Mobile for my Mum with loud[est] ring tone!!

euglycaemia

My Mum is little hard of hearing and so I am looking for a simple to use / with loud ring tone!

Any suggestions?

Smickan

Sony Ericsson K800i is a fantastic ring

My mum had a Samsung D900i and she was forever complaining about the battery and the volume. I went halfs with her and got her a Sony Erricson K800i on 02 and she hasn't once complained - infact she's over the moon.

euglycaemia

Smickan wrote: »

Sony Ericsson K800i is a fantastic ring

My mum had a Samsung D900i and she was forever complaining about the battery and the volume. I went halfs with her and got her a Sony Erricson K800i on 02 and she hasn't once complained - infact she's over the moon.

Thanks.

Any simple handsets like Nokia /or one with big buttons for easy dialling??

Trixxie

The simplest handset is the nokia 3510i - big buttons, v loud ring if you want! old model and should be cheap on eBay. V v easy to unlock.

HTH
Trixxie

lyndasharp

I gave my Nana my old Motorola V3 as she finds it hard to hear, but she gets on fine with that phone. As well as a loud ring, the speakerphone option means she can actually hear what people are saying when they do call! Plus I found it virtually indestructable, I dropped it so many times and it was totally fine! It's simple enough for her to use. When I bought it the reviews said the buttons were a little strange, but I found them very easy, and even though Nan has arthritis she can press then with no problems. Plus as it's a flip phone she hasn't accidentally rung me for ages.... her previous phone would get knocked in her pocket and she'd use up all her credit before she noticed.

chuckley

use vibrate option.

rodstrad

My Mum is little hard of hearing and so I am looking for a simple to use / with loud ring tone!

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I'm a bit deaf too, and use a hearing aid. RNID are absolutely useless and the Web hasn't been all that helpful either. However, one post here recomended a Motorola V3, and one or two friends have agreed - so I tried it.

The Motorola RAZR V3 is absolutely excellent - a powerful vibration and very loud ringtones, of which there is a choice of about 30, so it's easy to find one which suits your type of hearing loss. It also works fine with my hearing aid - and has a big screen and fairly large buttons

However it's a bit difficult to find a new one as the V3 is some 3 years old, but I just got mine from Pre-Pay Mania, via Amazon. It cost just £39.35, post free, and although advertised as an Orange phone, is not actually locked to them - just put your old SIM card in and off you go.

What's more, their Orange and T-Mobile phones come with £10 credit on the SIM ... so it actually cost me less than £30! Well worth a try.

Abbafan1972

I have a Sony Ericsson K810i and the ring tone is really loud! I have Dancing Queen (Mamma Mia version).

mikegahan

i got a Motorola W180, which is the loudest phone I have ever had. It is a good basic phone with large keys. It is on offer at Carphone Warehouse online in their clearance section(returns), for £4.84 plus compulsory £10 crrdit