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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don't have an old phone to pass down to your kids, are you spending $$$ to get them one?  I started looking today and it's so much more than I expected. Even an old used iPhone is in the hundreds (unless I'm not looking in the right places?). I only want them to be able to talk and text, everything else will be locked down. But flip phones are pretty terrible for text -- I get that it would be hard since big group chats are how they all communicate. What's everyone else doing? Just spending a lot of money? Thanks[/quote]

You understand they will be the weird kid that can’t iMessage or WhatsApp chat (I know this b/c I grew up with out a phone number my friends could call).

If your DD is pretty and popular, or DS is sports champ, I’m sure they can weather being outside of things and friends will jump hurdles to reach them.

But kids spontaneously plan over group messaging (not just txt b/c group txts are real flaky), and your basic phone will ostracize them. Maybe that’s your goal, and they will spend more time on SAT prep.

https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-popularity-teens-piper-jaffray-2018-4

One compromise, get them that track phone with a mobile hot spot option, and let them tether a $200 iPod touch or simply use the family iPad with their own accounts. They maybe late to everything and get messages after things are over, but st least in conversation. [/quote]

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