Under 16s Dont Need Tablets or Smartphones

When Should Children degp dve Receive a SodaHead a weekly infographic Cell Phone, Smartphone, or Tablet 10:15 Most respondents said cell phones are okay for early teens, but no tablets or smartphones until they're old enough to drive. (Hopefully not while using them.) 67% 66% 54% 28% 24% CELL PHONE 12% 22% TABLET 21% SMARTPHONE 6% UNDER 12 13 - 15 16 AND UP Married...With Children Parents and married people are nearly twice as likely to believe that a child should be 16 before they get their first cell phone. Not a majority, but better than the 22% average. MARRIED: 35% SINGLE: 18% 64% PARENTS: 33% 55% NO KIDS: 17% "No phone'til you're 16" Teens Turn Down Tablets Even teens think they should have to wait until they're 16 to get a tablet or smartphone. But they'll have that cell phone right now, thank you. 8% More Kids Are Making Calls* NO SHARTPHONES BEFORE 18 NO TABLETS BEFORE 1 HD CELL PHONES BEFORE 10 36.1% The trend is headed toward younger cell phone users. More than a third of 10- and 20.0% 11-year-olds already had phones in 2009, and the number has been steadily rising. Even six-year-olds are making progress. 17.7% 6.5% 10.6% 2009 2005 4.9% AGE 6 -7 AGE 8-9 AGE 10 - 11 Under 12? Ask Dad 31% In each category, men were more more likely to give the products to young children (under the age of 12). 16% 9% 3% 15% 8% 2010 500 Million MEN WOMEN CELL PHONE SMARTPHONE TABLET Losing Face-Time to Facebook Face-time between parents and children has dropped 30% since 2007. Facebook became open to the general public in September of 2006. Coincidence? Maybe. 2007: 26 hours per week 2007 50 Million 2010: 18 hours per week Family Face-Time** Facebook Users*** Sodalead, 2011 (http://www.sodahead.com/poll/2231713) * Mediamark, 2010 (http://www.emarketer.com/Artidle.aspx?R=1007460) * USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future, 2010 (http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/recent_findings_content.asp?intGloballd=101&intīypeld=2) *** Facebook, 2011 (https://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?timeline) Results taken from SodaHead.com on October 20, 2011. Vote, comment, and share at SodaHead © 2011 SodaHead.com Total number of SodaHead votes: 1422, 1062, 1045 each; 944 voted on all three