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re: At What Age Did You Get a Cell Phone? Parents: At What Age Did You Give Your Kids a Phone?

Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:22 am to
Posted by Brian Wilson
Member since Mar 2012
2363 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:22 am to
I got mine 1st Nokia 5110 at 15 and I always got fussed at for leaving it at home.
Posted by tke857
Member since Jan 2012
12195 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:22 am to
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My kid got his at 10 just so we can keep up with him, but unlike most kids his age (12 now) he's never on it and rarely carries it anywhere.



I guess that is good that he isnt attached to it. That is one big fear that will happen when it is given to him. Also, losing the phone. Kid could lose his hands if it were possible.
Posted by LZ83
La
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:22 am to
I was 16. It's when I started driving that I got one.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
65089 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:23 am to
who had the light up antennae on their first phone?



This post was edited on 4/20/17 at 8:25 am
Posted by Bluefin
The Banana Stand
Member since Apr 2011
13447 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:24 am to
This was my first phone:




Got it in 2005, when I was a junior in high school.

I was one of the last of my friends to have a cell phone, and was definitely the last to have one that could actually take freaking pictures.

I missed out on a lot of noods opportunities in those days.
Posted by Spelt it rong
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
10747 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:24 am to
When I started driving
Posted by tke857
Member since Jan 2012
12195 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:25 am to
i didnt have that but I did buy a few faceplates. I remember getting a sliding one like this:



god i was trashy
Posted by FearTheFish
Member since Dec 2007
4308 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:25 am to
Got one when I started driving to school (17). I plan on doing the same with my children.

There is absolutely nothing good that can come of a 13 year old having a cell phone with internet access and a camera.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171955 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:25 am to
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ah yes beepers....another piece of technology children these days will have no knowledge about.




Why would they need to?
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
112450 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:26 am to
I got one at 26. My kids got theirs at 13.
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
78062 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:26 am to
My 13 year old just got one. An older IPhone that I had previously used. She doesn't overuse it and isn't glued to it.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
65089 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:27 am to
i rememeber that

that antennae lasted about 3 days until I dropped it in the student section at tiger stadium
Posted by Seldom Seen
Member since Feb 2016
48737 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:27 am to
23 or 24 I don't really remember.
Posted by WITNESS23
Member since Feb 2010
13813 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:28 am to
quote:

I got mine when I got accepted into high school in 8th grade. Graduated high school in 2009 for a time reference.


Same
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
68967 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:28 am to
Not sure asking when posters got their first phone is going to help you. Cell phones weren't a practical option when many of us were 10. And they were numbers and a tiny screen, so the technology concerns weren't there.

I was 16. I remember how awesome it was when they came out with phones that could play music and allow you to customize ring tones when I got to college.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
65089 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:30 am to
quote:

Not sure asking when posters got their first phone is going to help you. Cell phones weren't a practical option when many of us were 10. And they were numbers and a tiny screen, so the technology concerns weren't there.


better question is
who has owned a beeper/pager?
This post was edited on 4/20/17 at 8:31 am
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
18842 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:30 am to
I got my first cell phone when I went to college in 2000 because it was cheaper than paying long distance to call home. No idea when my son will get his first phone, he's only 3 months old. . . so probably in a year or two
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
18842 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:31 am to
quote:

who has owned a beeper?


I had one in high school in the 90's. I would have to pull over and find a pay phone to call people who beeped me
Posted by Tiger3048
Member since Sep 2011
675 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:32 am to
Got mine when I got my license at 16. My parents just wanted to be able to keep in touch when I was driving around. I didn't know anyone who had their own before about 15 though. We'd all get to borrow one of your parent's phones when we all went to the movies or something like that.
Posted by tke857
Member since Jan 2012
12195 posts
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:32 am to
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No idea when my son will get his first phone, he's only 3 months old. .


by the time he is old enough to get a phone they will prob be surgically implanted in our brains. FB is already making a mind reading device or some shite
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