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16 awkward photos of celebrities at mobile phone launches in the noughties

From Samantha and Bono to Bob Geldof. Nobody was above posing with a flip phone.

1. Samantha Mumba

Samantha Mumba - Vodafone Launch PA Archive / PA Images PA Archive / PA Images / PA Images

2.

This is pretty impractical.

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3. Bono

Bono promotes motorola red carphone for charity, Oxford Street - London EMPICS Entertainment EMPICS Entertainment

4. It would be very hard to picture Bono doing this in 2018.

Bono promotes motorola red carphone for charity, Oxford Street - London EMPICS Entertainment EMPICS Entertainment

 5. Eddie Hobbs

This one’s actually for ComReg’s website CallCosts.ie, but we’ll include it anyway.

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6. Liberty X

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7. Louise Redknapp and Darius Danesh

They aren’t even acknowledging the phone.

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8. Myleene Klass

Looking like every typical 14-year-old back in 2009, for some reason.

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9. Bob Geldof

He probably thinks he’s above doing this now, but he wasn’t back then.

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10. Jonathon Ross

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11.

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12. Stephen Fry

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14. Frank Lampard

Soccer - Launch of Frank Lampard's TV Channel - The Soho Hotel PA Archive / PA Images PA Archive / PA Images / PA Images

15. Dannii Minogue

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This was probably the height of glamour at one stage.

16. Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud Samsung Launch - London PA Archive / PA Images PA Archive / PA Images / PA Images

We prefer Nadine Coyle with this mobile phone:

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