There are a handful of companies that have phones designed specifically for kids. The best known among them is called Firefly, but recently I have discovered a company called Kajeet that I think has better phones for kids.
While I like that Firefly made the idea of phones for kids popular, Firefly’s actual phones have never interested me. One reason is that their phones just look plain stupid and weird. And…have you seen Firefly’s commercial for its top of the line phone - the flyPhone? They make a big deal in this video that it’s an MP3 player and a camera…and that it plays games and can text too.
REALLY!?
Kids today know that almost every phone has a camera, can play music and has games. Kids need phones with more than just standard features! And also, it is hard to text on a phone that does not have a QWERTY keyboard.
Kajeet solves this problem; however their phones can get pricey. What I like is that they have phones that actually look like phones, and their high-end ones even have full QWERTY keyboards. There are many other features available on the high-end Kajeet phones, such as Bluetooth and a microSD storage card. Keep in mind that these features come on phones that are designed for kids, and of course they have many other simpler phones too.
It’s a shame that Kajeet gives their phones TONS of parental controls. This could make many kids angry because Kajeet goes plain overboard and gives the parents way too much control. The parents can even choose when the phone will be on or off.
If you are a parent and your child wants a phone, do the right thing and get them a phone that doesn’t make your kid feel like they have no control over their phone. Find a phone that gives them the features they want, and actually looks like a phone.
