At what age would you allow your child to have a cell phone?

My oldest wants one for her birthday she will be 11 but I’m not sure about it

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In middle school (6th grade) when our kids started taking a bus to school we gave them flip phones. I'm not sure what age they got smart phones, but it was after a few flip phones had been broken or accidentally taken swimming or other careless acts.