Samsung and AT&T team up to solve the ‘first phone’ dilemma with a kid-safe smartphone

Samsung and AT&T team up to solve the ‘first phone’ dilemma with a kid-safe smartphone

AT&T amiGO Jr. Phone screen and back panel

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TL;DR
  • AT&T has announced the amiGO Jr. Phone, which it says is the first and only kid-specific smartphone launched directly by a major US carrier.
  • The amiGO Jr. ships with built-in controls, developed with Samsung hardware and AT&T’s parental software.
  • The phone and the new amiGO Jr. Watch 2 cost $2.99 per month.

It’s never been easy to give a child their first smartphone. Should you hand them a regular phone and rely on parental controls, or choose a basic model that feels outdated? Most parents end up making a tough compromise. AT&T now claims it has a better solution: a phone designed for kids from the start, not just a regular phone with added restrictions.

According to the company’s latest announcement , AT&T has launched what it calls the first and only carrier-made smartphone designed specifically for children: the AT&T amiGO Jr. Phone.