Is a Smart Phone Necessary for College?

mommdc
Sat, 18 Jul 2015 16:07:49 +0000

My kids go through stages of cellphone use. As a 13 yr old they get a basic phone and a texting plan. As they get
older they may want a better phone and they can use some of their own money to help pay for it.

Only my H has mobile data right now because he needs it for work. The rest of us mostly text, occasionally call and use wifi only on our phone.

But now that my D is going to college I want her to be able to use google maps if she should need it and there is no wifi available, so I’m going to “splurge” and upgrade her from unlimited talk and text which costs $30/mo to a plan that costs $36/mo and includes 1.5 GB of data. I think it’s well worth it.