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The best phone for your kid can be hard to pick. When shopping for the most important little person in your life, it can start to feel like the most important decision. We’re here to help you find a phone for your young one, pre-teen, or teen.

We’ve factored in important aspects, such as parental controls, durability, function restrictions, GPS tracking, and cost. For the youngest kids, we’ve focused on very simple devices meant primarily to open a line of communication with parents. For pre-teens, we’ve aimed for low-cost, simple phones that enable calling and texting without too many features for your kids to get caught up in. For teens, we’ve included affordable smartphones that offer a good balance of value and function while retaining solid parental controls through Android and iOS.