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Kids can manage with grown-up phones, seniors need help

Andras888

Apr 11, 2014, 10:28 AM
Even a 4-year-old can manage an Android device, often better than a grown-up. I think this phone should be marketed to seniors instead. Impaired vision and hearing, arthritis, etc., seniors need easy to use phones. Not to mention, today's seniors did not grow up with computers.
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nicolasl46

Apr 11, 2014, 11:13 AM
I don't think this phone was designed with the ease of use in mind, but more for parents to be able to control their kids. We all know kids nowadays know how to use a cell phone, even my 2 year old calls his mother from my nexus 5. I think the idea of this kind of phones is great, but what kid is going to want to carry this thing, when spoiled little brats go to school with the iphone mommy or daddy bought them.
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Tofuchong

Apr 12, 2014, 3:46 PM
Unless you are a parent with no balls, last time I checked, you tell your kid what to do, not the other way around. When I was that age, cell phones did not exist, however myself and my entire generation seemed to do just fine. My kid would be LUCKY to have that kind of phone, or any phone for that matter. If you are buying $500 devices for your little kids, as a parent, your priorities are pretty skewed.
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nicolasl46

Apr 12, 2014, 3:56 PM
I think you miss read my reply. I am a parent and I don't know how my balls come into the conversation. I don't know what age are you referring to, since the article didn't specify any age group. My first phone I had 16 and it was a prepaid Nokia brick which I had to learn how to manage my balance if I wanted to be able to use it all month without running out of credit. Mg son is not going to have a phone before I did, then again back in the day we used to depend on payphones which thanks to today's generation they are mostly in ruins. If you read my previous response you would realize that I'm all against parents spoiling kids with phones, period. Trust me, my priorities are very well aligned.
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WhySoBluePandaBear

Apr 13, 2014, 8:16 PM
@Tofuchong


My generation didn't have electricity or modern medicine - we did just fine - so what say you now Mr. Rose Glasses?
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Zpike

Apr 15, 2014, 10:59 AM
Yes, I see your point completely. By proxy of being something that didn't exist in some other generation electricity and medicine are no more essential to a child's well being than cell phones. Thus, children should obviously be denied access to electricity and medicine until they are old enough to be responsible with a cell phone.
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WhySoBluePandaBear

Apr 15, 2014, 11:06 PM
No more than communication is essential to human civilization. Cellphones are communication tools - not sex toys - stop acting like you need a minimum age for them.


This generation of - how do you put it - ass (things you dig in the ground) whom take it out on their children, just because "OH, I DIDN'T HAVE IT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AND NEITHER WILL YOU" is sickening (mentally).


There are MANY things generations before the latest didn't have, yet to deprive them because you're spiteful or self righteous towards such item by not having it yourself? Puh-lease.


Time to put on those spiteful, rose-colored glasses bro.
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Zpike

Apr 16, 2014, 11:08 AM
You're very good at ranting, but not so good at making sense or using punctuation and capitalization in a way that clarifies the meaning of your point.

Responsible parents don't limit what their children have access to out of spite, but because they have an obligation to protect them and oversee their development. Irresponsible usage of a cellular device could lead a sexual predator right to your unattended child, via GPS. Also, unfettered access to the internet can expose a child to material that parents aren't comfortable with at an early age (and you're obviously the wrong person to say what they should and shouldn't be comfortable with). Furthermore, we still don't really know what the long term effects of cellular radiation are. It'...
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WhySoBluePandaBear

Apr 22, 2014, 10:12 PM
Zpike said:
You're very good at ranting, but not so good at making sense or using punctuation and capitalization in a way that clarifies the meaning of your point.

Responsible parents don't limit what their children have access to out of spite, but because they have an obligation to protect them and oversee their development. Irresponsible usage of a cellular device could lead a sexual predator right to your unattended child, via GPS. Also, unfettered access to the internet can expose a child to material that parents aren't comfortable with at an early age (and you're obviously the wrong person to say what they should and shouldn't be comfortable with). Furthermore, we still don't really know what the long term effects of cell
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Smartin

May 1, 2014, 6:14 PM
Oh boy. What I had as a child or what anyone else should not play into this. Our parents or grandparents didn't have cordless phones but does that mean we should all have a corded telephone mounted on our walls? Most people I know don't even have a land line.

With that in mind, I don't have a land line. I am a single mom with a very smart and responsible 9 year old. I got him a WeGo because it is not necessary for him to have a smart phone. We juggle schedules and there are times he is home alone for short times. I need him to have something to get ahold of me if there is an emergency... or if grandma forgets to pick him up from practice... or whatever. My choice is for safety and to keep communication available.

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