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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc
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The Sage iPhone (at release date) had a monthly subscription of either £119 or £149 per month, and doesn't appear to be available now...
And if you look on the Sagemobiie UK website, the doesn't actually appear to be a way to buy one of their phones...
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Way out of the price range for most people then. Who would pay that amount a month for a child's basic phone...
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...pounds-a-month
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04-06-2026, 14:43
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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc
wow lol
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The pared-back version of the top-selling handset, which will not allow internet searches, gaming or downloads of Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and other social media, is being offered in the UK for £99 a month by a US company that wants children to “reconnect with real life, not just reduce screen time”.
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I can sell you a brick for £27 
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04-06-2026, 14:59
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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc
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Originally Posted by Hugh
The Sage iPhone (at release date) had a monthly subscription of either £119 or £149 per month, and doesn't appear to be available now...
And if you look on the Sagemobiie UK website, the doesn't actually appear to be a way to buy one of their phones...
https://www.sagemobile.com/ |
Yes, the website is completely devoid of any specifics as to how it managed to do this, or indeed exactly how it works. It appears to simply be an iPhone with certain apps removed from it, and access to the App Store restricted in some way. Which if you use the parental controls on iOS, you can do anyway. But perhaps the £119 per month is the acceptable cost for some parents to save a little time and effort!
I wonder what would happen if little Jimmy, factory resets the phone or restores it using DFU mode? I suspect it becomes a normal iPhone with all restrictions gone but still costing little Jimmy’s parents a small fortune each month.
But all academic, as you say, it appears to be impossible to purchase anyway now, assuming that it did ever exist and wasn’t just some vapourware product.
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wow lol
I can sell you a brick for £27 |
No, no, no, you’ll never be a tech-bro, with that attitude.
What you should say is 'I can sell you a £ 27monthly subscription for the brick.....'
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04-06-2026, 15:11
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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc
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No, no, no, you’ll never be a tech-bro, with that attitude.
What you should say is 'I can sell you a £ 27monthly subscription for the brick.....'
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Gosh no, that would involve bank accounts and stuff. I'd sell them cash in hand sold as seen, in that dark alley round the back of the Co-op 
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04-06-2026, 17:11
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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc
Does the brick come in different colours, and size ?
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04-06-2026, 18:03
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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc
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Does the brick come in different colours, and size ?
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Oh yes, there's a choice of colours, sizes, and even a choice of textures. Some even have air holes for extra cooling.
Payment up front guarantees delivery at point of purchase, if you start haggling too much we aim to deliver it . . usually between 2am and 4am through your largest window 
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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc
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OK, fair enough, but the point I was making was that the ability to provide safe phones for children was technically possible.
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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc
Lots of things are technically possible, finding people that actually want it is a stumbling block to making them
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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
OK, fair enough, but the point I was making was that the ability to provide safe phones for children was technically possible.
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Lots of things are technically possible, finding people that actually want it is a stumbling block to making them |
One also has to bear in mind the "Iron Triangle" of development - Accuracy, Speed, Cost; choose two out of three...
You can have it accurate and fast, but it won't be cheap
You can have it accurate and cheap, but it won't be fast
You can have it fast and cheap, but it won't be accurate
Also, as Carth said, is there an actual (profitable) market for these phones?
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