What is the oldest text/email you still have on your phone

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the oldest text messages and emails participants have stored on their phones, exploring personal experiences and habits regarding message retention. The scope includes informal sharing of individual practices and reflections on the significance of older messages.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Meta-discussion

Main Points Raised

  • One participant mentions their current phone was purchased in December 2013, with the earliest text from February 25, 2014.
  • Another participant claims to have texts dating back to 2011.
  • One participant humorously suggests that the last text received was printed on the phone at the factory.
  • A participant states they have texts from at least 2014.
  • Another shares that they have some texts from 2013 that still bring them joy.
  • One participant explains their practice of regularly deleting texts after reaching a certain number, typically keeping messages no older than a week or two, while noting they have older emails dating back to 2010 and 2009.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants share a variety of personal experiences regarding the age of their texts and emails, with no consensus on a specific oldest message. There are differing practices regarding message retention, indicating a range of approaches to managing digital communications.

Contextual Notes

Some participants' claims depend on personal habits and definitions of what constitutes "old" messages, and there are unresolved details regarding the specific content or significance of the messages mentioned.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in digital communication habits, message retention practices, or those reflecting on the significance of old texts and emails may find this discussion relevant.

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bought my current phone in December 2013 , and the earliest text i can find still on there is from feb 25 2014
 
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I think the last text my phone received, was printed on it, at the factory.

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Mine goes back to 2014 at least..
 
There's some from 2013 that still make me smile, so not that old :P
 
If you're talking about texts, I make a regular habit of deleting them from any individual once it reaches a certain threshold # (usually after a 100 texts). So I rarely have any texts that are older than a week or 2 at most.

The situation is different for e-mails (which aren't necessarily linked to my phone) -- I have some e-mails that date back to 2010, and I've saved some e-mails in archives that date back to 2009.
 

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