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How young us too young to have a phone? My son will be 9 soon, but half if his 3rd grade class have phones. I'm looking for opinions. Thanks.
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I'd say about 11-12. What are they even gonna use a phone for when they're 9?

I may be not a parent , but if I were, the limit would be 14-15 years old...
If younger they can really easily get addicted...

I'm not a parent, but my mom didn't get me one until I was 15 since I started working. A few years ago before my mom decided to get me a phone, I always shared the phone with her instead whenever I was out with friends. I'm 19 now.

9 is way too young. Unless it's a necessity I'd say 12-13. Although I'm not a parent, I got mine at 14 and my stepsister got hers at 11, she's glued to it night and day. If you want a relationship with your child I'd advise against such a young age.
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My first was a blackberry pearl at age 12 my sister got the same one at age 10 : she is really addicted to the internet.
So yea 9 is way too you id say 13 -15
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16 is when I got mine cause that's when they need to have one were as they can drive! !

I got mine at 14 I believe. I would advise somewhere around 14-16.
I'm not a parent, btw.
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I'm thinking that 9 us a little too young also. Maybe it's our neighborhood our something, but all these little elementary school kids are rolling with iphones, ipod touch, droids. It's crazy. I was just gonna reactivate my wifes old env2 for him.
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I got an iphone when I was 11 and now I'm like my towns smartphone expert i've gone through 5 phones which I have bought all of them and I'm only 13
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cordell507 said:
I got an iphone when I was 11 and now I'm like my towns smartphone expert i've gone through 5 phones which I have bought all of them and I'm only 13
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^ This is what you don't want to happen. No offense to you good sir
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I have mixed opinions. I think you should buy him or her the prepaid ten dollar phones like trackphone or something a's let the child grow some responsibility off that.be very sure you explain that its only for emergencys then if hes good when hes 13 or 14 get him a decent phone. Idk maybe im old fashion (oh crud im 21)
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Why not?
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I have mixed opinions. I think you should buy him or her the prepaid ten dollar phones like trackphone or something a's let the child grow some responsibility off that.be very sure you explain that its only for emergencys then if hes good when hes 13 or 14 get him a decent phone. Idk maybe im old fashion (oh crud im 21)
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I'm 17 and completely agree.
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cordell507 said:
Why not?
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Your knowledge is a good thing but most children at 13 don't have the want to know about things like that, let alone 11.
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seedofchaos said:
I have mixed opinions. I think you should buy him or her the prepaid ten dollar phones like trackphone or something a's let the child grow some responsibility off that.be very sure you explain that its only for emergencys then if hes good when hes 13 or 14 get him a decent phone. Idk maybe im old fashion (oh crud im 21)
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Ahh. I like that, good idea.
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And most 13 year olds don't have a 132 IQ, skipped 2 grades and already has a good scholarship to rice university
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cordell507 said:
And most 13 year olds don't have a 132 IQ, skipped 2 grades and already has a good scholarship to rice university
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Exactly! Which is why we don't give them cellphones at the age of 11, because they aren't as bright as you are.
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If I had a phone at 13 especially this day and age where it consumes your life (im on a vibrant so im always messin with it even in college) I dont think I would have graduated and I would have discovered porn alot faster plus dont teachers take away phones anymore these days? I remember getting my sidekick ii at the time confiscated every week or so
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My kids will get one when they have a job and can pay for it themselves. I am only required to provide food, clothing, shelter, and love. I'll gladly add a line to my contract, but they will pay for it. Unless there is a snazzy new device and my upgrade is a few months off. Then I'll buy the phone and they get my old one.
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how much are you in debt?

I am about 8400 in debt from student loans and credit card debts.
Between house, mine and wifes student loans, and other little crap, about $175,000. Good thing is I own one of my vehicles, 1 payment left on the other and NO CREDIT CARDS.
House prices in my area are ~£300,000 ($495,000) for a three bedroom, so anybody buying one will instantly be £300,000 (minus deposit) in debt to the mortgage company.
I bet 8400 isn't sounding so bad now is it?
only around 1500EUR from a loan i made for a TV...
No debt. Currently a junior at the University of Arizona. Gotta love those scholarships
i am about £1000+ in debt, i havnt paid anything back for aprox 5years now, i am probably black-listed LOL
* spent most of the money on canabis and munchies
Rn
I should be 10k in debt because i need to get my masters . college was free because i am poor ;SD
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About $30k. I kinda had knee surgery without insurance lol.
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SteveG12543 said:
About $30k. I kinda had knee surgery without insurance lol.
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Kinda had knee surgery? lol did you do it yourself??
I'm at about $1000
Toyota RAV4 = $19k-20k
Old school loan + credit cards = under $3,000
That's it
Everything is manageable and looking forward to getting our two kids (age 1 & 3), into private school.
wow! I don't want to apply for student loan anymore
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RinZo said:
Kinda had knee surgery? lol did you do it yourself??
I'm at about $1000
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of course not? Lol
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What is in debt?
Only student debt and probably about 20 grand by now.
16K, good times
I will now be in debt because I am faced with having to pay for private nursing for my mom..... I had to borrow $20,000 from the bank...so.....$20,000
Whaddya gonna do? Family first....
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Nothing here!!
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mrcd said:
What is in debt?
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Are you a noob to life or something?
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deliriousDroid said:
Are you a noob to life or something?
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Well, since this is a forum made up of people from many countries, He just may not understand the term "in debt" in english....Or He's thirteen. #Justsayin'
whatever i owe verizon and or my doctors for having no insurance whatsoever.

How long will Android last?

Do you guys think it will still be here in 100 years?
Nopes
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tl;dr
10char.
If you stay here in 100yrs Android too
Alanrocks15 said:
Do you guys think it will still be here in 100 years?
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Sorry, wont be around to let you know.
nope, don't think so
Hell no
I don't necessarily think humans will be here in a hundred years much less an OS written by humans.
I didn't write that. Prove it!!!
Life as we know will soon change so sadly no Android won't be here in 100 years . . . and neither will myself or any of you lol
It'll last till 2011!!!!1111!!!111110000111!!!!
(Um.. it'll have a lifecycle - but I don't think it will be 100 years. )
It will last 5-7 years top....
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Question is will people still have smartphones 100 years from now.
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If it lasts 10 years, it will have done well. By that time, our way of interaction will have changed radically. Think back 10 years: no Facebook, no Twitter, no wikipedia (it only got started in 2001). In 10 years, we will be using systems and software that is only being dreamt about now.
42 years.
(here we go again)
Keep it in the fridge, will last a lot longer.........
conantroutman said:
Keep it in the fridge, will last a lot longer.........
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Cryogenics?
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dexter93 said:
Cryogenics?
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Well....... I was just thinking more along the lines of tucking it away behind the cheese but if you wanna go and get all scientific then be my guest
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Well....... I was just thinking more along the lines of tucking it away behind the cheese but if you wanna go and get all scientific then be my guest
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The question is... What kind of cheese and which wine to pair it with.
/silly
I didn't write that. Prove it!!!
December 21, 2012.. Until then
It depends. By then the world will either be owned by google or apple.
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Guys I'm back and DIDN'T stay with the BlackBerry!

Guys I got my BlackBerry Bold!
Had it for a day and.....it sucked! Well I though I could live with it but I missed going to XDA on my app. Facebook I barely use and Twitter I barely use!
Anyways when I traded my sister the Vibrant with the BlackBerry, my mom took it away!
She asked me if I had a business to be using it soooo much and she took it so she gave me one of those phones you get free when you sign up with ATT and I only have calling now....
Well that's a bout it!
I call that karma, don't take android for granted
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I hope you're not lying just so people aren't mad at you
Alanrocks15 said:
Guys I got my BlackBerry Bold!
Had it for a day and.....it sucked! Well I though I could live with it but I missed going to XDA on my app. Facebook I barely use and Twitter I barely use!
Anyways when I traded my sister the Vibrant with the BlackBerry, my mom took it away!
She asked me if I had a business to be using it soooo much and she took it so she gave me one of those phones you get free when you sign up with ATT and I only have calling now....
Well that's a bout it!
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Twitch is right....You got what was coming to you...
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RinZo said:
I hope you're not lying just so people aren't mad at you
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Nah check my facebook!
The force is strong with you my friend, the dark side didn't succeed and you still chose android.
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Yo infinity haven't used or seen my vibrant / forums for like 2 weeks (lazy)
anything exciting happen?
alanrocks15 said:
yo infinity haven't used or seen my vibrant / forums for like 2 weeks (lazy)
anything exciting happen?
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stop hogging my stardom alan! Nsmd must be at the top!
Yo Llama!
Where've you been!?
I missed you!!!
Alanrocks15 said:
Yo infinity haven't used or seen my vibrant / forums for like 2 weeks (lazy)
anything exciting happen?
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yeah, Samsung abandoned us.
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Alanrocks15 said:
Yo Llama!
Where've you been!?
I missed you!!!
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HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!
Taking a break. I can only take so much XDA I do it every so often. You should know by now. But, i'm still around, just not usually in the OT forum. I like the accessories forums & general of my current home, the Atrix
LYT alan
I'm on OT so frkn much that I never go to the dev forums anymore.
BTW, how good is the Atrix vs the SGS2 and the Sensation? I'm torn between these three bad brothers
Id go sensation - The atrix is only just getting gingerbread whilst the sensation shipped with it and the galaxy s II has too much plastic
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Id go sensation - The atrix is only just getting gingerbread whilst the sensation shipped with it and the galaxy s II has too much plastic
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+1
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What has been your longest relationship?

Im going on one year in 7 days (oh boy), just was wondering who has the longest relationship out of xda?
EDIT: iynfynity wanted to know my shortest. its 3 hours.
you guys can do both.
This topic's title just got me depressed!
Luckily I have a date tonight...
6 months!
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Good question, hey OP also add to your question the shortest too?
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6 years...
vmiguel said:
This topic's title just got me depressed!
Luckily I have a date tonight...
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VM! You keep appearing outta no wheres
8years??
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Out of the four or five relationships I've had, the longest was about 32 days.
The shortest was about 32 minutes.
I just got rejected by the girl I liked a few days ago.
FOREVER ALONE
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3 years. We broke up 6 or 7 years ago when i was 18-19, and i've only been in one "serious" (well, that i count as a relationship) relationship after that (last summer), and that one lasted for 4 month, so now i'm happy and single. I'm not complaining at all. I do what i want when i want, and i don't have to take orders from anybody It's the dream!
And a lot of friends are also beginning to produce these things... babies! yes, babies. That's alright i guess, but that's the end of our friendship. You know, since they won't have time to get together and stuff like that. But no worries! I'm just awesoming all over the place with my pals! I'm still young (25) so i can meet a girl and make a baby when the time is right and i'm sick of partying and stuff like that.
Current priorities: Having fun and making money.
Longest relationship: 3 months, both my first and last relationships. Both ended because I moved too.
Shortest: 2 days. I don't know why I even count that one lol...
Time since my last relationship: 4 years. Insert foreveralone.jpg here.
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Babydoll25 said:
8years??
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That's a long time. How was it?
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My longest relationship is the one I'm having now. 3 years and counting.
Before this one I could never get pass 6 months
3 years with one off and on it sucked!!!!!!!!
now a lil over 2 years and have a 16 month old outa the deal so i better stay around
The shortest for me was a day.....and it happened for 2 of my relationships.....so I'm currently discouraged from love .
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iynfynity said:
That's a long time. How was it?
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I dunno I'm still in it.....I'll let you know in another 8.....(almost
3 of them married )
It's a tablet dammit! Not a BIG phone....
3 years and hopefully many more to come. Just proposed to her last Friday night D:
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3 years in a week
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My longest relationship would be just the 6 months.
Relatively short I suppose but it was very meaningful.
Now days I don't do relationships period.
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6 month for a 16 year old is pretty
Good I say
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Four long years with my X Nowadays, it's about one month in Vegas

For my birthday, what should I spend my money on ($500 or so limit)

With my bday today (now...central US timezone) what should I buy as a present to myself?
Looking for something "gadgety" and fun/interesting
I'm set on devices for the most part, the Nexus Q, Chromebook (CR-48 model), and Sony Chromebox all interests me, but then they all do the same thing my current laptop or computer hooked up to my TV can do.
Thought about a smart watch such as a pebble and I just feel I'm too hard on my watches. (Normally stick with G-Shocks)
Thought about an iPhone 4S to play around with and wouldn't you know it, the g/f is getting one and then I'm gonna take her Nexus and try to trade it + some cash for an SIII.....
So....XDA OT'ers, what cool gadgets does my hard earned money need to be spent on?
DIY sex robot. It'll be the best prom EVER!
How old are you? That makes a difference. Any other hobbies? Where do you live?
Gym membership.
Lot's of gadgets to play with in the Cardio section as all the machines are like computers these days. Plus you get healthy as you play around with various settings!
Give the money to the poor
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kenpen said:
Give the money to the poor
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And by that, he means me.
Sent from your mom.
a lot of people have a. Nexus 7 and an s3
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Nexus 7 and the rest give it to me.. :silly:
Two Nexus 7's, one for practical use and one for hacking the **** out of!
A tablet+keyboard extension and a solid bike.
Why? Because that's what I am going to do with my $500
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thelowend said:
A tablet+keyboard extension and a solid bike.
Why? Because that's what I am going to do with my $500
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Toledo, huh?
What side?
I'm South End over South n Broadway area (Sumner down by South &75)
I was under the naive impression that I was the only XDA geek from 419
Guessing by your username, we're probably just about neighbors
Buy a Nexus 7 and spend the rest on hookers.
huggs said:
Toledo, huh?
What side?
I'm South End over South n Broadway area (Sumner down by South &75)
I was under the naive impression that I was the only XDA geek from 419
Guessing by your username, we're probably just about neighbors
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I'm on the West-South border. I can spit on UT property lol. There's another guy from Toledo somewhere around here. Howdy!
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veeman said:
Buy a Nexus 7 and spend the rest on hookers.
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^^ This..
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^^ This..
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I already have a Nexus 7....
And get all the sex I could need or want.
Gym membership....I work for the DOJ and we have a weight training facility with free access.
SIII is a real possibility.

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