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					Originally Posted by  jfman
					 
				 
				I’m no expert in the handset market for under 18s but I suspect the “hand me down” premium handset from when a parent gets a new phone is also a thing. 
 
The number of kids saving up their pocket money and walking into Currys themselves - less than 10%? 20%? 
			
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 Each of our kids got their first phone as a hand-me-down from their grandmother who used to get a mid-range one from her provider whenever it was offered to her as an incentive to re-contract.  
Game (as in the computer game store) is where all our kids phones came from, second hand, once they were old enough not to want gran’s cast-off Samsungs.  They have been iPhone-only ever since.  The contract I have is SIM only from BT.