How young is too young for a cell phone?

I'm 15 now and I still don't have a cell phone. I see kids who are like, 9 with them, which I really think is a bit too young, but maybe I'm just jealous. I feel I'm old enough to have a cell phone.
 
I got mine when I was 12 because my school was a bit far away and I had rehearsals and things that I needed to be picked up from at random times. It was a crappy hand-me-down thing - a Nokia of some kind - but I didn't mind. It did what it had to, and I hardly used it. I'm nearly 17 now, and I have my own phone on a texting plan, but I still barely use it. During the school year, I'll text one or both of my parents 1-3 times a day, and a couple of my friends maybe three times a week (I tend to Skype them from my computer). I don't call or take calls on it - as a matter of fact, the speaker's busted so I can't, but that's incidental - and I'm pretty sure I could manage without it if I had to. So like some others have said, it varies depending on the child. If they're out of the house and moving around a lot, I'd make sure they had one. If they were like me and just sat at home pretty much all day . . . no real need, I guess?

EDIT: Mum says she'll get my sister one when she's thirteen. She whines about it incessantly, though. Never mind the fact that she'd probably end up not using it . . . XD
 
I still don't have a cell phone. Don't want one. And I know my kids won't be getting a cell phone till they head off to college... unless I buy them one of those "emergency" ones that can only dial out to 911, in case they actually do get in trouble.

But no, I don't my kids having cell phones just so they go off while we're eating or sleeping, or have them distract my kids from their studying. And I certainly won't be fitting the bill for a device I have no interest in using in the first place.
 
I keeps decreasing. I dunno.. 8? As long as you need to contact them over a duration, good.
 
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