Why does my dad do this?

Hi i'm 15 turning 16 in 5 months I applied for a job that's walking distance so I can easily get there instead of rely on my dad to drop me off btw my dad and mom are divorced. I get pretty good grades in school only 1-2 c and the rest a and b I asked my dad for a iPhone before and he never gets me one he always buys me flip phones and he has a decent job and make good money and he has a pretty good phone himself I just don't understand why my dad won't buy me a iPhone I know y'all going come up with all these excuses but you won't understand when you get picked on in school for having no phone even if you have a droid you get picked on.

Nobody uses flip phones troll

I use a flip phone and according to the Wall Street Journal they are making a comeback.

He grew up without a smartphone, he knows you can too. He sees the phone as a tool to use in emergencies, not as a social lifeline like most of your friends. He literally doesn't understand why it is important to you because this is entirely outside the realm of his experience. You have a job, you could attempt to negotiate with either your mother or father. See if they would allow you to pay for your own iphone and contract. Otherwise you will need to wait until you are 18 to get a phone and contract of your own.

No one needs an iPhone. No one.
It wasn't that long ago that no one carried a phone around- they were either on the wall or on a table, and you went to a building to make a phone call. He doesn't need to pay several hundred dollars for you to have access to videos and the internet everywhere you go.

I imagine your flip phone doesn't take videos or pictures, either, and if it does, they aren't good ones. Dad is smart - you shouldn't have a way to take them and send them to your friends- this is how kids get in huge trouble.

But mainly, your Dad is giving you something, and when you are in a position to pay your own rent, your own health insurance, your own clothing and your own food, you can choose whatever phone you want. For now, appreciate what we all thought was way into the future - if you watch some Star Trek episodes, they had communicators that were like flip phones, and we never thought we'd ever have one of our own. And now you do.

They are SUPER expensive and not really worth it. Once you get a job, you can waste your money on an expensive phone if you really want one.

Yes flip phones are making a come back. Also the Nokia 3310, the older style phone, as really who needs all of this Sh-t. When you can pay and waste your money on this cr-p then you can do as you like.

Probably cause he don't want to spend the money for one

If you were my kid you wouldn't have a phone. You need a job to get your own stuff stop expecting everyone else to get it for you.

Even if your dad has his own phone, that doesn't mean that he has to get one for you. You're getting your own job and are going to make your own money, so you can save up for it yourself. It's frankly selfish to think that he needs to buy you an expensive phone just because he has a decent job and can afford one. It doesn't matter if kids make fun of you for having a flip phone - the ones who really care about you won't judge you based on that fact. It's really not so bad. Grow up.

Ignore those kids. I bet those kids spend all day texting and playing games on their phones. You should be happy you even got a phone.