Help needed for elderly tech-phobe

elsien

ButterCheese said:

If you're going to get her a new phone anyway, I'd still get a smartphone if she wants to use internet banking.  Getting a dumb phone would probably feel like a lot of her independence had been taken away.  Get her to use duckduckgo, instead of chrome.  I probably wouldn't install a 3rd party ad blocker or antivirus as the free versions tend to throw up a lot of alerts which causes panic.  My Dad is the same, he's always saying some "scam" or "virus" has popped up on his computer, when it's actually just the AV software telling him he's at risk, wanting him to pay more to upgrade

Exactly this. sometimes less is more and trying to add the extra layer of protection just caused more problems.

RumRat

Have a look at the Doro Smartphones.....They are OK for banking apps...
Smartphones for elderly, best smartphones for seniors, easy to use smartphones, simple smartphones

lcc86

ButterCheese said:

If you're going to get her a new phone anyway, I'd still get a smartphone if she wants to use internet banking.  Getting a dumb phone would probably feel like a lot of her independence had been taken away.  Get her to use duckduckgo, instead of chrome.  I probably wouldn't install a 3rd party ad blocker or antivirus as the free versions tend to throw up a lot of alerts which causes panic.  My Dad is the same, he's always saying some "scam" or "virus" has popped up on his computer, when it's actually just the AV software telling him he's at risk, wanting him to pay more to upgrade

Thanks, didn't even know this myself so I've learned something today!

lcc86

RumRat said:

Have a look at the Doro Smartphones.....They are OK for banking apps...
Smartphones for elderly, best smartphones for seniors, easy to use smartphones, simple smartphones

Thanks I'll also look into these for her.

Heedtheadvice

elsien said:

Doro is not going be any use though if she’s doing Internet banking on her phone and various other other online activities.

Sure that particular Doro 6880 is no use for Internet activity but there are other Doro phones that are aimed at those needing something simple and smart, as other posters have mentioned.

This one might be worth a look at https://www.doro.com/en-gb/shop/mobile-devices/smart-phones/doro-aurora-a10-d9362d3d/ though I have no personal experience of it.