What is the right age to carry a mobile phone

@CrazyBoy • Oct 24, 2024

Oct 24, 2024

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I remember that I got my first mobile back in 2nd year of my college days.
My younger cousins got it when he passed out of their high schools.
Next generation of kids (I consider a person 10 year younger as a generation gap) got it in 10th standard.
I saw a kid in mall carrying his own cell and he was not even 10th year of his age 😲

I was just wondering that that what should be the age when a kid should carry mobile?

Per me not before college days, what do you think?

-CB

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Jeffrey Arulraj

@jeffrey-xA7lUP • Jul 5, 2013

No age can be defined as right to carry a mobile phone My cousin is 8 He knows inside about mobile phone usage That doesn't mean he has a right to have a mobile

I would say you need a mobile only when you are in need of a telephone with you always

That would lead the age to be when you step out of your Home circle in school 16 or 17
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Anil Jain

@CrazyBoy • Jul 5, 2013

I agree that If you know how to operate the mobile phone that doesn't justify that you needs a phone.

As keeping a mobile phone and access to internet all the time doesn't go well on the innocent mind of kids.

-CB
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Abhishek Rawal

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Jul 5, 2013

When I was in 10th, I had Nokia 1600. (2009)
In Diploma 2nd year (3rd sem), I got Nokia 2690. (2010)
In Bachelor Engineering (3rd sem), I got Galaxy Y (2012)

You can see I haven't used any high-end phones in my life.I have my neighbour, whose son is in 11th & he's been tweaking with ROMs in Android. Sounds good, but his performance in studies has declined from 87% in 10th to 44% in 11th finals.
You can see the adverse effect of mobile (more specifically, smartphones)

Ideal age ? umm ... 18.
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Anil Jain

@CrazyBoy • Jul 5, 2013

Abhishek Rawal
You can see I haven't used any high-end phones in my life.I have my neighbour
High end or low end? Does that matter?
The question is do you really require a phone at the age of 14 (in 10th standard?)

-CB
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Abhishek Rawal

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Jul 5, 2013

crazyboy
High end or low end? Does that matter?
It does.

crazyboy
The question is do you really require a phone at the age of 14 (in 10th standard?)
I had 5AM tution batch. Every parents worry about their kids.So,they bought me one so they can call me whenever they want or I can if I am in any kind of trouble.

BTW It was from 10th where I inherited the habit of early morning work/studies. I am an owl 😛
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Jeffrey Arulraj

@jeffrey-xA7lUP • Jul 5, 2013

Smart phone for a school student is surely not an option at all. It is like giving a free license to everything which is beyond their age

But Basic mobiles are okay

I personally used a basic Samsung mob from 10th That was when I started to work as Sound Arranger apprentice.

Till This date my mobile is a great help as my work never lets me have fixed schedule So also is my college now a days
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Harshad Italiya

@harshad-ukH5ww • Jul 5, 2013

As per my point of view there is nothing wrong to keep phone when you are in 10th. I agree that simple phone is better at this age compare to smart phone because normally kids used to spend time on internet and game. But there is less chance if there is Nokia 1100 with them.

#-Link-Snipped-# So you were practising for engineering from 10th.

I got my first phone after my Diploma.

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Jeffrey Arulraj

@jeffrey-xA7lUP • Jul 5, 2013

Harshad Italiya
I got my first phone after my Diploma.
Well sorry to say this you lived almost a generation before AR and Me
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Jul 5, 2013

The world is evolving and the present day reality demands that we stay connected. But the choice of carrying a mobile phone should only be allowed when the owner understands the responsibility of carrying the phone.
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Anil Jain

@CrazyBoy • Jul 5, 2013

Well sorry to say this you lived almost a generation before AR and Me
There Is nothing to be sorry about that ;-)
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