What mobile phone for elderly aunt?

Victors_Bruvver

I have an elderly aunt who needs to replace her now dead mobile with something that is easy to use IE no cameras or mp3 players or anything else rinky dinky - just a phone so that she can call for a taxi when she is out shopping. She is getting no help or advise from the usual high street retailers and I wondered if anyone can recommend a model for please.

Trixxie

The nokia 3510i is probably ideal for this type of user and should be cheap on eBay. Solid, large keys, large font, easy to use.

HTH
Trixxie

silvercar

I noticed one in Tesco today, big numbers and does nothing apart from make and receive calls! Can't remember the model but it was under £20, I think it came with a Tesco sim card.

bringmeshoes

there is a new samsung m110 (samsung solid) this is a basic phone and is also very robust

lovelynikki

Nokia 2610, Nokia3510. motorpla F3 theseare the suitable mobile phone mobile for such type of user.

mikegahan

Please follow the link to the online pay as you go CPW shop. Any of those phones displayed would suit her. The Samsung b100 is a basic phone but it has a good reputation. Their equivalents may be on offer in other shops. The Nokia 1208 is another good phone. Try to buy new. Asda have a good range but often they are out of stock.

http://shop.carphonewarehouse.com/pay-as-you-go/

Of course one still needs to choose the network but i have found O2, vodafone and orange all Ok from a reception point of view.

mikegahan

Hate to contradict Lovely Nikki but stay away from the Motorola F3. I had one and although it had good points it was difficult to set up even for me, an experienced user.

Grandmasu

My recommendation would be a vodaphone simply, which my 87 year old mother has had for about 6months, she even enjoys texting on it. The big snag is that they are no longer available new, I got this one on ebay but to be honest they are few and far between.

The sagem V3? is a clamshell phone which works on the same principle but again is not available new.

If you can get hold of one I would thoroughly recommend it, my mother could not get the hang of the basic Nokia but really enjoys the "Simply" phone. I do wish they had continued in production.

diamonds

F3 aint suitable for anyone its like a toy & elderly will struggle, learnt my N95 no problem but the F3 no wonder CPW gave me it free with £10 on Virgin sim as a loyal customer, they are absolute ....

SPANIEL36

i would say nokia all the way, my elderly nanna has one and she says they're really easy to use