Over 90% of UK 12 year olds have a mobile

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Most 10-year-olds now packing mobiles | The Register .
Richard hit this survey up as worth a look — it’s got a population size of 16,500 people and was conducted b y Carphone Warehouse.

With 51 per cent of 10-year-olds now in possession of a mobile phone, a figure which rises to 91 per cent for 12-year-olds, parents trying to hold out against the technology are at risk of socially excluding their offspring, while those who give in leave themselves with an umbilical connection which can be hard to break.