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Old 09-11-2016, 14:22
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Any recommendations for a very cheap, very basic big button mobile phone. It's for my 95 year old mother.

Also this simple basic phone must have a long standby time.
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Old 09-11-2016, 14:31
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Any recommendations for a very cheap, very basic big button mobile phone. It's for my 95 year old mother.

Also this simple basic phone must have a long standby time.
Have a look at Doro phones http://www.doro.co.uk/
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Old 09-11-2016, 14:45
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Thanks, but don't really want, or need, an android phone or any internet connectivity.
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Old 09-11-2016, 14:49
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Doro make very simple phones too.
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Old 09-11-2016, 15:31
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Thanks, but don't really want, or need, an android phone or any internet connectivity.
I bought the following Binatone mobile from Amazon to do almost exactly what you want - it has big buttons and a "call someone if in trouble" programmable emergency button

http://amzn.to/2eLDIkh
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Old 09-11-2016, 17:49
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Also look at Ttfone.
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:56
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Doro is where it's at.

One bit of advice I read from one of the age charities was that a clamshell mobile can be good as the physical action of opening and closing the handset can provide users with certainty about answering and perhaps more pertinently ending calls.
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Old 12-11-2016, 14:26
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Just don't buy an Alba one from Argos, like I did. I can't get it to show the caller i.d, even if the caller is in the phone's caller list. And Argos have been worse than useless at trying to sort it.
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