Best mobile for elderly mum

amalis

Hello,


I desperately need recommendation for a mobile phone model for my elderly mum. Her vision is very poor and she is struggling to use touch screen for messages ,she says she cant see letters clearly. I need something with big buttons, but because she is living abroad alone an option to have Viber or Whats up is essential. As well is GPS Could anyone please recommend me smthg?

RichL74

What about something like this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Binatone-M312-Button-Mobile-Phone/dp/B00MQRJW40/ref=lp_2829144031_1_15?s=telephone&ie=UTF8&qid=1495452923&sr=1-15

knightstyle

Have a look at Doro, the secure 580 has just 4 numbers on it, or Argos sell Sim Free Alba Big Button Mobile Phone.

Mojisola

There's a range of phones (and other useful stuff) here -
http://shop.rnib.org.uk/accessible-technology/telephones-and-mobiles.html?p=2

amalis

Thank you all,
unfortunately all these big button phones cant have Viber..

Inner_Zone

amalis wrote: »

Thank you all,
unfortunately all these big button phones cant have Viber..

Maybe not but most of the Doro Smart phones should be capable as they have Goggle Play store.

https://www.doro.co.uk/

mac.d

The problem is big button phones don't tend to go with smartphones, they are all touchscreen.

You could give this Doro Liberto 820 a try (Amazon warehouse £115), as it apparently uses large icons and text on the screen. You'd probably need to set it up for her first though, as there are some reviews mentioning difficulty setting it up because of transparent buttons and light text. Also I wouldn't generally recommend Doro phones because they are dear for what are pretty basic phones anyway, just because they are marketed to a select group of people.

Jonesya

Assuming it's an Android smart-phone, have a look in the Google Play store - there's loads of Apps for older/elderly users, that give you big button type dialling and functionality with an existing smart phone.

Apps like this (not used it myself):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.simplymobile.simplephone&hl=en

angryparcel

amalis wrote: »

Thank you all,
unfortunately all these big button phones cant have Viber..

But the point of the Big Button Phones are that the older generation are not interested in all Bells and Whistles of the modern smartphones and just need a phone to make calls and receive calls