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Need a down low phone so my wife can’t see it.

 

Kidding, it’s for my kids (16 and 14) for when they get grounded. The 14 yo lost his phone today for a week, and we don’t have a land line.

 

Seeing if any of yall have done this or similar. I see a few for 25ish bucks on Walmart’s website, but I do require a WiFi connection since my house is out of the city limits and bad connection on the big 3 networks, as in unusable inside my house.

Why would they need a phone at home? Do you not have an iPad that you can just call if you aren't home? Why are you leaving 14 year olds home alone when grounded? 

If you have a sim card it's easy to get dumb phones for them and switch the sim if you don't have Sims this is pretty much impossible. Most new phones have ESIM. 

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33 minutes ago, immamac said:

Why would they need a phone at home? Do you not have an iPad that you can just call if you aren't home? Why are you leaving 14 year olds home alone when grounded? 

If you have a sim card it's easy to get dumb phones for them and switch the sim if you don't have Sims this is pretty much impossible. Most new phones have ESIM. 

Thanks. 

31 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

can they just call (in an emergency) from an Alexa device? 

No alexa devises. 
my question still stands. 

7 minutes ago, markstanco said:

Thanks. 

No alexa devises. 
my question still stands. 

Alexa devices are dirt cheap

56 minutes ago, luke duke said:

I don’t think you could pay an average teenager to use a landline or make a voice call.
Mine looks at me like I’m a Martian if I suggest making a [emoji[emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]][emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png][emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png]]]emoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]][emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png][emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]]]][emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png][emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png]] second phone call vs sending [emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]][emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png][emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png]]][emoji[emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]][emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png][emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png]]][emoji[emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]][emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png][emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png]]]emoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]][emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png][emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]]]][emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]][emoji[emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]][emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png][emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png]]]emoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]][emojiemoji638.pngemoji639.png[emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.pngemoji640.png][emoji[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji638.png]emoji640.png[emoji6emoji640.pngemoji637.png]]]]] messages back and forth to figure something out.
One time I picked up my daughter’s phone to make a quick call since it was within arm’s reach. I couldn’t find the phone icon, so I asked her where it was. She said she buried it in a folder, didn’t know where it was and I would have to use the search feature to find it.

Honestly I kinda look at you as a Martian with all that emoji random number stuff in the post, can’t blame em. 

4 minutes ago, bluto said:

Honestly I kinda look at you as a Martian with all that emoji random number stuff in the post, can’t blame em. 

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On 3/4/2025 at 3:53 PM, Your Mom said:

Just take the phone and do nothing. They’ll be fine. 

This.

I remember pulling my son's iPhone in high school. It turned out he had a late baseball game on a Tuesday that I wasn't aware of and well he was at school until midnight. I didn't notice his absence until I was going to bed.

Long story short, he survived without a phone and he was prepared to sleep under a tree on campus until the next day. That's some Gen-X shit.

7 hours ago, F250 said:

This.

I remember pulling my son's iPhone in high school. It turned out he had a late baseball game on a Tuesday that I wasn't aware of and well he was at school until midnight. I didn't notice his absence until I was going to bed.

Long story short, he survived without a phone and he was prepared to sleep under a tree on campus until the next day. That's some Gen-X shit.

He go to HS in the country? He couldn't walk to a friends? 

14 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

He go to HS in the country? He couldn't walk to a friends? 

Yeah basically and there wasn't much civilization for several miles at the time. A ranch to the right side and an empty FM road on the left.

Realistically, he should have used the phone in the field house afterwards but I suspect he wanted to prove a point that he needed his cell. He just didn't expect to be forgotten for so long. lulz

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