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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're waiting until eighth grade to get our current sixth-grader a smartphone, but would like to get them a non-smartphone to use for texts/calls for coordinating activities with friends and being in touch when commuting independently to extracurricular activities after school. Does your child have one you would recommend?

I know there is the option of getting a smartphone and disabling other apps, but this is a matter of principle with child's older sibling, who did not have a smartphone until 8th grade, so don't want to go that route.

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We tried this and it just didn't work -- texting on a flip phone is slow, they aren't able to be on group texts with their friends, and they would forget it at home constantly because it didn't even seem like a phone to them. We ended up getting an older iphone and just enabling texting and calls instead. Her brother didn't have a phone at the same age, but doesn't mind since it's not being used like a smartphone. [/quote]

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