Mobile phone for the elderly.

Can anybody recommend a really simple & easy to use mobile phone please?

I'm trying to help my friend make a choice. She's not on the internet & isn't at all computer savvy.. At the moment she has an old Nokia that her relative gave her but she isn't coping with it.

I don't want to look on the internet for one. I'd rather have personal recommendations if possible. Thanks.

Re: Mobile phone for the elderly.

I know a couple of old folk like that, and they both use a Doro ...

https://www.doro.com/en-gb/shop/mobi...6620-6bbde682/

... when confused or when ending a call you simply close it. Open to start again.

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I have a Doro as does Mr Mags, straight forward and easy to use .... it has all I need on it.

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Thanks - the name Doro keeps cropping up.

So many models. I will look into them for her.

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My elderly Aunt had one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doro-Unlock.../dp/B075JGQ78B

She struggled with smartphones because her hands would sometimes shake and thus her finger would glide across the touch screen thus opening or activating stuff on the phone all the time. As she lived alone (uncle passed away years before her), she was always worried about being in a situation where she was not able to help herself and the phone having an 'assist' button which was assigned to her niece's phone, meant she was able to call her niece who lived close to her.

The phone allowed her to keep in touch with the family without it having to be complicated for her to do so and having the 'assist' button gave her piece of mind and confidence to go about her daily life knowing if something happened, she could press the assist button and her niece would be there for her. Plus the phone had the added bonus of being cheap

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This is the one we use for emergencies: https://www.tesco.com/phones/products/04894461781211 It's available on PAYG.

Re: Mobile phone for the elderly.

Hi Carol my last 2 mobile phones have been Doros, the text is large and they don't need charging all the time.
My current one is is a 6050 and I have had it 2 years with no problems.

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We too use a Doro. I think it is a 6020.

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Same here 6020 and with 1pmobile.com PAYG cheap to run.

£30 for a years top up at 1p a minute.....plenty of time for us oldies that dont spend all day chatting.

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I'd go for one of these


or one of these and a very long cord



This one is ideal for being in lockdown