They sell these same cheap phones at the store, and yeah, they work fine. I assume you live way out in the suburbs somewhere where it is unheard of that a young teen might end up at a store with dozens of dollars in their pocket, but I’m being realistic. You have to be vigilant about what your kids are up to.

In many ways, I am more comfortable with my kid going to the store on their own than I am of them using TikTok, given what I know about TikTok.