DD1 has just been given a phone for her 11th birthday (after many years of nagging). We gave her my old 4yo Sony Xperia Z1 to see how she gets on with it until she starts high school in September when I want to get her a better phone. Between now & then my DHs contact is up for renewal so I would like DD to have his old Samsung Galaxy S7 which is a much better phone than the one she has now.
DH, however disagrees. Be thinks she should stick with my old phone as a) it's older and therefore less expensive so we wouldn't mind so much of she lost it or broke it etc, and b) his phone would be more likely to get pinched. I can kind of see his point a bit but he wants to give his old phone to his mum (she has all of his old phones) who will be basically using it as a camera, texting & setting reminders to take her tablets. My argument is DD would make much more use of the features of the newer phone than MiL and I'm also concerned about the potential for bullying when she goes to high school for having such an old phone. So who IBU? Would you give her the newer, better phone or leave her with the older one? Is phone bullying a thing in High School (DH thinks it isn't)? What phones do your high school age kids have?