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I dont think an iPhone but an iPod Touch would be ok.

My cousin just turned 4 and he has an ipod touch.... Ik sick rite? His sister is 8 and she has an ipad.

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uh no.

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If they're well behaved.

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No.... They should be at least 13 and when you feel that they are responsible for what they do on there phone

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If he truly wants one. Just filter it so he doesn't do anything wrong on it.

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If their parents have the money... no just kidding. I agree, having one would demand a lot of maturity on the ten-year-old's part and safeguarding on the parent's part.

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No they don't need one. A 16 year old should have an iPhone, not a 10 year old.

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green for you.
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I didn't get mine till 13

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No unless you want to pay like 200 dollars for a new one oAo

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Oh heck no!!

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I don't think that anyone that young should have a phone at all.

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ive had a phone since i was 8, i just started out with a more basic phone
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Tell your parents that I think they're irresponsible. They'll inevitably come out with the "You don't decide what we do and don't do, our child needed it for safety" argument. When that happens, I want you to tell them that from the core of my heart, I'm telling them to shove it.
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What the heck r u crazy everybody should have a phone I mean look at the world now. Just terrible
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So you're saying that everybody who answered this question is crazy? Let me guess, we're all crazy because we don't agree with it, right?
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Depends,my cousin got his when he was 8.

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No

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No not at all

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Sure my parents let me have an iPod touch laptop and I pad I'm "14 I got mine when I was 13 three years older

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No! There's very bad sites on there he could look up! Also internet on the iPhone cost $15 or $25 a month, but if you use extra minutes or crap, then it will go up for a very high price. I have a IPhone 3 GS and im 14. I have wifi, so that's what your really gonna need. If you go on YouTube with out wifi, then they will charge you like $200 a month! So I say heck no for a 10 year old.

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No!!! They should even have a phone! They are too irresponsible

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They r not irresponsible
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No

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Why would you ever give a 10yr old an Iphone. It basically sums up society really!

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If he is responsible then yes if he loses many stuff then no
I am a responsible girl and I got mine when I was about to turn 11 so yeah it depends

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It depends, if you feel that they are responsible enough to have one then sure. If you don't then do not get them one.

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No, they shouldn't! But I know many have them. I know an 8 year old that has one

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If they can pay the monthly bill on their own than sure why not

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You people need to grow up. Give the child what he wants!

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I agree I'm 15 now and i would have loved an iPhone at that age.So people GROW up.....
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Well what 10 year old nowadays doesn't. This worlds generation is f***ing up children's minds with such technology, making them more illiterate than high school drop outs. Sorry but it's kind of the truth. In my own opinion, no, they shouldn't have cell phones. Appropriate age is when they seem mature enough.

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Ya well we have to think about who raised this generation right? LoL

And adults created these gadgets, not kids. So really you can't blame them.
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I'm not blaming kids it's 100% adults fault. Everyday they're trying, testing out new ideas they've come up with. they could have been raised by complete ignorant people, doesn't mean the kids are dumb.(the kids are the nowadays adults I'm referring to) They could have been raised by the smartest people alive, doesn't mean the kids are smart. It's what we believe and what we want to do. So iPhone, created as new technology introduced to the world. Supposedly created for adults who knew to well to lose brain cells from playing apps on the phone. Now, giving an iPhone to a kid, who's brain IS NOT fully developed, it'll just ruin/rot his brain. That's what I mean. SO SORRY THIS WAS LONG D:
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Number one thats offensive to parents and the adults are just trying to go forward in time NOT back....
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Of course! Sure!

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i agree
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It is the parents choice to see if they wanna get the 11 yr old an iphone!

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*10 year old
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whatever same thing.... :)
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Ummmmmm let me analyze and think this throughhh letssss seee.... no.

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Um No!!!

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No

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No

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Heck no man! Get a flip phone or a slide phone and be happy period that your getting a phone at all! Selfish little kids... Ya right! In what world do 10 year old, immature kids get iPhones? That's just plain dumb. No I do not think that you should get an iPhone for the sole reason that your not mature enough. Neither am I, that's why I have a flip phone and I'm almost 15! Because I'm not obsessed with new tech. Kids these days are pretty ignorant to how stuff should be

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Normally, I'd say no, but it really depends on the kid's maturity levels. If you think this kid is careful and gentle enough to take care of something so easily broken than go ahead and let the kid have it, but by giving that to him/her at such an early age, you could make them a little spoiled. They might think that since they got an iphone at such an early age, they can convince you to buy them anything they want whenever they want it. Answering the questions about internet and what they could be doing on there... just block sites or completely disable the internet. It's completely the parent's decision... but if I had to choose, I'd go with a no.

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T3ddy3

No

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:( why

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Yeah because I have seen 5 year olds with cell phones and everyone is getting technological these days. If you watch over what he/she is doing than give it a shot.

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no i say never should a ten year old have a iphone that is way too young you should wait until your seventeen or at least my age and i'm thirteen

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UM..........Do you have an iPhone???????

because your just saying you shouldn't have one......

next time say it different....
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yes, i got one when i was 10. you can put restrictions on it by going to settings if u wanted to.

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Finally someone that agrees with me i got mine when i was 12.......

Thankyou:D
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No but my mom wont let me get an iphone and im 13

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No I don't think so I'm 13 and I just got mine so... But then I know a 9yr old that has one but she is very well behaved

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yeah my friend has both ipod 4g n ipone 4s

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i dont think so

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Well, if they're well behaved and in the right guidance, I thin it's OK.

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mopshire9001

well maybe they should. parents should just block bad sites on the iphone

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yes

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It depends on what your using it for

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None of there friends have a phone so its a complete waste of your money. Spend it on your self!

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hold on lemme think um...........no!!!!! are you crazy!!!!! or out of your mind or 10!!!!!!!!!!!

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well it depend who you are talking about. If you are talking about a very mature 10yr girl who is already out on her own and participating in a lot of out of school events its reasonable, but no recommended. A guy though, no matter what level of maturity the answer should always be no, giving them a smartphone is like telling them to go look up XXX material. Girls don't usually have the ultra curious feeling that guys do, I am a 14 yr old guy, i know what im talking about. Ive had a flip phone until now 9th grade, just got a smart phone. Yeah you might get made fun of then fine get a slide phone, its really similar yet no one will make fun of you. My brothers both didnt get their first flip phones until around junior or even senior year. Thats the way it should be for smartphones, but getting with the times is important. Not that i wouldnt miss my smartphone, but making them only available to those who have a drivers licence or something like that sounds reasonable. 10 yr old kid, most of the time hell no, they dont need to grow up that fast.

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Excuse me, but did you use an indefinite pronoun to describe a group of people, "guys"? That is very steryotypical, and although I do agree that it is statistically accurate, it is not precise to use such an inclusive adjective to describe a group when the attributed characteristic does not always apply. Sincerely, a twelve year old
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NO. WAIT till at least age 12

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If its a guy then never, but i think a female would be resposable enough at that age.

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???????Thats not nice boys can be twice as intelligent and responcibe than a female but on the other hand yeah some boys yeah don't go there "don't ask"
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Are you saying that all males are irresponsible? If what you are saying is true, why are most of history's greatest heroes, inventors,scientists,thinkers,authors males and how did they hold such postions of high authority with responsibility? Please do not stick a trait (or lack of trait) on all 4 billion+ males from your minscule sampling of the world's male population.
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if they are trustworthy

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its A Freaking NO With Capital N

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Well if you think that they need to have it due to many reasons , then maybe yes

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An Iphone NO..a basic cell phone maybe..An Iphone will just encourage games,sexting later on, Replacement costs for lost ,stolen or broken phones. For security purposes a plain cellphone can call home or 911 and if you give in at that age what more expensive items are going to be expected as he grows in age and IPad 3 next ? or a 80,000 dollar car for graduation? Parents are advised to have a PC in a common room in he house for safe web surfing but unsupervised unlimited use by a 10 year old is a Big No

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I have to comment on this....my child (who is 10) was held responsible for a cracked screen on an iPhone owned by a ten year old girl...a group of kids were standing outside talking and my son was handing the phone to the owner...another 10 year old went to grab it during the exchange and it was dropped. I was asked by the parents to pay the replacement cost for this iphone!!! I could never afford to buy my kid an iPhone, nor would I, even if I could on the principle of the avoiding my children to fall victim to this generation of entitled kids. I ended up paying for something I am fundamentally opposed to...I feel if a kid is going to get a phone like that, the parents should assume responsibility for the risks involved regardless of the situation, because quite frankly it's BS in the first place. I still get mad thinking about it. I paid for a 10 year old to maintain a lifestyle choice I neither can afford myself or approve of.
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no he or she can not have an iphone

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No!

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nadlydan

NO! You do NOT know what they will be doing on it...

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Well no you can know what their doing on it you just have to set Parental security so they can't go on to "the bad" sites and don't go over the limit....
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TOTALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!YES!!!!!!YES!!!!!If you know where i can get an ipod touch for under 150 bucks my name is soundwave L

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in ur mom house for free
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if the are mature enough

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Well I'm 15 now and i would have loved an iPhone at that age:D i see like in middle school like everybody has them?????? i mean i just got an iPhone 3gs come on and these
KIDS get iPhone 4s "come on":(

Would you have wanted one at that age I know i would have???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????


Besides cut the kids some slack if there mature enuf then shore why not
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Yes. I think people should give kids the chance get a iPhone. I am 10 and I just got my 2nd iPhone. I just got an iPhone 5.

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my sis is eleven and she has one.. so do i and my mom too theyre awesome and shure why not! :)

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