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 **Monthly charges exclude taxes & Sprint Surcharges [incl. USF charge of up to 17.10% (varies quarterly), up to $2.50 Admin. & 40¢ Reg. /line/mo. & fees by area (approx. 5–20%)]. Surcharges are not taxes. See sprint.com/taxesandfees. 
 
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 $36/line. Credit approval req.$119.99. While supplies last.Req. 24 mo. installment agreement, 0% APR, & qualifying device & service plan. Credit approval req. Device pricing for well-qualified buyers. Monthly payment terms for all others will vary and a down payment may be required. Down payment, unfinanced portion and sales tax (on full purchase price) due at purchase.Sprint WeGo is an add-a-line only and requires one parent line to activate. Does not count as a Framily line. Includes 1000 domestic Long Distance calling minutes and 1000 text messages. Additional voice minutes $.40/minute. Additional text messages $.20/message(sent or received). Phone uses data, but does not feature a browser or direct internet capability.: Environment may limit location-based services information. Requires an account holder's authorization for Sprint to share location and other needed enabling information with 3rd parties. It is the responsibility of the account holder to notify device users that location can be identified while using the service applications.Offers and coverage not available everywhere or for all phones/networks. Sprint 3G network reaches over 277 million people. Restrictions apply. See store or sprint.com for details. ||||| Sprint today announced the launch its new kid-friendly Sprint WeGo phone, a low-cost starter device for ages 5 to 12 that offers plenty of parental controls and tracking features. 
 
 “Sprint WeGo is the perfect starter phone to give parents peace of mind while teaching kids responsibility – how to keep track of a device, charge it and care for it – at a low price,” says Sprint VP of Product David Owens. “This device has all of the basics without anything younger children don’t need just yet.” 
 
 The simplistic, water-resistant WeGo allows you to program up to 20 trusted phone numbers for your child to contact and be contacted by. It also offers 50 pre-programmed outgoing text message options (“yes,” “no,” “Call me please,” and the like) and a corded panic alarm that sends you an instant SMS notification with you child’s location. 
 
 Parents, meanwhile, get a large number of tracking and safety features. Built-in GPS lets you immediately find or track your child at any time. You can also get low battery alerts, SMS read receipts, abduction (speed) alerts and wake alerts (if your child isn't up an moving in the morning by a certain time) sent directly to you by SMS message or email. 
 
 There are no fancy smartphone features or apps on this child-friendly phone, but that’s part of why service for the device is so inexpensive. Sprint WeGo service starts at $9.99 per month, which includes 1,000 minutes of talk and 1,000 text messages. The phone itself can be purchased for $0 down and 24 monthly payments of $5. 
 
 For more on the Sprint WeGo, visit the company’s website. For more on deciding when to hand a child his or her first phone, check out the results of this recent Microsoft parenting survey and our Is Your Child Ready for a Smartphone quiz.
– Is your kid ready for her first cell phone? Sprint's hoping so, and the company wants to be the first to put a device in your 5- to 12-year-old's pocket. Its offering: the WeGo, which Sprint it marketing as "Safe. Simple. Secure." The no-frills phone contains GPS that allows parents to track their kids; it allows 20 pre-programmed safe numbers; and lets parents know whether their kid has seen their texts. There's also a pull cord that acts as a panic button, sending parents a text with their kid's location. Upon receipt, parents can call back, turning the phone's mic and speaker on, Sprint says. The water-resistant, shatterproof device doesn't offer much in the way of smartphone features. "This device has all of the basics without anything younger children don’t need just yet," says a Sprint VP. That includes 50 prewritten text messages with notes like "yes," "no," and "call me please," Techlicious reports. "Sprint WeGo is the perfect starter phone to give parents peace of mind while teaching kids responsibility—how to keep track of a device, charge it and care for it—at a low price," the VP says. It's $9.99 per month for 1,000 minutes and 1,000 texts; the phone sells for 24 monthly payments of $5.