A simpler phone?

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https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/4/208477...owdfunding

https://www.thelightphone.com/products

[mrbigstuff]

I have those. They're called flip phones.

[Rolando]

Next Apple Watch might be untethered.
Health Watch
Phone
iPod

Health Watch
Phone
iPod

Health Watch
Phone
iPod

Are we getting this?

[hal]

mrbigstuff wrote:
I have those. They're called flip phones.

no it isn't - I'm going nuts trying to find a phone that my mom can operate. Any flip phone is confusing in their own ways to mom.

I seriously might get her an old rotary phone - she knows how to operate THAT.

[Ombligo]

KidsConnect KC2 $93
https://www.amazon.com/KidsConnect-KC2-W...ulePTyLXZw&slotNum=26&psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAIDU7IKAJJWH655PQ&tag=fatherly-kidssmartphones-20%20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B07814RPSG

You program 15 numbers in, there is no keypad
Has Geofencing and tracking
SOS button
no data


Nokia 3310 ($40)
https://www.amazon.com/Nokia-3310-3G-Unl...ulePTyLXZw&slotNum=14&psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAIDU7IKAJJWH655PQ&tag=fatherly-kidssmartphones-20%20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B075FL4H89
Classic Nokia bar phone with improved battery life
Makes phone calls using 9 button keypad


This is what I got my mother --
Snapfon ezTWO ($90)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CW...le?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Senior cell phone features include: speaking keypad, big buttons, enhanced volume and numbers in 28 point font.
Talk time 3-5 hours, standby 90-120 hours.
No accidental dialing with lock/unlock keypad switch.
SOS button

[mrlynn]

The Jitterbug is a flip phone, but very basic and popular with old folks and/or their caretakers:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DRV2BBY/ref...il_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B01DRV2BBY&pd_rd_w=MbBCv&pf_rd_p=45a72588-80f7-4414-9851-786f6c16d42b&pd_rd_wg=2EtOa&pf_rd_r=XPMJ3MY9ZNNNKXFW4R6C&pd_rd_r=c4862b16-9288-47d7-aa03-f079c68074ca&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyNjU0TjNURzBJTEFNJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTk2NDUxMkEyR0w1WkVQWUpWWCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwOTA0MDM2R1MwMkVIWUxaSU5HJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

/Mr Lynn

[Rolando]

mrlynn wrote:
The Jitterbug is a flip phone, but very basic and popular with old folks and/or their caretakers:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DRV2BBY/ref...il_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B01DRV2BBY&pd_rd_w=MbBCv&pf_rd_p=45a72588-80f7-4414-9851-786f6c16d42b&pd_rd_wg=2EtOa&pf_rd_r=XPMJ3MY9ZNNNKXFW4R6C&pd_rd_r=c4862b16-9288-47d7-aa03-f079c68074ca&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyNjU0TjNURzBJTEFNJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTk2NDUxMkEyR0w1WkVQWUpWWCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwOTA0MDM2R1MwMkVIWUxaSU5HJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

/Mr Lynn

I think it was more than ten years ago, my older daughter was telling her cousin that we were going to get her a Jitterbug. And me niece responded : "No, don't let them get you that! Only Nerds have those phones!"

We spared her the ridicule and got her a candy bar phone. A few years later she got her mom's iPhone 3G.

[Yoyodyne ArtWorks]

mrlynn wrote:
The Jitterbug is a flip phone, but very basic and popular with old folks and/or their caretakers:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DRV2BBY/ref...il_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B01DRV2BBY&pd_rd_w=MbBCv&pf_rd_p=45a72588-80f7-4414-9851-786f6c16d42b&pd_rd_wg=2EtOa&pf_rd_r=XPMJ3MY9ZNNNKXFW4R6C&pd_rd_r=c4862b16-9288-47d7-aa03-f079c68074ca&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyNjU0TjNURzBJTEFNJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTk2NDUxMkEyR0w1WkVQWUpWWCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwOTA0MDM2R1MwMkVIWUxaSU5HJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

/Mr Lynn

I see a killer co-marketing opportunity with Depends.

[mrbigstuff]

hal wrote:
[quote=mrbigstuff]
I have those. They're called flip phones.

no it isn't - I'm going nuts trying to find a phone that my mom can operate. Any flip phone is confusing in their own ways to mom.

I seriously might get her an old rotary phone - she knows how to operate THAT.
You mean to say that she can't flip it open and dial a number? Because it really is as easy as that.

In fact, you can program those phones for her so that long-pressing a particular button will dial a programmed number, something that I miss tremendously on a "smartphone."

[davester]

So this is just like my Motorola RAZR, but crappier.