I am seriously considering getting this for my 9 year old for Christmas.....He is autistic and freaks out if an electronic device freezes up...I mean he wil FREAK...some of the reviews carried on and on about that problem,Is it REALLY a big problem for this phone? I am seriously considering getting this for my 9 year old for Christmas.....He is autistic and freaks out if an electronic device freezes up...I mean he wil FREAK...some of the reviews carried on... » Read More I am seriously considering getting this for my 9 year old for Christmas.....He is autistic and freaks out if an electronic device freezes up...I mean he wil FREAK...some of the reviews carried on and on about that problem,Is it REALLY a big problem for this phone? « Show Less
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I have used the phone for several months and have not had any particular problems with it. It gets a little slow sometimes but I could probably fix it if I knew better what I was doing.
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Hi Liz, god bless you and your precious son. unfortunately I have not had this phone long enough to provide a good review .I have not had a freeze to date but my review is very limited due to me only having the phone for about two weeks. Good luck and god bless for caring for one of our most special and beloved children as I am caring and loving one as well.
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If he FREAKS like you said, this is the LAST phone u want to get. It freezes all the time. I'll dial a number, phone reverts to home screen, 10 seconds later, it'll start ringing, even if u opened something else. Half the time i press a softkey, there is a 5-10 second delay. During that delay, in my frustration i'll press another softkey, then the original key i pressed will open up. I'm not autistic, and i freak out with this phone.
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You might check your local game stop and look at a refurbished unit. The last time I was in there they had some units in there for 79.99. I bought a ds lite for my son when he was 6 and he is still using at 8 we just got a nerf case to increase the durablity for it. My niece got hers at 7 and is still using it and she will be 12 christmas eve. It is definatley a investment but she will not grow out of this toy for some time to come. There are very few toys that I buy for the kids that I can say they're still use on a weekly basis 5 years later, but this is one of them.
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I thought I was having the same problem that all of you had-I had bought one for my daughter for Xmas from an auction site and the registration went flawlessly. But then, knowing my 7 yr old would want one, I bought hers from amazon. I had a hard time getting for the registration and spent nearly an hour on the phone with a mattel rep. I was trying to put the code in the special code section of the barbie girls website instead I should have put the startup cd in the computer and plug in the mp3 player. So, that might be something that you might double check. After you register, you can put the accessory codes in the special code section (where you see the key on the top) of the website. I thought I was having the same problem that all of you had-I had bought one for my daughter for Xmas from an auction site and the registration went flawlessly. But then, knowing my 7 yr old would want one, I bought hers from amazon. I had a hard time getting for the registration and spent nearly an hour on the phone with a mattel rep. I was trying to put the code in the special code section of the barbie girls website instead I should have put the startup cd in the computer and plug in the mp3 player. So, that might be something that you might double check. After you register, you can put... » Read More I thought I was having the same problem that all of you had-I had bought one for my daughter for Xmas from an auction site and the registration went flawlessly. But then, knowing my 7 yr old would want one, I bought hers from amazon. I had a hard time getting for the registration and spent nearly an hour on the phone with a mattel rep. I was trying to put the code in the special code section of the barbie girls website instead I should have put the startup cd in the computer and plug in the mp3 player. So, that might be something that you might double check. After you register, you can put the accessory codes in the special code section (where you see the key on the top) of the website. « Show Less
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wish I knew... after my issues.. we went to factory reset.. and sartedover.. ironically.. she is howling behind me... stupid TABLET... so guess we r doing it AGAIN... fyi the issue now is... screen freezing.. and the charging port!!!! omg!!! its awful....awful... awful.... on both tablets...
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I just bought the ultra for my 4 year olds bday. I was also concerned about what you will get with the wifi. I must say I LOVE it!!! He has a 7, 9 , and 11 year old older siblings. They all wanted to check out the Leapsearch. It has pictures, short videoes, that are like stories with the words on the bottom as they talk, but the best part is that a 4 year old can search on it and look for "cool" things all on there own. You don't type in words to search the clips are all categories for example: football, toys, basketball, dinosaurs, animals, etc. There are cartoon type things and real life type things 9trick sport plays, kids cupstacking, educational dinosaur clips, kids telling jokes, etc.etc.etc.) My 4 year old was able to find a star wars lego clip that he LOVES all on his wn. My older kids have ipod touches and he always wanted them to search for things for him to see. I can't beleive how well they made the search and that everything he touches on is appropriate. I HATE it when my older kids find inappropriate clips on utube. My 11 year old was very impreeseed and happy that he doesn't have to give up his ipod and search for his brother anymore:) I downloaded the 1 free game which was nice. I didn't buy any cartridges or apps. There is plenty to do on it without adding anything. I am sure I will get him some game cartridges for Christmas, but I think what is included, at least for me, is better than the games!!!! I do think the load on the apps are a little slow, but it doesn't seem slow on the wifif clips, at least to us.
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I bought my daughter a DS when she turned 4, and she is now 6 1/2 and has just started playing it a bit more. I thought about the Leappad for her, but since she doesn't play her DS much, I will probably opt out or load up a netbook with educational games for her. She loves cameras and taking videos though, and I thought it would be good for that. Do you guys have anything else you can suggest for a 6 1/2 year old who can work my smartphone better than I can? It should be able to take pictures, videos, be sturdy, and offer educational games geared at older children. She is in the first grade, but is reading at a third grade level. I bought my daughter a DS when she turned 4, and she is now 6 1/2 and has just started playing it a bit more. I thought about the Leappad for her, but since she doesn't play her DS much, I will probably opt out or load up a netbook with educational games for her. She loves cameras and taking videos though, and I thought it would be good for that. Do you guys have anything else you can suggest for a 6 1/2 year old who can work my smartphone better than I can? It should be able to take pictures, videos, be sturdy, and offer educational games geared at older children. She is in the first... » Read More I bought my daughter a DS when she turned 4, and she is now 6 1/2 and has just started playing it a bit more. I thought about the Leappad for her, but since she doesn't play her DS much, I will probably opt out or load up a netbook with educational games for her. She loves cameras and taking videos though, and I thought it would be good for that. Do you guys have anything else you can suggest for a 6 1/2 year old who can work my smartphone better than I can? It should be able to take pictures, videos, be sturdy, and offer educational games geared at older children. She is in the first grade, but is reading at a third grade level. « Show Less
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The short answer is that she's probably on the old side for this. My son is now 11 and while he does still tinker with it, I would need to purchase the add on kits to keep his interest. While I think it was a pretty good product, it didn't really fulfill what I had in mind as far as teaching him about electricity and circuitry. It is a bit like one of those science kits, it does something interesting, but doesn't really teach them why. I honestly think this would be a better age range for 6-10 year old's. Hope that helped, good luck and take care.
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my son was playing with his...had it a week. from sitting on the floor in his lap to the floor...maybe a few inches. the screen broke.....its very fragile(or at least mine was). i called the company and they told me they wouldn't replace it because it was his fault for dropping it. i fought with them about it but to no avail, they wouldn't even send me a refurbished one. oh well. most likely it is just a glitch....hope they fix it for you.
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Hello, I've bought this phone before and to warn you, i will never buy a phone online anymore!! Heres a summary of my experience. I bought the phone as a gift. I was very excited when i gave it to the person. After two weeks it went blackout on the screen. I took the phone and try to update the phone but it didnt work. I took the phone to the Apple Store to get it checked out. The Apple store representative said they opened it and they saw some non apple parts in the iphone thats why they cannot fix my iphone. The company i bought in here in Amazon thought i took it to a third party and its an Iphone why wud there be any non iphone apple parts in there. but i didnt. If they were to go any further i wouldve have that iphone representative as a witness. I got a little of my money back but this is the last time i will ever buy it. This phone dont have a front camera and i dont know if it will work in Haiti. But i dont recommend buying a phone on any website anymore!
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I really like my phone. It has a battery doctor and anti virus to protect your phone and a lot more. My daughter thinks its "cool". Go online to get the user guide for the full functions and it is free.
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I have bought one for my 3 and 4 year old as well as my two year old niece. I would say the apps it comes with would work from maybe 2 till Kindergarten, but then you can allow as much freedom as you want on it, so it would work for much older if you allowed access to the web browser, email, and skype, that kind of thing.
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I'm having the same problem! I am so sick and tired of the fighting over the ds but I'm not buying him a ds lol. We have an older gameboy advance and he won't play that so I not sure about getting the leapster, scared of wasting my money if he won't use it! Did you buy your little one the leapster if so does he enjoy it? I'm trying to figure out if I should get the leapster for my son for his 3rd birthday which is in a few weeks.
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My 5 year old trying to eat electronics part. I think that would show I have a bigger problem than deciding 'which' tablet to purchase. Anyway, for me, this discussion has run its course. Farewell.
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I got my daughter that phone last year, no you can't do amything but answer the phone. I wouldn't recommend that stupid little phone to my worst enemy. Hope this help's.
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I agree wholeheartedly that it depends on the child. Our daughter received her ds at 5 and had no problems using it right away. Our son just turned 3 and we're considering purchasing something similar for him because he already knows how to do some things on the computer and work portions of my iphone. If you think the stylus may be too difficult for him to handle at this age, go with the leapster or let them try an old gameboy perhaps.
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Good Morning, Happy New Years so far so good my son have not had any issues what so ever, no complaints, give it a try, I see another response suggested to take a glance at youtube, excellent advice cannot go wrong when you refer to youtube. good luck
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No I don`t know about that smart phone, I did not think it was very smart, so I got rid of it. I could not understand what the manual was saying, it was not much help at all .I just play with it and try to remember what I did to get something to come up. mine phone did not even last a year, before it went crazy and started running number across the screen and would not stop. that was enough for me. so I went down to walmart and bought me a simple little phone. no more problem. I dont think I was much help to you ,but now you know someone else had the same problem .