Phones

[Tashyboy]

God am avin flash backs reading this. Youngest daughter ( that is a long story ) eventually persuaded me with much ear bending off mum. To let her have a mobile about 8 yr ago. Vodaphone allegedly did the best deal. Said phone was duly locked five weeks later by Vodaphone. She has run up a £200 plus bill. over two months. Said phone contract was cancelled. Oh was i a happy bunny:rant:

good luck with it mah man.

 

[Midnight]

Found a old Samsung mini in the draw, got a giff gaff SIM on way to try, if all works going to try the fiver a month one.

Thanks for all the help.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

tesco capped contract are the way forward. Uses the o2 network.. cheap contracts... and can set a buffer zone so they cant run up huge bills.. mine is set to £10 just incase I ever go over

 

[Marshy77]

How old is your son? What do his mates have? If it is incredibly basic then he may not want it as it would be embarrassing for him. Don't underestimate that. I'm not saying get an expensive phone but don't get him the equivalent of a pair of Dunlop trainers when his mates have Nike and Adidas.

Definitely this. My lad has old models that we have had, mainly only 2 year old Samsung or HTC's and the majority of his mates seem to do the same. Yesterday he dropped his S4 and blacked out the screen which would cost £70+ to repair, luckily we have my HTC that I've just replaced with a new model.

 

[Crazyface]

Has to be an IPhone I'm afraid (older model will do) he'll get laughed out of school with anything else, specially a Windows phone.

Nowt wrong with Windows phones. We've both got one. Cheap and does EVERYTHING anyone actually needs.

 

[Beezerk]

Nowt wrong with Windows phones. We've both got one. Cheap and does EVERYTHING anyone actually needs.

Yeah I know, but I'm coming from my 15 year old daughters perspective, she would never speak to me again if I got her a Windows phone

 

[Taz]

How times have changed, I remember when my biggest worry at school was if I didn't have a spare battery for the calculator at exam time

 

[Beezerk]

How times have changed, I remember when my biggest worry at school was if I didn't have a spare battery for the calculator at exam time

Count yourself lucky, we weren't allowed calculators in exams.

 

[Dellboy]

Count yourself lucky, we weren't allowed calculators in exams.

Me neither, we were allowed a slide rule but could never work out how to use it

 

[Taz]

Me neither, we were allowed a slide rule but could never work out how to use it

Went through the full set during my times, log tables, slide rules and calculators !

 

[clubchamp98]

Thanks for everyone's input so far, not even thought about the embarrassment factor.

Ask him for a list of what he would like then get one you can agree on
you may be surprised or shocked depends on the lad.
I hate phones mines for emergency only.