"Better" isn't always "more expensive" or even "more performance". The best computer anyone ever gave me as a kid was a TI-83+ - it did far more to stimulate my

"Better" isn't always "more expensive" or even "more performance". The best computer anyone ever gave me as a kid was a TI-83+ - it did far more to stimulate my interest in computers and mathematics than an iPhone ever could have. It's true what you say about "for kids" products, but really an iPhone is a "for kids" product. It's a computer with a dumbed-down interface, limited functionality, and a walled garden of "apps" - like those old Leapfrog laptops. If you want to give them sophisticated tools, give them sophisticated tools.