AK
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Originally posted by john-d
those who are saying 15 wtf, imagine them getting ripped at school for being a tramp and not having a phone. year 7 i would say
So your kids are going to be swaning around with expensive phones, top of the range clothes, expensive bikes etc. Buying kids the best so they dont get slagged off is a piss poor reason to buy things. They will then EXPECT waay too much.
Give them what the need is my opinion. The world still worked before mobiles. I didnt bother with a mobile till I was about 18 and then it was only to text multiple bints.
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Pip308
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When they are mature enough to pay for it themselves and whe you are comfortable letting them go out without knowing exactly where they are going.
I'm 22 and didn't have a mobile till I was 16 and only had one so I could contact the rents if needed. A friend of mine who is also 22 still doesn't have one.
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Pete G
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i don't know about everybody else but me and my friend would go down the field or woods. nobody (not saying that nobody cared) would check up on us ((via mobile) we didn't have mobile then)) and we came home at a set time, i got my first phone at 16, i'm 27 now and still on a payg mobile.
(edit) Spell Check
[Edited on 11-09-2010 by Pete G]
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Hammer
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A 9 year old should not have a mobile phone is the answer to your roundabout question.
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Pete G
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i concur
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BradG
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I got one when i was in year 5 at primary. Was one of those bt cellnet phones in black, wit h the shitty digital display 
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Ben D
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Old skool brad   ....
I see kids walking around with Iphones nowa days and makes you think in the wrong neighbourhood/school it's just going to make them target's for robbery etc so i think that's somethign else you need to take into consideration, My 1st phone was when i was 11 was an ancient Motorola literally the size of a brick so i could use that as a weapon if anyone tried taking it off me
[Edited on 11-09-2010 by Ben D]
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BradG
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yeh, i know the 1 your on about... if it was the similar time to me, would it be green?
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Ben D
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No it was one of these beauties, Cost the earth to ring anyone and I'm pretty sure if your battery run out you could substitute it with 4 AA's Terrible!
Also the Ariel look's like it came from a cavalier Mahoosive!
[Edited on 11-09-2010 by Ben D]
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BradG
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@ Mahoosive!
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ed
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I had that one too
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ed
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It would run on AAs, was on the Duracel advert...
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DannyB
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I remember the first phone I got, I was about 12 I think, mum won it in a raffle at work it was a huge Nokia with a fuck off aerial, I used to think I was proper cool, none of my mates had a mobile back then.
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mattk
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my first phone was a coca cola Ericsson cost me 50 tokens and £50
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mattk
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this one
[Edited on 11-09-2010 by mattk]
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mwg
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15.
Think I bought my 1st one at 15, paid for myself from my saturday job. It was a Nokia and I paid about £100 for it.
This is the bad boy
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chr15barn3s
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5110  I had one when I was 13 I think.
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John
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My wee cousins have them in primary school whatever age that is,
Other cousin will have an iPhone 4 in first year.
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Ingham
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Never, they should be locked up in the basement and kept there until they die!
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mwg
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Originally posted by chr15barn3s
5110 I had one when I was 13 I think.
crazy thing is apart from my iPhone, the 5110 is the only phone I've had that's never gone wrong or been a complete pain in the arse in some way
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micra_pete
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my 9 year old has a lg viewty snap :S
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Ben D
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Originally posted by mwg
15.
Think I bought my 1st one at 15, paid for myself from my saturday job. It was a Nokia and I paid about £100 for it.
This is the bad boy
Interchangele front fascia's
I also had one of these, all your friends would bug you to let them play snake on it
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mwg
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snake! forgot all about that I changed the aerial on mine to one that was clear with little LEDs in it that started flashing just before you were about to receive a call or text message
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Hammer
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I had one of those Nokia's about 2 years ago now and I very, very nearly got refused access to a club because I 'may use it as an offensive weapon' without a word of a lie 
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Eck
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I know from personal experience that giving a kid under the age of 16 a contract phone will result in ridiculous bills. £4000 in a year to be exact 
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