I know such questions may well have been asked over and over, but if you could take some time for suggestions, it would be appreciated.
My mum has just got back from spending Christmas and new year in Australia, and felt disconnected not having a smartphone to update family, and get updates about family, on Facebook and emails. She has asked that I help her choose a new smartphone.
She currently has a Nokia candybar style phone that I got her a couple of years ago, mainly for the 5MP camera, as she kept using her old camera phone to take pictures, even though I told her that if they were important times, to use her Canon compact camera. So I met her half way in the choice of her new phone and got her one that at least had a better camera.
In recent years she has got onto facebook, with some of our family spread in Europe and Australia, and my Dad passed away, it has become a bit of a lifesaver for her and keeps her updated on her nieces, nephews, grandchildren, etc. So she wants to move into the new era of smartphones.
Now I come onto her habits and usability. Her current phone is a simple Nokia with a reasonable camera. She texts more than calls, and her texting is improving, but she does not use predictive texting as she could not get on with it. She has her own, quite good 3 year old laptop, which I would say she struggles with things on it in terms of dealing with why things on the web and in Word do the things that they do. She has got better through, but thinks as she has got used to Office 97 since it came out, she would struggle to use anything else (yea, I know, 97).
So she wants a modern phone that is a touchscreen, can look at facebook, see facebook pictures, take her own on her phone and upload to facebook, text and call from, and she would like to stick to pay as you go, which she is currently on Virgin with.
I am very technology and gadget minded, I work with technology and computers day in, day out, and know alot about alot, but I always have high end devices if I can (my dad's son
) and Android is my OS of choice. I could make a good judgement on a phone, in fact I am leaning toward the Galaxy Ace 2 as it is small and got reasonable spec, more than good enough for her anyway.
Sorry for the long post, but any user feedback and ideas are welcome.
My mum has just got back from spending Christmas and new year in Australia, and felt disconnected not having a smartphone to update family, and get updates about family, on Facebook and emails. She has asked that I help her choose a new smartphone.
She currently has a Nokia candybar style phone that I got her a couple of years ago, mainly for the 5MP camera, as she kept using her old camera phone to take pictures, even though I told her that if they were important times, to use her Canon compact camera. So I met her half way in the choice of her new phone and got her one that at least had a better camera.
In recent years she has got onto facebook, with some of our family spread in Europe and Australia, and my Dad passed away, it has become a bit of a lifesaver for her and keeps her updated on her nieces, nephews, grandchildren, etc. So she wants to move into the new era of smartphones.
Now I come onto her habits and usability. Her current phone is a simple Nokia with a reasonable camera. She texts more than calls, and her texting is improving, but she does not use predictive texting as she could not get on with it. She has her own, quite good 3 year old laptop, which I would say she struggles with things on it in terms of dealing with why things on the web and in Word do the things that they do. She has got better through, but thinks as she has got used to Office 97 since it came out, she would struggle to use anything else (yea, I know, 97).
So she wants a modern phone that is a touchscreen, can look at facebook, see facebook pictures, take her own on her phone and upload to facebook, text and call from, and she would like to stick to pay as you go, which she is currently on Virgin with.
I am very technology and gadget minded, I work with technology and computers day in, day out, and know alot about alot, but I always have high end devices if I can (my dad's son
) and Android is my OS of choice. I could make a good judgement on a phone, in fact I am leaning toward the Galaxy Ace 2 as it is small and got reasonable spec, more than good enough for her anyway.Sorry for the long post, but any user feedback and ideas are welcome.
