Is a Smart Phone Necessary for College?

HImom
Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:14:23 +0000

Our kids did admit they were grateful that we finally decided to get iPhones for everyone for Christmas 2012. Both found it very helpful, and continue to rely heavily on it for directions while driving, especially in big cities. We have found it to be much more reliable than the GPS systems that we have returned time and again. We are finally going to give up and stop buying them. (For some reason, the GPS will get stuck in maps of cities we have been to and don’t navigate us in the cities where we are. Sometimes they try to navigate us INTO bodies of water as well.)

I think it’s easier than ever to find inexpensive smart phones and plans, especially if there is wifi widely available on campus. The trick is to be sure the young person knows how to use the existing wifi only and not rack up a humungous bill. TMobile won’t ever charge you data overage–will just slow the speed if you exceed the 2.5gb or whatever you have purchased.