How old were you when you got your first mobile phone?

[-:Undertaker:-]

I *think* it was in Year 7 or Year 8.

[Shar]

I think I was 14 or 15.

[Gina]

Was in year 7 I believe so was like 11 haha got a fab pink slidey nokia

[Bankai90]

When i was 15. Or is it 16? Around that time.

[Mark]

When I was 10 I got a Nokia haha

[IzzyUhh]

Got one in year 7, So 11, and the only reason I was allowed was to tell my parents I got to school fine

[sex]

my mum still doesnt let me have one

[!x!dude!x!2]

I was 11 when I first got mine

[Charz777]

I think there is a big difference between the phones that we had at 11 and the phones kids have these days anyway. Even if we had a phone at 11, it hardly did anything. We were charged 10p-12p to send a single text and if your parents were anything like mine you were only allowed £10 credit a month. So we played snake and only texted friends occasionally. (Or bought a sneaky £3 Habbo credits package and hoped your mum didn't find out how you were spending your phone credit... but that's not the point!)

But these days, 11-year-old and younger have access to Facebook and the internet so easily via their phones. They've got their music on and they're downloading videos and could be chatting to strangers on the internet because they think it's safe or they think they're being 'cool' to do so.

I would be fine giving an 11-year-old a phone like our old Nokias, but I wouldn't want my kids to have something like an iPhone until they were at least 14. My cousin got an iPhone when she was 10... And an iPad when she was about 12 (the word 'spoiled' comes to mind!) and she is always on it and thinks it's the best thing in the world. When I was her age I rode my bike out with the kids on my street, and played with my dolls house and other things that children do... She hasn't been interested in toys since she got her first computer at 7...

[Aimehh]

i was 11 =)