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I got my first cell phone in 1997 at the age of 23. I got it because my job was 99% travel and I needed a means to be reached. I took out a 2 year contract and the rate was $17.95/month and 15 cents/minute (I think weekends were free). My phone was one of those large dark gray Motorola flip phones that was about the size and weight of a soda pop can.
The thing was, because the cellular industry was still in its infancy, and because I was working in small rinky-dink towns, roaming charges were the norm, and they were like 45 cents/minute.
To make a long story short, because of financial problems I incurred later on, I reneged on the contract and owed $760 in fees, penalties, and charges. Because I filed for Chapter 7, I never had to pay it.
The phone, believe it or not I kept until about a year ago, which I gave to my dad--he actually likes the big cell phones; he doesn't care for the smaller bells-and-whistles phones that are so popular nowadays.
How young is too young for a cell phone--I don't know; I don't have kids--I'll havta get back to you on that one.
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