It seemed like it was a never-ending stream of "But Dad, all of my friends are using _____, can't you just add that app!?". At least with this phone, he can call & text, listen to music, etc, but we don't ever need to have a debate about which apps are acceptable and which are verboten.
And when you get the phone for $100, I don't think you can really expect it to be high-quality hardware, so I'm going into that with my eyes wide open.