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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish apple would come out with a phone that allowed music, texts, and phone calls only.  No internet, no apps.

Why bother with a Touch.  It is everything an iPhone is without the phone.  They can still get on social media, text, google all their sexual desires and more.  [/quote]

Once again, the previous posters have already pointed out the fact that it's [u]the principal[/u].
Even if it were free, I would never get my 11 year old an iPhone for her very first phone.  How do they know she'll be responsible enough to take care of an iPhone without losing it or breaking it?  I'm sorry, but no 11 year old needs an iPhone for their very first phone.
Here's a novelty.... how about give her something to strive for??
I know a lot of the kids in this area have a sense of entitlement, because their parents indulge their every whim (because God forbid they not have something that the whole school already has, they might die!).

The Touch IS a great compromise even if they can afford the iPhone, because based on the expensive items on her daughters list already, she seems to have   very expensive taste & very high expectations... again, and she's only [b]11![/b]. This is exactly how children become spoiled & entitled (I'm definitely not calling your daughter spoiled or entitled, OP).

If the OP starts to indulge her every whim with such extravagance at such a young age, the lists will only continue to grow in size & nature and will only grow more & more extravagant.   Just because she wants an iPhone, doesn't necessarily mean that getting her one is the best idea (no matter how much it cost!)

Start her with the Touch, make sure she's responsible enough to take care of that first (i.e.; doesn't lose it, doesn't break it, keeps it charged, etc), yes she'll be slightly disappointed, but think of how much more excited she'll be when she finally DOES get it & she's not expecting it (she's expecting it now). 
She will appreciate it so much more if she has to wait a little, rather than if you just indulged her by slapping an iPhone right in her hand (just because she asked for it).  Especially if you didn't make her either work for it, sweat for it, pay for it or pray for it.  Longing & striving builds character

Like the old saying goes "Easy come, easy go".  When you're given something too easily, it doesn't have as much meaning to you & you cant possibly appreciate it as much.

Trust me mom, you'll be better off starting her with a Touch, or an android or whatever different phone & then upgrading from there., but if you start her with an iPhone first, there's nowhere to go but to the next, more expensive iPhone when she wants a new one.  Give yourselves a buffer, start her off with something with less of a status.[/quote]

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