When to Buy Your Child a Cell phone

Cell phone is very popular among the adult. They use it to conduct business or talk with their friends or relatives. Some cell phones are so well functional that you can have fan with you cell phone. For example, you can use your cell phone as a PDA or mini computer. When you child see you using a cell phone, they are so interested in this small piece of device. Sometimes, they tried it themselves. Cell phone are very attracted to your children. Have you consider the question "When to Buy Your Child a Cell phone?" “There was a lot of nagging and pleading,” said Mr. Poger, who lives in St. Louis, Miss. But for his wife, Stephanie, and him, he said, “Safety was a big issue because she was walking downtown with her school friends, going to movies and roller skating without us.” He added, “I still think she’s too young.” Many parents these days face the same struggle as the Pogers: at what age should you buy your child a cell phone? And when you do buy that first phone, what kind should it be? About 75 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds in the United States own a mobile phone, up from 45 percent in 2004, according to an April study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, part of the Pew Research Center. And children are getting their phones at earlier ages, industry experts say. The Pew study, for example, found that 58 percent of 12-year-olds now had a cell phone, up from 18 percent in 2004. Parents generally say they buy their child a phone for safety reasons, because they want to be able to reach the child anytime. Cost also matters to parents, cell phone industry experts say; phones and family plans from carriers are both becoming more affordable. Also, as adults swap out their old devices for newer smartphones, it is easier to pass down a used phone. But for children, it is all about social life and wanting to impress peers. The Pew study found that half of 12- to 17-year-olds sent 50 text messages a day and texted their friends more than they talked to them on the phone or even face to face. Experts say the social pressure to text can get acute by the sixth grade, when most children are 11 years old. Just ask Caroline LaGumina, 11, of New Rochelle, N.Y., who got her phone last Christmas. “I wanted to be able to text because my friends all text each other.” There is no age that suits all children, developmental psychologists and child safety experts say. It depends on the child’s maturity level and need for the phone, and the ability to be responsible for the device — for example, keeping it charged, keeping it on and not losing it. Instead of giving in to the claim that “everyone else has one,” parents should ask why the child needs one, how it will be used and how well the child handles distraction and responsibility. Parents might also consider cell phone alternatives like the iPod Touch, which for $199 offers music, games and applications. Technically, it is not a phone, but through a Wi-Fi hot spot, children can download applications like TextFree ($5.99 or free in ad-supported version) and Skype, and then text or call their friends free. Hence, before you buy a cell phone for your children. You should think before hand.

Touching Screen Cell Phone

Cell phone has a big family. For example, cell phone by shape can be divided into bar cell phone, flip cell phone, slide cell phone, switch cell phone and rotate cell phone and touching Screen cell phone. Now Touching Screen become a new popular item. On the requirements to the model of smart cell phone, the TNS survey shows that 51% of user preferences touch screens smart cell phone in Hong Kong, while only 11% of the users like the all-keyboard smart cell phone-Cell phones wholesale. Meanwhile, in the reason contributing to the consumers in Hong Kong to buy the phone, "looking and feeling" is the deciding factor that 32% consumers buy cell phone. While 19% consumption said "brand, the content and applications program choose" are the deciding factor. Some analysis pointed out that the two data have some relations. Why users use touching screen cell phone, one of the reasons is that the machine surface of touching screen cell phone is smooth and model concise, so it gives a person with neat and bright use experience. The look and feel in "decision factors for buyers for, especially. This is especially fit to the consumers in Hong Kong who" set looking and feeling" as the deciding factor. The analysis to see that another big reason that touching screen cell phone popular with consumers is the hot selling phones are basically touching cell phones in markets such as Apple iPhone. Namely, the new phone design direction is also the important reasons for the consumer preferences. From the mainland market, smart cell phone sales are expected to grow rapidly. With prices keeping falling, 3G mobile phone service’s promoting and the sustainable growth of consumption demand and so on many positive factors to drive, the touching screen networking cell phones will become one breakthrough point in the market.
Now, I am planning to buy a touching screen mobile phone in the near future.