Which mobile phone for 10 year old dd

[kittenfun]

She currently uses my iphone mostly for you tube
I am due to upgrade on fri don't want her using my new phone
Recycling my old phone

Was think of IPhone se or IPhone 6s

IPhone se £15 a month with Tesco
IPhone 6s £17 a mnth

DS2 will not be walking home on his own in yr6 without a phone. DD has a phone now for that reason. It's my aunt's old one.

Had a similar dilemma recently, went for an iPhone 6 for £17.99 a month with ID mobile.

Reason I picked an iPhone was so I could use find my friends & track her should I need it!

Samsung or IPhone

I would be setting up parental controls

I’m with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates on this one. What a stupid way to waste your child’s potential by sticking a screen permanently in front of their face.

I think we’ll look back at this era with a sense of ‘what the fuck were we thinking’ like we do now about some dodgy 70’s parenting.

Op you might want to check out the threat about DF breaking her phone.. read what happens when you get young children expensive phones

If you go down the smart phpne route do look into installing a personal alarm app - quicker to press one button than trying to type a message to you, itll send you/plus other selected contacts a message and show on a map where she is.

DD usually completely forgets about her phone, it's either in her school bag or in the school office.

We need to take responsibility for what our children are doing and seeing online and tbh I think discussing giving a 9 year old open access to the internet with an (expensive) smart phone is lazy parenting and irresponsible

That's very judgemental. Most parents do monitor what their kids are doing online and on their phones. I certainly do. I worry a lot about my children and I'm definitely not irresponsible. My children are 15 and 9 and they are both extremely sensible though, I know 9 year olds that I wouldn't trust with a smartphone.

All a child at secondary school may need to do is text or call. Therefore any cheap phone is sufficient

Yes, but most parents also factor in children wanting to fit in. Their friends have smartphones, they want the same. Limiting time on it and monitoring what they are doing can mean children can own a smartphone safely. My son had one from age 10, he's 15 now and we've never had any issues.

I’m with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates on this one. What a stupid way to waste your child’s potential by sticking a screen permanently in front of their face.

But it's not permanently in front of their face if you put rules in place from day one. My 9 year old manages to have time on a screen as well as go to school, do homework, see family, draw, read, play board games, play on a scooter etc. It's not screens and nothing else, if it is, you're doing it wrong. As they get older, they do seem to spend more time on screens, but they use them to socialise and you can still have rules in place.

She already uses mine !!
When I get new one don't want her using it

Parent her then.

What a strange thread this has turned out to be.

So many parents on MN give their kids tablets/games consoles. Why the horror at the thought of a phone?

And as for suggesting SMS messages. It’s 2019!

Have you looked at the Motorola phones? They are really good & cheap (E & G series). What we think it irrelevant, OP is going to get one anyway & is asking for advice. Moto E or G all the way. No need for a contract, buy the phone & do a Giffgaff rolling contract.

@Mazdazzle - I was thinking the same. Lots of judging going on. Would there be the same hysteria if the OP was asking which iPad/tablet to buy? My 2 DC both had old iPhones just before they went up to secondary school aged 11. Most of their friends also got phones at that time. I wanted them to be able to contact me and vice versa. I put parental controls on them, they had to ask permission for any Apps they wanted, I kept an eye on usage etc, never had any problems.

The only difference between a tablet and a phone is that a phone is portable! I really don’t understand the outrage and I’m really strict when it comes to tech. We own 1 tablet between a family of 5 and no games consoles! My eldest is 11 soon and we’ll be buying her a smartphone. She will only be allowed it at certain times and it will have strict controls and I’ll monitor her usage. She’ll mostly use it for WhatsApp and definitely won’t be allowed on social media.

If you really want her to have one buy a se outright (giffgaff sell them) ideally reconditioned and get a sim from giffgaff, so much better than a contract at that age

She uses phone for 2 hours after school!
Will probably go for Samsung j5

She uses phone for 2 hours after school!

If she uses it after school why does it need to be a mobile? A tablet would make much more sense, especially as she mostly uses it for youtube and you want a large screen.

The only difference between a tablet and a phone is that a phone is portable!

So are tablets....

Why are so many people questioning and judging. The OP hasn’t posted on AIBU, nor has she asked your opinions on whether or not she should get her DD a phone. She has made her decision to get DD a phone and simply asked which one she should get.

Thesnobby - you can’t put a tablet in your pocket!

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Exactly !!!!!

See, I've always agreed with the not needing a smartphone thing when they're young, and with my older children always got a pretty basic handset when they started senior school because they were getting buses etc.

But now my youngest dc will be starting senior school in September and a basic handset won't cut it because they need the homework app as all homework is set via the app.
There's no homework diaries like when I was at school and my older DC were at school.

So a half decent smartphone is needed.
Which kinda pees me off tbh!

IPhone 6s is probably best bet then
Or is Samsung better ??!!

@kittenfun - I would go iPhone 6 especially if you are also getting an iPhone - think it’s easier if it’s compatible with yours.

We are all on iPhones and love them.