Request for an iPhone sized camera for kids

Johnathan Burger wrote:

You should look at read this:

Legal - Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy - Apple

Apple and its employees and contractors do not accept, review or consider any unsolicited ideas, works, materials, proposals, suggestions, artwork, content or the like, including for advertising campaigns, promotions, products, services, technologies, product enhancements, processes, marketing strategies, product names, content or creative materials (all of the foregoing “submissions”). Please do not send or provide any submissions in any form to Apple or any of its employees or contractors.

Duly noted. Thanks.

Consider this: iPad mini - Apple — mini has a bit more display room than does an iPhone, has good cameras, and it supports Pencil. And Wi-Fi and cellular models are available, and cellular models only need a cellular plan if you want to use that feature.

Or as mentioned above, an iPhone 14 or other recent model with no active cellular plan—you'll need a SIM or eSIM to initially activate, but a cellular plan is not needed for any subsequent Wi-Fi-only use.

Given the bumps and drops that pretty much every little person encounters, particularly those little ones seemingly likely to engage in parkour or other super-amazing danger magnet videography techniques, also budget for a robust case, and for AppleCare+ and/or for potential wholesale replacement when (not if) it gets dinged or dropped or dunked or lost or stolen. Budget for device backups too, because budding videographers need lots of storage, and probably aren't the best at backing up their work.

SSSnyc wrote:

My 9 yo son would like to know if Apple can make an iphone sized camera for kids that does not have any phone capabilities, but that can connect to the cloud for the purpose of editing videos or photos on another apple device in iMovie.

Send your son's idea here Product Feedback - Apple

Maybe a ipod touch would suffice iPod touch - Official Apple Support

IdrisSeabright wrote:

You could probably just use an older iPhone that doesn't have an active SIM.

Ugghhh totally blanked out on that, I even have a XS max for that purpose... thanks IdrisSeabright!!!

You should look at read this:

Legal - Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy - Apple

Apple and its employees and contractors do not accept, review or consider any unsolicited ideas, works, materials, proposals, suggestions, artwork, content or the like, including for advertising campaigns, promotions, products, services, technologies, product enhancements, processes, marketing strategies, product names, content or creative materials (all of the foregoing “submissions”). Please do not send or provide any submissions in any form to Apple or any of its employees or contractors.

SSSnyc wrote:

Thanks so much! We did think of this, but older iPhones also don't have latest amazing camera apps... but yes, this is a good idea!

Theoretically, you could buy a brand-new iPhone and just use it as a camera. I believe you might need a SIM in it to activate it initially but you can use the one from your phone. I was thinking that a 9-year-old doesn't necessarily need the latest and greatest camera hardware. There are also great third-party camera apps.

You could probably just use an older iPhone that doesn't have an active SIM.

They used to... it was called the iPod touch.

As pointed out, it’s called an iPad as Apple has apparently killed the iPod.

they range in price from around $400 to $1000.