Mobile Phone for 8 Year Old Girl

gent9662

Hi,

Does anybody know or recommend a make & model phone for my daughter who is 8.

She is looking for:
mp3 play

I am looking for:
Number restriction.

Thanks folks

Ghandee

I'm no prude,, but I simply don't think its appropriate for an eight year old girl to own a mobile phone.

She's EIGHT for Gods sake, let her be a child!

Kristopherus

Have to agree with you, Ghandee. Eight is a time for fun, not to be a slave to a mobile phone.

GreenWolfe

To answer the OP's question: a FireFly FlyPhone

http://www.fireflymobile.com/store/flyphone/

I have no idea where you would purchase one in this country, or whether the Dual Band GSM is compatible with the frequency bands used in Ireland...I'd guess not. If you must buy one of these, at least give them an email first before you attempt to buy anything.

I agree with Kristopherus and Ghandee, but circumstances of the OP may require a direct and emergency line of communication.

LukeS_

EarthlyPangaea wrote: »

To answer the OP's question: a FireFly FlyPhone

http://www.fireflymobile.com/store/flyphone/

I have no idea where you would purchase one in this country, or whether the Dual Band GSM is compatible with the frequency bands used in Ireland...I'd guess not. If you must buy one of these, at least give them an email first before you attempt to buy anything.

I agree with Kristopherus and Ghandee, but circumstances of the OP may require a direct and emergency line of communication.

I don't think they have MP3 playback compatibility. Must agree with the others, I didn't get my first phone until I saved the money from my confirmation. Times have changed!

GreenWolfe

EarthlyPangaea wrote: »

To answer the OP's question: a FireFly FlyPhone

http://www.fireflymobile.com/store/flyphone/

I have no idea where you would purchase one in this country, or whether the Dual Band GSM is compatible with the frequency bands used in Ireland...I'd guess not. If you must buy one of these, at least give them an email first before you attempt to buy anything.

I agree with Kristopherus and Ghandee, but circumstances of the OP may require a direct and emergency line of communication.

LukeS_ wrote: »

I don't think they have MP3 playback compatibility. Must agree with the others, I didn't get my first phone until I saved the money from my confirmation. Times have changed!

From the features blurb:

Make calls, play games, take pictures, listen to mp3's, watch videos, and text, all on the flyPhone™!

You may be confusing this model with its predecessor.

I got my first phone at 6th year of secondary school, times have changed certainly.

OP should ask whether the MP3 player has some sort of volume limit facility too, it isn't apparent from the link.

xsiborg

to answer the OP's question:

get your daughter a samsung europa on 3, i bought one for my son's 7th birthday, unlocked it myself and put cyanogenmod 7 on it, put a meteor sim in it, he gets €5 credit a month so he can text myself or my wife and he uses skype over wifi to talk to relatives.

i also loaded up garfield the movie on it for him and he gets great use out of the camera (sometimes embarrassingly so! ), he can also go on youtube to watch mr. maker cbeebies videos and it has a 3.5mm headphones jack so he can plug in his spongebob cup headphones when he wants to listen to music or the radio.

also, i travel for work and he enjoys being able to follow our journey on google navigation, the equivalent of sat-nav on the phone. it's also a great way to teach him geography.

them firefly phones and even flyphones are the equivalent of comparing a v-tech toy laptop to an actual netbook, they get far more use and value out of a netbook.

as for number blocking, this is probably the easiest thing you can do on the europa, and if your daughter is into jedward, well three have the europa now for €80.

Kristopherus

Are you sure them's the only videos he watches/will watch on youtube?;)

xsiborg

Kristopherus wrote: »

Are you sure them's the only videos he watches/will watch on youtube?;)

i've tried to tell him porntube is where its at, but you know kids, they never listen!











im kidding, im kidding, before anyone gets any ideas about social services on speed-dial!

krudler

who does an 8 year old need to ring? when I was 8 if I wanted to talk to my friends I went out on the road to find them, they were probably out messing around or being kids

*storms off in a grumpy old man huff*

xsiborg

krudler wrote: »

who does an 8 year old need to ring? when I was 8 if I wanted to talk to my friends I went out on the road to find them, they were probably out messing around or being kids

*storms off in a grumpy old man huff*

now they want to text their friends to make sure they're going outside before they roll off the couch and out the door themselves!



ah no, texting and calls are the LEAST of what my son uses his phone for, none of his friends in class have a phone, except for one girl who's a diabetic and has to be able to call her parents so she knows how much insulin to take depending on her blood sugar levels.

my son had been using my old N95 since he was about 5, and the europa for €50 at the time, for his birthday, too hard to pass up!

jarvis

I've just bought my 5 year old a second hand iPod touch. Am I going to hell? It'll stop here stealing my iPhone for games etc. don't foresee her needing a phone till she's like 37 or something.

Kinky Slinky

I knew before I even opened this thread what the responses would be. OP didn't ask if was suitable for a 8 year old to have a mobile phone.

John mac

Samsung nexus . has everything.

Pawwed Rig

Kinky Slinky wrote: »

I knew before I even opened this thread what the responses would be. OP didn't ask if was suitable for a 8 year old to have a mobile phone.

dclane wrote: »

Does anybody know or recommend a make & model phone for my daughter who is 8.

She is looking for:
mp3 play

I am looking for:
Number restriction.

Thanks folks

I would think the answers given so far are valid ie "Does anybody know or recommend a make & model phone for my daughter who is 8." Answer - No we don't know or recommend ANY phone for any 8 year old. Headphones would definitely not be suitable for an 8 year old neither would text access (imho) unless there was a way of restricting who they could send texts/calls to and receive from on an opt in basis rather than an opt out basis.

GreenWolfe

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I would think the answers given so far are valid ie "Does anybody know or recommend a make & model phone for my daughter who is 8." Answer - No we don't know or recommend ANY phone for any 8 year old. Headphones would definitely not be suitable for an 8 year old neither would text access (imho) unless there was a way of restricting who they could send texts/calls to and receive from on an opt in basis rather than an opt out basis.

From the model I found after searching:

www.fireflymobile.com/cust_svc/downloads/FLY_UserGuide.pdf

Read page 39. You can load contacts into the phone book then lock down contact to those numbers only.

And xsiborg? Looks like you're going to the frostiest level of Hell :P

Kinky Slinky wrote: »

I knew before I even opened this thread what the responses would be. OP didn't ask if was suitable for a 8 year old to have a mobile phone.

+1

OP didn't say why he needed the phone for his daughter, come to think of it. Assumptions (including my own!) aren't helpful imo.

xsiborg wrote: »

to answer the OP's question:

get your daughter a samsung europa on 3, i bought one for my son's 7th birthday, unlocked it myself and put cyanogenmod 7 on it, put a meteor sim in it, he gets €5 credit a month so he can text myself or my wife and he uses skype over wifi to talk to relatives.

i also loaded up garfield the movie on it for him and he gets great use out of the camera (sometimes embarrassingly so! ), he can also go on youtube to watch mr. maker cbeebies videos and it has a 3.5mm headphones jack so he can plug in his spongebob cup headphones when he wants to listen to music or the radio.

also, i travel for work and he enjoys being able to follow our journey on google navigation, the equivalent of sat-nav on the phone. it's also a great way to teach him geography.

them firefly phones and even flyphones are the equivalent of comparing a v-tech toy laptop to an actual netbook, they get far more use and value out of a netbook.

as for number blocking, this is probably the easiest thing you can do on the europa, and if your daughter is into jedward, well three have the europa now for €80.

Looks like you need to clarify how you're restricting contacts.

I didn't think of Skyping relatives over wifi, Google Navigation or cBeebies vids from YouTube.

If xsiborg can encourage responsible use of technology now, I think it's much better than just denying them and then giving them no proper direction when they eventually get their hands on some kind of mobile phone/technology in general.

EDIT: Another question xsiborg (if you don't mind) - what kind of rough handing can the Europa withstand?

bmm

I think Fisher Price do a mobile for kids !