriting.
I doubt any Nairaland moderator can write like this..

HomerTimpson:
with CD case and 60leafs HIGH EDUCATION MANUAL

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econet with CD case

Hmmm, it is well

Nigeria was worse then.
Worse before then.
And today it still continue to be worse off
Unless the contraption is deamalgamated, Nigeria will continue to be a Zoo where some few animals are the the keeper watching and laughing the millions of humans kept in cages who love to endure suffering, poverty and backwardness.

Back then, this money could get you at least 3 plots of land

Bloghomies:
Back then, this money could get you at least 3 plots of land

Depends on the area sha o. Maybe one plot in some places and more in others

I Ayam really liken the phone, Because it was the first device that survive my Guwara Guwara stress test
Gyarbonka

HomerTimpson:
with CD case

my dad still got his ....mtn CD case

If you dey use dis phone for school then, u be hushpuppi of ur class...

My dad bought same that year
And the Sim mtn Sim pack was like vcd pack then.

faceURfront:


More likely in d range of 120k and not 200k

Dollar to naira was less than 90naira then. Today; 1 dollar is almost 400naira. The phone is equivalent to more than 200k if it was to be gotten today