artfoneC1 Unlocked Senior Big Button Mobile Phone for Elderly With SOS Emergency Button,1400mAh Battery

If it’s just a phone you want this is perfect. Nice big numbers, no complications, ideal for the more elderly or arthritic fingers.

Excellent easy to use phone I purchased for my 93 year old mum. Perfect!

Was shopping for a mobile for my 85-year-old Mum, as she was going into hospital: with COVID there's no visiting, she's not good with tech to start with, and due to limited circulation she can't use touchscreen.If you're old enough to remember early Nokias, when having MP3 playback - and a radio! - were luxuries, you'll be pretty happy with this (no Snake game, though.)Solid build, big chunky buttons, and handy features like single button speed dialling. Surprisingly, it also comes with dual SIM capability - full size, micro or nano, but old school full size actually work best.There is one thing that's either a bug or a feature, depending on your point of view. On the back of the phone is a large, friendly button marked SOS. Push that and it will dial your listed SOS contacts in succession, which is good. It will also make a terrifying noise that's nearly as loud as a personal attack alarm. Again, depending on the situation, this *could* be good, but you might want to disarm it for some users as it's not immediately clear and simple how to stop it. (I think there may be a setting for that).Some other issues: instructions need a slightly better translation, and don't include full technical specs. In particular, it would be *really* useful to have the exact name for the cable listed, as they're small and easily lost, and you don't necessarily pay full attention during unboxing. (I think it's a Micro-B USB, but there's lots of "micro" cables these days so it's good to know for sure.) You will also need a USB socket or a plug with one, but most people who've had smartphones lying around have spares coming out of their ears by now.Otherwise, a solid choice for either an elderly user, or if you're after a discreet spare/burner phone for travel, espionage or other activities - with a great battery life worthy of its Nokia ancestors.

I purchased one of these for my Mother in Law and it was great and she got on with it well. It lasted over two years until she spilt water on it. I purchased another but that only lasted a couple of weeks. She is 99 and not as dexterous as she was and she busted the C connector in the phone for charging. I could see the damage around the connector where she had tried to insert the charging lead. I purchased some USB C Magnetic Adapters from Amazon so she doesn't need to fiddle to get the charging lead p[lugged into the phone. I have stuck the charging lead and the "break off" part of the adapter together, plugged the other part of the adapter into the phone and shown her how the "break off" and replace the charging lead. I am hoping I don't have to set up a monthly order for this phone now!It is a great phone for the elderly.

Got this for my Gran, she found it really easy to use but after four years of having it she could no longer call. I had a look and the battery had expanded and would still take charge but fortunately we noticed before anything dangerous happened.

I bought this for an elderly (86yrs) neighbour.He needed one so that he could still receive calls whilst out shopping/walking, or in his garden.This was the second one that I bought. The first one had a fault, in that the phone was too light to press down the two charging pins in the base unit. Therefore, the phone was pushed up to one side slightly whilst charging, stopping one of the pins from making contact; therefore stopping it from charging.I had to return the second phone as well, because my neighbour found it too fiddly to plug in the micro usb charger and lock and unlock the phone.So here are my Pros and Cons with the phone:PROs1. Big buttons.2. Audible readout when the buttons are pressed.3. Can be used hands free.4. It has an Emergency Button.5. It has a charging base unit.CONs1. It is very light. It was too light to even push down the charger pins on the base unit with one phone.2. Both the phone and the base unit have a micro usb charger port. Although this is useful, as the base unit can be left permanently on charge/have the micro usb plugged in all the time; the micro usb is very fiddly for some peoples' hands and eyesight, as it can only be inserted one way. A usb Type C, that, like an iPhone charger, can be inserted either way round, would be of great benefit.3. The Hash (#) key, when pressed, calls it something else, which was confusing.4. The SIM card was very difficult to insert; even by the phone shop employee.5. The sliding 'Lock' key on the side of the phone needs to be bigger, or at least a different colour.6. The Emergency button on the back needs to be a different colour to the rest of the body so that it stands out.7. Navigation, to find a suitable ringtone, was very difficult and certainly not covered in the instructions.8. It does not come with a 3 pin plug (for UK use). My neighbour does not own anything with a usb port. Therefore I had to buy a 1.0Ah slow charging plug that could be left on all the time if necessary.Would I recommend this phone?If you, or the person you are buying it for, is familiar with mobile phones or cordless home phones, then YES, I would recommend it. However, if their eyesight and/or dexterity in their hands is not what it used to be, then NO, I would not recommend it.