Cell Phone for Seniors

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N1sh

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Hi All

I need some help in finding a decent cell phone for my grand mother. It needs to have a physical keypad, wifi and capable of having Whatsapp (for calls specifically) installed. I have tried to teach her use to a full touch phone (Samsung S6) but I have not succeeded due to her rheumatoid arthritis, even on the accessibility mode with the large icons.

Any help would be highly appreciated in finding a suitable device.
 
N1sh said:
I have tried to teach her use to a full touch phone (Samsung S6) but I have not succeeded due to her rheumatoid arthritis, even on the accessibility mode with the large icons.
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Goto http://biglauncher.com/ . You can use it on most smartphones. makes it super simple for them to use. Icons and text are so big that you wouldn't even have to travel to their home to do support. Unless you lived in another province. It also locks away all the stuff you don't want them to fiddle with.
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That's going to be a tricky one. The closest you'll get to a physical keyboard on a phone these days is probably one of those slide out keyboards. But it will probably be an older phone. Blackberry has the Priv I think with a keyboard but it is so damn small, not sure if it is gonna help.
 
Johnatan56 said:
Budget? Only stuff I know of is the "business" phones that blackberry sells, like the KeyOne https://www.takealot.com/blackberry-key-one-smartphone/PLID47074690

Other option is find something like https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/m...laxy-s8-keyboard-cover--black-ej-cg950bbegww/
S6 Edge one: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Keyb...445&sr=8-3&keywords=keyboard+cover+samsung+s6
but overseas.
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Thanks for the reply. Budget of maybe around R1000. Dont need anything fancy, just a way for her to call anyone when she is not home and needs assistance (thought the whatsapp capability would be good as her children overseas can call her). I think she might battle with the blackberry's tiny buttons. One with big numbers would be better.
 
Dairyfarmer said:
Goto http://biglauncher.com/ . You can use it on most smartphones. makes it super simple for them to use. Icons and text are so big that you wouldn't even have to travel to their home to do support. Unless you lived in another province. It also locks away all the stuff you don't want them to fiddle with.
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Thank you, this looks interesting, will download and give it a go and see if it makes a difference.
 
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