As a common technology product, children's phone watches have brought convenience to the lives of children and parents, but there are also worrying problems. Recently, the reporter learned that some children's phone watches have hidden games and induce consumption, so they interviewed a number of parents, teachers and lawyers to listen to their views and suggestions on this matter.
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The phone watch is bound to the parent's mobile phone
The reporter visited a number of shopping malls in the city that sell children's phone watches, and some businesses sell phone watches ranging from 200 yuan to more than 1000 yuan, which can be bound to parents' mobile phones, such as downloading programs or games that need to be authorized by parents' mobile phones.
In the Yuzhong County Rongda mobile phone computer mall, there are two kinds of little genius phone watches of 1400 yuan and 999 yuan, Lenovo's "Laiku" phone watch is 399 yuan and 499 yuan, and the watch of Tsinghua Tongfang is 299 yuan.
The store said that professional children's phone watches are produced by regular manufacturers, and must be bound to parents' mobile phones, and primary school students can only make and receive calls. Parents can view their child's location after binding. Sometimes strangers can't answer calls, and they can also locate and video call, which is mainly controlled on the parents' mobile phones.
Another store said that the brand's phone watch does not have a game function, and can only make and receive calls, such as the one that can be swiped on Douyin sold online, and the brand does not have this function. "If you look at the brand phone watch, at most there is a 'sports health' and music listening functions, while the miscellaneous brands sold before have functions such as games and watching videos."
In Jindong Electronic Computer City, Chengguan District, there are also a wide variety of children's phone watches on sale. The price of Lenovo children's phone watch is 399 yuan, the price of Xiaomi phone watch is 499 yuan, there are Himalaya programs in Xiaomi watch, Goo Mi music, etc., and the price of Huawei phone watch is 699 yuan. The store said that the age of children's phone watches is from the first grade of primary school to junior high school, and calling, positioning, video calling, and payment can be used, and can be bound to parents' mobile phones.
In the Wanshang International Computer Cyberport in Chengguan District, the expensive screen display is good, with positioning, video call, can pay, has waterproof function, and has magnetic charging. According to the merchant, parents download the App on their mobile phones, install the phone card, and then register and bind it to use, with call records and SMS micro-chat functions. At the same time, it is possible to prevent children from overspending by binding information.
Online shopping
The quality of watch products varies
The reporter opened the webpage and searched for children's phones and watches, and more than 200 pages of search results appeared for the product, of which there were more than 300,000 orders with the highest transaction volume. Prices range from more than 20 yuan to several hundred yuan, and buyer reviews are also good and bad. Some parents said that the charging speed of this miscellaneous phone watch is slow, it does not take long to charge once, and the quality is poor, the positioning is not accurate, and the phone cannot be connected without signal. Some parents also said that if they need other functions, they need to renew them again to use them; Some parents said that some of the built-in functions of the watch have hidden induced consumption.
The reporter asked the seller, "Can children download mini programs and games by themselves?" Some sellers said that children can't download it by themselves because it's bound to their parents' mobile phones. However, some of the products sold have a slogan such as "You can download all kinds of software freely" on the page.
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There is functional redundancy and induces consumption
In interviews, parents generally said that they initially bought phone watches for their children out of safety concerns and wanted to be able to keep in touch with their children at all times. However, it was unexpectedly found that the child gradually became addicted to the game in the process of using it, and unconsciously made a large amount of consumption.
"My son is only in the third grade of elementary school, and he has already spent hundreds of dollars on his phone and watch." Mr. Sun, who lives in Chengguan District, said helplessly, "These games are very cleverly designed, which is easy for children to addict, and the means of inducing consumption are also difficult to prevent." ”
Another parent said that she found that her child often played some games that needed to be recharged on the phone watch, and the amount was not low. "I didn't know about these purchases at first, until I received an SMS notification from the bank." "I'm very worried," she said. ”
Mr. Wang, who lives in Qilihe District, said that too many functions have led to complicated operation of the watch, and children may encounter difficulties in the process of use, or even misoperation, which not only affects the use experience, but may also cause some trouble. Some features are not very practical, such as games on some watches, which not only distract children and affect learning, but also may make children addicted to them and unable to extricate themselves.
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It cannot be brought into school except in exceptional circumstances
So, what do schools think of children's phone watches? Teachers at Qilihe Primary School and Jiankang Road Primary School said that they currently prohibit students from wearing children's phone watches to enter the campus, believing that it will affect the teaching order and students' attention to learning. Moreover, some features on the watch may trigger comparisons and bad behaviors among students. However, if there are special circumstances, such as parents going to work and getting off work late, and children can only eat at the small dining table, in order to facilitate contact, parents need to issue an application that their children must bring a phone and watch to school. After the child brings the phone and watch to school, put it in a unified safe deposit box; After school, the teacher will return the watch to the student.
In addition, schools are also concerned about the negative impact of phone watch games on students. A teacher said that today's children still have a vague concept of money, and if they spend casually on the phone and watch, it is easy to form a wrong view of consumption.
public security
Wary! Telecom fraud "targetes" minors
Inducing consumption is another serious problem faced by children's phone watches. Some watches have various built-in paid items, such as game props, virtual gifts, etc., and children are easily induced to spend money during play. These methods of inducing spending are often so subtle that children may inadvertently complete payments without their parents knowing. By the time it was discovered, financial damage had already been caused. Moreover, this kind of consumption behavior can also lead children to develop bad consumption habits. What's even more worrying is that some criminals also exploit the vulnerabilities of children's phone watches to carry out fraudulent activities. They defrauded their children and parents of their money by sending false information and inducing consumption, which brought economic losses and psychological harm to families.
In the early warning of typical wire fraud cases issued by the Lanzhou police, there have been many announcements of cases of minors suffering from telecom fraud. Police tips: Parents should guide their children to view online games correctly, and at the same time strengthen their children's education on the prevention of online fraud. Parents should also take good care of their mobile phones, bank cards and other items, set up payment passwords with relatively higher security, and do not inform their children of the opening gesture and payment password of payment apps, so as not to give scammers a chance. At the same time, safety education on the use of electronic products by minors should be strengthened, not adding strange friends at will, not believing in the rhetoric of receiving free equipment and skins, and if the purchase of items needs to be recharged, it is necessary to communicate with parents in a timely manner and purchase through formal channels.
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The manufacturer should bear the corresponding legal responsibility
In response to this problem, Wang Yonggang, a lawyer at Gansu Yongsheng Law Firm, said that phone watch manufacturers should bear corresponding legal responsibilities in designing games and inducing consumption. Manufacturers cannot only pursue commercial interests and ignore the protection of consumer rights. Similarly, parents should not completely hand over the authority of the phone watch to their children, but should strengthen the education and supervision of their children.
Some children's phone watches also have problems such as repeated deduction and multiple deductions for some game software, and children are easily attracted by advertising push or game content when using it, and even make large recharge consumption. Wang Yonggang said, "The use of children's phone watches is minors between the ages of 3 and 14, who are incapable of civil conduct and persons with limited civil capacity. If the child or parent suffers economic losses as a result, the child and the parent may also claim that the at-fault merchant shall be liable for compensation. ”
Wang Yonggang said that the inducement of consumption of children's phones and watches not only violates the "Advertising Law", but also violates the "Law on the Protection of Minors", and the relevant departments can investigate and deal with it in accordance with the law. "If the manufacturer or service provider of children's phones and watches does not reach any consumption agreement with the children and parents, and deducts the fee without any prompt or notification, it is theft and can be investigated for criminal liability if it is serious."
Wang Yonggang believes that the age of the applicable group of children's phone watches is children or adolescents with limited or incapacitated capacity, and cannot make civil acts beyond their cognition alone. In the event of abnormal deductions, the user may negotiate with the relevant parties, complain to the regulatory authorities, or request the merchant to return the relevant amount in accordance with the relevant civil code. At the same time, parents have the obligation to manage their own account information and fulfill their guardianship responsibilities. If it is claimed through legal channels that the consumption behavior approved by the parent's smart terminal is indeed issued by the child, the parent shall bear the burden of proof.
Lanzhou Daily all-media chief reporter Su Xiao intern Chen Jing text/photo
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