On mobile phone, parents will be able to call their child or conduct correspondence in instant messengers. Also, no one canceled entertainment: kids love to play, listen to music, watch videos and chat with friends. And from practical point of view, you can download e-tutorials and audiobooks to your mobile phone. The main thing is not to be led by whims - modern children easily "peck" on commercials from conditional Tik-Tok'a or from bloggers from YouTube for the sake of banal boasting at school.

When choosing suitable smartphone for student, it is necessary to take into account the age of the child. Actually, according to the age limit, we will break down the gradation of mobile phones for children.

Junior School

In the first or second grade, it is still too early for child to trust smartphone. Children aged 6 - 8 do not treat things like adults, so the mobile gadget will inevitably fall, get scratched and may be completely lost somewhere. To keep in touch with parents, children's smart watches are suitable, which are equipped with telephone module for calls and GPS to track the movements of the child outside school hours. Interesting models of wearable gadgets for children of primary school age are collected in the article "Smart watches for kids: TOP 5 children's smart watches".

Children's smart watches can serve as full-fledged replacement for smartphone for elementary school students. Many models of wrist gadgets can make voice calls and even video calls.

If the choice still falls on smartphone, kids of primary school age will suit basic devices with key features. Their main attributes are decent IPS screen with at least HD + resolution, 32 GB or 64 GB storage drive, good autonomy. Such devices can work under the control of both the full-fledged Android OS, and its lightweight version Go Edition (often with simple and understandable user interface). The smartphone should be reliable enough, but not too expensive, so that it would not be pity if it breaks, breaks or gets lost. It is advisable to put up with the possibility of possible breakdown or loss of mobile phone in advance - small children often sin like this.

Younger students often break smartphones, so choose inexpensive devices for them - such mobile phone will be cheaper to repair or replace.

For elementary school, it is desirable to select relatively small smartphones that fit comfortably in child's hand. The best option is models with screen diagonal of about 6 inches. But the current trends are such that finding smartphone with small display is not so easy these days. To do this, you can use search filters by screen size — 5.6–6", 6.1–6.2" or simply select gadget according to the dimensions of the case.

An active offspring 7-9 years old may make sense to buy a secure smartphone - he will live longer. But such an acquisition has its pitfalls. Armor-piercing smartphones are usually heavy and look quite brutal. Many of them simply do not fit into the concept of being used by kids. Yes, and there are lot of unkillable smartphones with good protection.

Brutal secure smartphones have hardy character, but children will not always fit.

Especially for calls and SMS-correspondences, there is always an option to look at push-button phones. Traditional push-button "tubes" last longer on single battery charge and will not distract the child with unnecessary functions. However, conditional Nokia mobile phones even have some entertainment - for example, many of them introduce the child to the legendary game "Snake".

Smart watches for kids

high school

In middle school, kids' appetites increase. The offspring are actively involved in social networks, master photography and video filming, and spend lot of time playing mobile games. Here, the basic features may not be enough - a smartphone requires at least more performance and autonomy.

Smartphones from the entry-level and medium segment of mobile devices are suitable for kids of middle school age.

Children are often more impatient than adults and are not ready to put up with application slowdowns. So that their work does not cause any complaints, it is advisable to select smartphone with fast processor and sufficient amount of RAM (at least 4 GB, and preferably 6 GB). The capacity of the internal data storage also plays an important role - children store photos and videos, music collections, games and applications in the smartphone's memory. Comfortable minimum today is 64 GB of internal storage space. 128GB of onboard storage is even better. At the same time, modern applications "devour" lot of energy and smartphones are often discharged at an amazing rate. Children simply forget about the need to recharge their mobile phones and remain “out of the network”. Useful option for "forgotten" will be fast charging. In general, now the market is saturated with offers of smartphones with energy-intensive batteries from 5000 mAh.

5,000 mAh battery is kind of "gold standard" in many modern smartphones.

Middle school students, although they are more careful with gadgets, however, during pranks at recess, smartphones still continue to suffer from careless handling. It is also important to consider that child’s mobile phone can be stolen or damaged on purpose (this, unfortunately, also happens). Our advice to you is that smartphones from the entry-level and mid-range segment are well suited for high school. The purchase of such device does not greatly affect the thickness of the parent's wallet and at the same time, one does not have to make strong compromises in terms of the speed of the mobile gadget.

Mobile phones with 5000 – 5999 mAh battery

Good examples of smartphones for middle school children are Xiaomi Redmi, Samsung Galaxy M(initial series), Tecno Spark, Motorola G.

Useful moment. Using smartphone with an NFC chip, the child will be able to independently pay for purchases in stores in contactless way. He will not have to carry money and bank cards with him, and parents will be able to remotely control expenses. But there is also minus - if the smartphone falls into the hands of intruders and they get access to the password, they will also be able to make purchases. Once again, weigh the pros and cons of whether you need to trust your child with gadget with an NFC module and attach card to it.
Shockproof Phones

High school

For high school students, smartphone is no longer toy at all. Pupils in grades 9-11 usually form "adult" requests for technology. Here it is important to take into account the wishes of the teenagers themselves - at this age they are often better versed in technology than their parents. Someone relies on advanced photo and video capabilities, others on the long autonomy of smartphone, and some even save their earned or pocket money to purchase flagship model with advanced hardware. There is no single recipe for buying mobile phone for high school students - it is necessary to focus on the needs and demands of the child, making the choice together.

Teenagers present already "adult" requirements for choosing mobile phone.

The pricing aspect is also important. If parents can afford to buy an iPhone or an Android smartphone of the same class, that's great. However, not all children need charged flagships and not everyone can afford them. We also note that teenagers usually prefer calm “adult” colors of gadgets, while younger students often like bright devices in “cheerful” colors.


We only conditionally divided smartphones for schoolchildren into groups according to the age limit. This does not mean at all that an elementary school student should definitely buy an inexpensive device, and high school student should buy an advanced flagship device. Choose smartphone so that its capabilities are in demand directly by the child.