The dramatically gained bell phones have reduced the use of a children’s smartphone.
There is a watch phone on the wrist of more and more children. Their sales are reported to have quadrupled in a couple of years. Antti Mannermaa
Fewer children have their own phone, showing the queries commissioned by DNA and Elisa. Starting a school road is still the most common time for buying a child’s first phone.
Statistically, the most significant change has taken place in the 5-7 year old age group, where tens of percentage points in the number of children owning some kind of phone last year.
The results of this year’s survey show that about 25 % of 5-6 % and 58 % of 7 years of age have a smartphone, basic phone or watch phone. In last year’s survey, the readings were staggering 90 and 100 %, 80 and 92 percent a year earlier.
The invoice, especially on smartphones, has been found in 2021 for almost every one who started their school, now a little more than every third.
DSA’s Brand Development Director Jussi Mälki He thinks that public debate about the disadvantages of using a child’s phone has led to the postponement of the purchase of a smartphone.
“Attitudes have changed rapidly in this regard,” he says in the release.
The popularity of watch phones is growing
Most of the children still get their first phone at the beginning of the Koulutipale at the age of 7. However, more often, this is a clock phone that can be located but cannot reach the web. In addition, the clock phone may only be in contact with pre -defined persons.
According to Elisa, the number of clock phone users has almost quadrupled in the last two years. They will also stay longer than before, as according to the survey, almost one in three user of the watch phone is 8-9 years old.
Elisa’s Business Director Laura Puusaari In the bulletin, says some of the parents to buy a smartphone very early, fearing that the child will be left out of it. However, the idea of him is probably obsolete.
– The attitude has become favorable for the use of watch phones. According to our survey, the children themselves ask them when their friends have, says Puusaari.
Elisa estimates that almost every other child will start their schools this fall on his wrist.
This is recommended
DNA does not recommend independent use of your own smart device for younger schoolchildren or younger children.
Elisa, on the other hand, recommends that the child’s first device be a clock or basic phone instead of a smartphone that cannot be accessed online. Elisa recommends getting a smartphone earlier to 9-year-olds.
“Children who do not have their own smart device are also exposed to a variety of content through their friends’ smart devices,” says DNA’s Mälkiä.