artfone C1 Unlocked Senior Big Button Mobile Phone for Elderly With SOS Emergency Button,1400mAh Battery

Nice phone that is perfect if you just wish to have a phone without bells and whistles! You don`t have to be elderly/senior citizen to own one of these. Very simple to operate and navigate. There is an SOS feature that is easy to disable as well. Not everyone wants a smartphone! If you just wish to have a phone for emergencies or just for occasional use, then this is the one for you!

Good large numbers easy to use

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.

Really good phone for the elderly

No use if you don't speak russian as instructions are all in russian, very annoyed as want to use the dann phone but can't find out how as do not speak russian as am English & bought the phone in an English country. Please send instructions in English asap as so far Iam without the use of a phone as this artphone was meant to replace my phone which has died & as am disabled I need a phone to call help.Will wait to see what customer service does to put this right then will review them

Bought for a friend who has had some eyesight problems. Large keypad is good (but all of these phones have that). Feels very cheap and plasticky. Although that may be reasonable at this price, we have now bought a different one which feels a lot better made for not a lot more cash (TTfone, review to follow). This phone doesn’t actually come with a charger. The dock is just where the phone goes, you need to plug in a charger with a micro USB cable. Two other phones we tried for about £12 more did have chargers included. Dock is much easier than trying to plug a cable in however. The back is very thin plastic which you just prize off starting at one corner. It feels very fragile. The SIM holder is for a full sized SIM. Most of these type of phones seem to take full sized, but not all, so worth checking in case you need to ask your network operator for a different SIM. The holder is also similar to other phones. Not a type I like. You just have to slide the SIM in under the holder (in our case scratching the SIM as you do), but you’re not doing that often so not a big deal. We tried in a weak signal area with my Honor Smartphone on the same network to compare. We also tried this phone back to back with an older Nokia after swapping the SIM. Ability to pick up the weak signal seemed about the same, no issues. Call volume was good. My friend got on fine with turning on the phone and dialling numbers. It has turn on and off tunes which she did not like, but these can be switched off. After a couple of days testing, she said she found the sound “scratchy”. It had sounded OK to me, but I only tried it briefly. She also did not like the side mounted volume buttons. This seems to be a common design flaw on most of these phones. They can be pressed accidentally by someone less used to small gadgets and possibly with reduced dexterity. A few reviews on other phones mention the same. This IS a big deal as it can be possible to accidentally turn down the volume of the ringer. It does depend on the button design and their sensitivity. I can’t say whether this phone is better or worse than the others, but the buttons are quite prominent compared to others we tried. The user interface seems dated, unattractive and not as easy as it should be. I am a techie and used to gadgets, but it still took a bit to figure out. I think this is weak compared to alternatives. Did not fully try the SOS feature, but I can warn you that when you press it, a loud police siren sound goes off which made me and my friend jump out of our skins. The last thing worth saying is that any of these 2G phones will not work on some networks (inc. Vodafone) from 2025. The 2G network is being switched off completely by 2033. Other networks like O2 have not set their date yet. So either plan on only using any of these 2G phones for 3 years, or look at the more expensive 4G (not 3G) ones. We decided not to keep this phone and are looking at others now.

Même clapet fermé vous êtes avertis d'avoir reçu un SMS ou un appel car un voyant vert situé à l'extérieur clignote alors. Ce même voyant clignote alternativement vert et rouge lorsque vous rechargez le téléphone et devient vert lorsque c'est terminé. Les touches M1 et M2 permettent d'appeler un numéro que vous avez enregistré. Il faut rester appuyer dessus environ 2 secondes avant que l'appel ne se déclenche. ceci doit être une sécurité afin de ne pas faire un appel involontaire. A l'extérieur se trouve également une touche de couleur orange SOS. Même chose que M1/M2, un appui prolongé surtout à l'extérieur ou, le téléphone dans une poche il est plus facile d'appuyer sur ce bouton. Sur le côté 2 touches pour augmenter ou diminuer le son son des paroles mais aussi son de la sonnerie). Sur le même côté un bouton/interrupteur à glissière permet d'allumer une petite torche. En résumé, idéal pour les personnes comme moi qui ne veulent qu'un téléphone...portable, rapide à utiliser, avec un bon micro, un bon son et qui est protégé du fait du clapet. Je le possède et l'utilise depuis des mois et j'en suis très satisfait.

Telefono veramente semplice da usare, i tasti sono grandi e ben visibili e volendo parlanti, suonerie alte anche se non c'è molta scelta, l'altoparlante è molto potente. Il tasto SOS è super utile con la possibilità di fare partire le chiamate oppure gli sms in sequenza ai numeri memorizzati in caso di urgenza (funzione comunque disattivabile), la fotocamera lascia molto a desiderare ma del resto ad un prezzo cosi ridotto non si può pretendere chissà cosa...la base di ricarica è molto stabile e comoda, sul display viene visualizzata la data, l'ora, ed il giorno corrente in maniera molto leggibile, telefono dotato anche di una piccola luce led in alto davvero comoda in caso di oscurità. Colore scelto rosso...molto brillante!Direi che per una persona anziana che ha problemi di vista e/o di udito e non ha molta dimestichezza con la tecnologia moderna è l'acquisto azzeccato soprattutto per il rapporto qualità/prezzo. Consegna puntuale.

Not suitable for irish connection

Buscaba un teléfono para mi suegra, que el que se compró en el 2011 ha dejado de funcionar. Hay mucha oferta en Amazon de este tipo, pero varias cosas nos han gustado en este que nos ha llevado a comprarlo: - El botón de SOS. Poder configurar 5 teléfonos, que vaya marcando consecutivamente para localizar ayuda nos ha gustado mucho, pues ya es mayor y creo que puede necesitarlo de ahora en adelante muchas veces. Que no tenga que abrir el teléfono para pulsarlo ha pesado mucho. - Los botones grandes, pues le cuesta tener precisión en el pulsado, aunque esto lo tienen casi todos. - La doble tarjeta. Estamos pensando en cambiar de compañía a una de las que los telefonos fijos están en una tarjeta móvil, así poder instalarle la del fijo, que es la que tienen sus médicos y la de el móvil. - El sistema de carga también nos ha gustado mucho y a ella cuando se lo hemos enseñado. Es muy parecido a su teléfono fijo, no tiene que intentar meter el cable microUSB en un agujerito, los que tenía este sistema los hemos descartado directamente, no son para personas mayores, aunque tengan los números gordos. Cuando lo hemos recibido nos ha gustado la facilidad para navegar por los menús, son muy sencillos, muy claros, sin leer el manual, que viene en castellano, pueden configurarlo y usarlo sin problemas, es muy intuitivo.

Sehr gute haptik alles fühlt sich gut an. Toll das die zahlen die man wählt angesagt werden. Gute grosse der Schrift auf dem Display Tolles kleines radio läuft auch über den Lautsprecher. Klasse danke an die Erfinder und danke Amazon für die schnelle Lieferung.