bode (third-person singular simple present bodes, present participle boding, simple past and past participle boded) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend; to presage; to foreshow.
Children get first mobile phone at average age of eight. Eight is the average age at which children are given their first mobile phone, according to a survey. More than a third of children (35 per cent) own a mobile by the time they are that age, the charity Personal Finance Education Group (pfeg) discovered.
Children and Cellphones. 1  On average, children are 12.1 when they receive their first mobile device. 2  56 percent of children, age 8 to 12, have a cellphone. 3  60 percent of families who have provided a cellphone to their child did so between the ages of 10 and 11. 20 percent provided their 8 to 9 year olds with a cellphone. Among children 8 years of age and younger, 21 percent use smartphones. 69 percent of families with young children under 8 years old have a smartphone. 38 percent of children under 2 used a mobile device for media. [Source]