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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sage iPhone for children review: ‘Would it make me want to divorce my parents?’

A close up of a person with red nailed holding a iPhone Sage, with the home screen showing very few apps
The Sage phone came loaded only with Google Maps, Spotify, Monzo, Uber, a calendar and the TfL Go transport app. None of that gave me much to do. Photograph: Rob Booth/The Guardian

I was intrigued to find out how this would work but a bit freaked out too. I use my iPhone non-stop: four hours each day during school terms; eight during holidays. Snapchat matters most, but I’m often following friends on TikTok and Instagram.

The prospect of not having access to any apps or the internet was just “ugh”. Part of me wanted to scream at the thought of being cut off by this Sage phone. Would it make me want to divorce my parents?

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