Cell phone manufacturers have lots of room to
improve their offerings of basic, easy to use phones.
Below are the best choices available today as evaluated by Living Treasures. Have you found the ideal phone
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Phone:
Vodafone Simply
Price: NZ 299.00
Available: Through Vodafone and Vodafone outlets
Key Features:
Designed for ease of use
A large, easy to read colour screen
A lock so you won't make accidental calls
Your mobile number appears on the screen
Perfect for voice calls and TXTing
Dedicated buttons to make a call or send SMS messages
Description:
"Vodafone Simply mobile phones are designed for you if you want an easy-to-use phone only for voice calls and texting to keep in touch easily with your family and friends. It is an uncomplicated phone with built-in helpful tips.
The Vodafone Simply mobile phones are
uniquely and intuitively designed to provide only the functions you really need. The phone shape and user interface have been deconstructed and redesigned to put customers' needs, not technology, first. The phone also features built-in help and hints that appear on the screen."
Our Comments:
This is the best general purpose phone we've found. It is a touch pricey, however.
Long battery life: digital talk time 5.5 hours, standby 10 days
Instant messaging capable
Web browser capable for internet and email
Description:
The Nokia 6015 is a reliable and user-friendly mobile. All your calling and messaging functions can be easily accessed with the popular Nokia menu structure, 4-way scroll key, large fonts and functional buttons.
Good basic 60 Pluser phone.
Our Comments:
Our recommendation for a phone from Telecom.
2.4-inch, big-screen LCD makes text large and easy to read
Easily readable keys for "Call," "Off," etc., and big keys that are easy to press
Large speakers and "High Ring Volume" make it easy to hear the phone ringing
Smart Mode and default settings make basic functions, such as voice calls and e-mail, easy to use
Holding down keys 1-3 enables easy calling of numbers registered in advance
Capability to check where family members are at all times
Description:
The Simple Cell-Phone A5517T from Toshiba Corporation, which has a large screen and keys, enables e-mail and
internet to be used with ease.
Our Comments:
This recently released phone shows that manufacturers are listening in this market. We are waiting to get our hands on
this one.
Available: Living Treasures is
actively trying to source a phone of this type for local use.
Key Features:
Write text messages quickly on the complete alphabetical keyboard
Read text messages easily on the large illuminated LCD display
Dial numbers comfortably with the desktop phone's large buttons and speed-dial keys
Make hands-free phone calls via the phone's built-in speakerphone and microphone
Find phone numbers, read messages and view missed calls quickly, thanks to one-button hot keys
Change phone locations conveniently
Description:
Unportable cell phone for older persons. A Czech company named Jablotron have a new cell phone.
The GDP-02 “Grand” is really a desktop phone for those of us who
truly want our cell phone to be just like a phone. Designed for users who have difficulty with smaller phones, the phone features an illuminated display and a
QWERTY keypad to allow users to send and receive text messages
in addition to making calls.
Our Comments:
This is a great idea. A desktop phone with wireless portability that you can
take anywhere, next to you in the car, visiting family or
traveling. An excellent choice for texting with more mobile friends and family.
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