What is your opinion on teenagers having MacBooks and iPhones?

Lots of people say they are underage to have the responsibility of a macbook or iPhone. I'm 13 and i take good care of mine

What do you think?

If they can handle it (and afford it), sure. But most of them have stuff just to have it. I know I did when I was a teen. Buy it to fit your needs. If a Linux phone suits your needs, then get that instead. If a netbook suits your needs better, then get that.

If you can't justify it (or afford it), don't buy it.

Your question should answer itself. You are born into this new age and are therefore more adept at adapting to new technology. Put yourself in the shoes of the elders who are talking about responsibility. One day when you are older the technology of today will be a thing of the past and therefore not hold so such weight as it does presently. Similarly, the youth of today are the pioneers of modern technology because they are born into it. I do not know if you have watched I'm ROBOT but that movie literally portrays human evolution in modern science. Man is evolving into part human and part robot. Who does not have a cell phone or computer today? Can we live without modern technology such as a home telephone or ships and plains to travel abroad?

To conclude the answer to your question is relative not absolute. When you are older and have kids one day you'll probably purchase electronics for them at an age younger than when you first received your first piece of technology. It is an essential part of modern human day to day living and therefore the question of necessity will outweigh the question of responsibility in every situation, given your parents can afford it.

It is hard to judge this because anybody a few years older that did not have that kind of technology at that age. When I was 13 years old laptops were still big, slow and heavy computers; nothing like the new mac computers. And about iphones, the original Motorola razr was considered the best phone! I think it is a little to much, because, the past generation was not raised with half of the technology or resources to have things like that. Basically for older generations that technology is brand new and innovative, for the newer generations is normal. I can't judge anybody just because i'm jealous I didn't have an iphone. The reality is smartphones are paving the way towards how technology will be in the next couple of years and having one is now normal. But i must say that a lot of teenagers don't need an iphone or a macbook for anything, they just have them to show-off, and I'm against that.