Mobile phone for 13 year old

Poodle123

Phone had a fault so we got a refund on it. I am looking for a phone suitable for me. I do want a BlackBerry but unfortunately i am not allowed. If you say that a BlackBerry is the best phone for me, please say why so I can persuade my mum lol. Thanks

OneADay

Depends on what you intend to do on the phone.
Blackberry (in my opinion only) look bulky. Might be worth looking for a slim android phone if you can cope with touchscreens.

lucylucky

An iphone would be great for you.

What budget do you (or your Mum) have?

newleaf

I have a Samsung Tocco Lite with a pay as you go sim. It's a great little touch screen phone - I like to pretend it's an i-phone, which I can't afford!

Poodle123

well her budget is 50 but i have money of my own so probably around 70 pounds

Tulip09

Get the orange san fransisco and get it unlocked to any network you want for about a tenner on the high street, my kids chose O2 as they got 600 mins/unlimited texts & 500 data free. At less than £100 is has music, decent camera, emails, texts, facebook/ bebo/ internet/ games, a touch screen and not ugly or bulky. At 13 your choice of phone will change quite a few times depending on what is the in thing just now, and you dont want your mum slaving away to buy you a £500 phone that your more at risk of losing/ having stolen or that you will get bored of rapidly.

There is no way on earth i would be buying any of my kids an iphone or HTC which is what they wanted. All of them got the san fransico and are plesantly surprised with it. They have all said that the only thing they dont like about it is the orange sign on the back, but once its in a cover it wont be noticed

Lokolo

When I was your age I had a Nokia 3310!



You don't need a blackberry! And you won't be able to afford one with that kind of money.

Buy a phone thats useful for now. Then in a couple of years, get a parttime job, save up, and buy yourself an brand new awesome BB.

It's tough being 13 isn't it!

Lokolo

Tulip09 wrote: »

Get the orange san fransisco and get it unlocked to any network you want for about a tenner on the high street, my kids chose O2 as they got 600 mins/unlimited texts & 500 data free. At less than £100 is has music, decent camera, emails, texts, facebook/ bebo/ internet/ games, a touch screen and not ugly or bulky. At 13 your choice of phone will change quite a few times depending on what is the in thing just now, and you dont want your mum slaving away to buy you a £500 phone that your more at risk of losing/ having stolen or that you will get bored of rapidly.

There is no way on earth i would be buying any of my kids an iphone or HTC which is what they wanted. All of them got the san fransico and are plesantly surprised with it. They have all said that the only thing they dont like about it is the orange sign on the back, but once its in a cover it wont be noticed

That phone looks good enough to be honest.

£99 with a £10 top up.

Tulip09

Lokolo wrote: »

When I was your age I had a Nokia 3310!

:T I still had one of these up to a few years ago, now my 3 year old niece plays with it and it still works!!

System

You could get a BB Curve for £120?

Anyway, I always thought Blackberrys were for business people, never understood why so many teenagers *need* them now (not aimed towards OP)

I agree with the Orange San Francisco suggestion

Poodle123

But im on Tesco Mobile and i wouldnt like to pay an extra £10 for a sim i wont use