We all know the advantages of having a smartphone. Kids could get access to a whole lot of apps that could help them learn whatever it is they want to learn.
Having their their personal phones helps a lot when their parents and elder siblings try to reach them directly to find out where they are and what they a doing. You feel safe knowing that your kids are safe as well. In an emergency situation also, it's crucial that your kids is just a call or text away when they try to reach you or when you try to reach them.

But with all these positives comes a handful of negatives as well. With a smartphone always at hand, kids also have access to social media, a variety of games that are really time-consuming, with a possibility of hitting those dreadful search words and find their way to a plethora of porn sites.

Games are addictive and will take their time depriving them of rest, playtime and prevents them free doing their homework.
And let's not get started on the jungle that is Social media.

What do you guys think? How old should a child be to have their first mobile phone?

Abdstrakt:
We all know the advantages of having a smartphone. Kids could get access to a whole lot of apps that could help them learn whatever it is they want to learn.
Having their their personal phones helps a lot when their parents and elder siblings try to reach them directly to find out where they are and what they a doing. You feel safe knowing that your kids are safe as well. In an emergency situation also, it's crucial that your kids is just a call or text away when they try to reach you or when you try to reach them.

But with all these positives comes a handful of negatives as well. With a smartphone always at hand, kids also have access to social media, a variety of games that are really time-consuming, with a possibility of hitting those dreadful search words and find their way to a plethora of porn sites.

Games are addictive and will take their time depriving them of rest, playtime and prevents them free doing their homework.
And let's not get started on the jungle that is Social media.

What do you guys think? How old should a child be to have their first mobile phone?

precisely 16-18years,

Like between 5 - 7 Years.

1 - 2

NCP:
Like between 5 - 7 Years.

Are you for real?
That's about the same time they start saying "thank you" and "i'm sorry" and you want to put a smartphone in their hand?
Common be serious

I'd say 18 onwards.
But if you feel you must buy them a smartphone at a very young age you could get one that has a kind of parental control feature.
There's a profile settings on my Phantom 6 that can help you disable key features and make kids use it safely.I can also disable data access on key apps like playstore so that they can't download any apps, disable data access on two, Facebook and Instagram etc.

Abdstrakt:


Common be serious

Abeg behave yasef ooh. Who say l no SeeRust? Na front if Mama Chinedu Buka l dey now and l dey SeeRust for her zinc Buka.

I got my first phone at the age of 10

MOTOROLA OPEN N CLOSE PHONE

I can Neva forget it

No age once they can carry the weight of the phone

Once they can literally separate good from evil.

shiftback:
I'd say 18 onwards.
But if you feel you must buy them a smartphone at a very young age you could get one that has a kind of parental control feature.
There's a profile settings on my Phantom 6 that can help you disable key features and make kids use it safely.I can also disable data access on key apps like playstore so that they can't download any apps, disable data access on two, Facebook and Instagram etc.

This is absolutely correct.
I did a bit of reading and found out it's a marshmallow feature which effectively makes other smartphones on marshmallow capable of the parental control.
Like the new Tecno W5 and 5 lite.

Back to OPs question. A smartphone is the key to unfettered access to the internet and the many benefits and dangers that come with it.
Personally I think the longer you wait to give your child a smartphone, the better. 15 years onward is about right.

austino677:
No age once they can carry the weight of the phone

Lol very funny.

The way my 3 & half year old son fights me for my phone cos of game ehn! E no get part 2. I think considering the way Technology is evolving, there shouldnt be restriction by age, even games improve critical thinking, only thing is not to neglect parental control

austino677:
No age once they can carry the weight of the phone

true but should be controlled.

You people that are saying 18, which age did you guys get yours?

it depends. from ages of 6 to 12 years = desktop phones
from 12 years to 15 years= mobile phones especially the torch light
15 years and above= any type of phones.
In this 21st century, communication is very important especially teaching your kids to memorize your phone number in case of emergency.


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asuustrike2009:
it depends. from ages of 6 to 12 years = desktop phones
from 12 years to 15 years= mobile phones especially the torch light
15 years and above= any type of phones.
In this 21st century, communication is very important especially teaching your kids to memorize your phone number in case of emergency.


Disclaimer: The writer of this work only expressess his/her opinion based on research being carried out. so he/she is entitle to his opinion unless the receiver of the information needs clarity.

In a nutshell you're saying between the ages of 6-15 they should get a dumb phone
15 and above she get a smartphone

I like this.

17yrs.

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On the Phantom 6? That's interesting. If that's the case it makes a good gift for teenagers

shiftback:
I'd say 18 onwards.
But if you feel you must buy them a smartphone at a very young age you could get one that has a kind of parental control feature.
There's a profile settings on my Phantom 6 that can help you disable key features and make kids use it safely.I can also disable data access on key apps like playstore so that they can't download any apps, disable data access on two, Facebook and Instagram etc.

Abdstrakt:


In a nutshell you're saying between the ages of 6-15 they should get a dumb phone
15 and above she get a smartphone

I like this.

Yea

Techm8:


This is absolutely correct.
I did a bit of reading and found out it's a marshmallow feature which effectively makes other smartphones on marshmallow capable of the parental control.
Like the new Tecno W5 and 5 lite.

Back to OPs question. A smartphone is the key to unfettered access to the internet and the many benefits and dangers that come with it.
Personally I think the longer you wait to give your child a smartphone, the better. 15 years onward is about right.

Can Tecno W5 actually do this? Because my boss was comtemplating what best phone to buy for his teenage son but was scared of the influence of Social Media on the boy's school work. I might recommend this to him if he hasn't bought already.

excanny:


Can Tecno W5 actually do this? Because my boss was comtemplating what best phone to buy for his teenage son but was scared of the influence of Social Media on the boy's school work. I might recommend this to him if he hasn't bought already.

DAT pikin eye go open like Adam and Eve.

asuustrike2009:

DAT pikin eye go open like Adam and Eve.

But there is parental control on the phone and mostly like apps that prevent visiting certain adult sites. If truly that Tecno W5 can do it, I have no problems recommending it for the boy.

excanny:


But there is parental control on the phone and mostly like apps that prevent visiting certain adult sites. If truly that Tecno W5 can do it, I have no problems recommending it for the boy.

I don't think so.android phones are too open.why not get him a tab from Etisalat

psucc:
1 - 2

Na Jesus kid e be?

Ill say between 6 to 8 years old

pple dah are saying 18.......haba.....Wat age did u get urs.......I was in part 3 at d age.........so I no deserve smart phone at dah level bah.........Una no fit use olden days judge nowadays o......in d nxt 20 yrs smartphones would be lyk toys in children's hand

shiftback:
I'd say 18 onwards.
But if you feel you must buy them a smartphone at a very young age you could get one that has a kind of parental control feature.
There's a profile settings on my Phantom 6 that can help you disable key features and make kids use it safely.I can also disable data access on key apps like playstore so that they can't download any apps, disable data access on two, Facebook and Instagram etc.

Really? That's a very good feature. Is that synonymous to the Tecno Phantom? I think phone companies should have the parental control features in phones. It will be a great selling point.

Most kids all they want to do on a phone is play games.

funmyade:
The way my 3 & half year old son fights me for my phone cos of game ehn! E no get part 2. I think considering the way Technology is evolving, there shouldnt be restriction by age, even games improve critical thinking, only thing is not to neglect parental control

You are very right oh my master at my workplace daughter the girl of two years and some days will go to YouTube by herself and started watching cartoons videos even when she is watching not interesting one she will next it or select another sometime i will look at her say in my mind she is very brilliant intelligent and witch oh back then when me don't know anything about phone until like 18 Years old

With the way the world is right now, kids are more intelligent than we were during their age so getting them an educational tab/parental controlled phone at an early age(12 years upwards) is necessary to aid their development.

Behankey:
Really? That's a very good feature. Is that synonymous to the Tecno Phantom? I think phone companies should have the parental control features in phones. It will be a great selling point.

It's OS dependent I think. A friend played with the settings on his Tecno W5 .