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Teenager - how much for mobile phone per month?

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WellWoman · 01/06/2017 21:02

Just that really - currently we pay £10 per month for 14 year old's mobile. The DC is over-spending some months. We could get a much more generous package for £20 per month....but should we just tell them to manage it better? What are other kids that age getting covered on mobiles?

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Chasingsquirrels · 01/06/2017 21:13

My 14yo has a £5 package with iD Mobile.
Gives him the following (brackets figures are how much he has left this month - runs from 9 May - 8 Jun)

250 mins (246 left)
5,000 texts (4,564 left)
1Gb data (0.2 left)

Phone was purchased outright as a birthday present so this is just the contract.

user1486076969 · 01/06/2017 21:14

O2 - £15 unlimited calls and texts and more than enough data i.e never gone over limit.

user1486076969 · 01/06/2017 21:15

Should have said the £15 is for phone and package over 24 months

prettybird · 01/06/2017 22:02

Ds is 16 and has his own phone (Moto-G: bought as a birthday present then he had to replace it with his own money when he left it in a changing room and it was stolen or he lost it).

He's on a Tesco SIM only 12 month rolling contract at £7.50/month. It's capped at £10 and I set it up for him to get warnings when he went above his contract but he says he's never had a warning (and I'd see anyway on my credit card).

He was on PAYG initially so got very good at not using his data and using free wifi where he can.

I did however have to change our broadband contract at home to unlimited as he was looking at so many videos rugby geek

WellWoman · 02/06/2017 15:38

Thanks everyone, that is all very helpful. In case anyone's interested we're going to stick with £10 and a absolute data cap each month. I think he needs to learn to manage his use of data and understand that when he hits his limit each month it's gone until he can get on wi-fi.

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