[BlindTlk] Cell phone

[Jude DaShiell]

Verizon uses CDMA not gsm.
I'll probably get a Moto G7 to replace the iPhone I had.
Runs about $300 unlocked.

On Sat, 1 Jun 2019, Judy Jones via BlindTlk wrote:

> Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 12:05:31
> From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Judy Jones <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Cell phone
>
> Hi, Bob,
>
> My husband is one who only wants to talk and text, and he has the Kyocera
> Duraxe.  It is a rugged military-grade phone, water resistant, a flip phone
> with voice guidance.  It runs off a custom Android.  He only talks and
> texts, but the phone can do e-mail, plus get online.  I think it is 8 GB
> internal memory, but there is SD card slot, I believe up to 64 GB if you
> want it.  It has an external battery.  The outside of the phone has a nice
> leather texture about it.
>
> If memory serves, we had to have sighted assistance to go into the settings,
> accessibility, and turn on the voice from there, and I had that done right
> at the AT&T store.
>
> If your provider does not carry the Kyocera Duraxe, you can purchase a
> factory unlocked and new from either Amazon or Ebay.  This is how I have
> purchased many of my phones.
>
> The network is GSM, and I don't believe Verizon uses that, if you are a
> Verizon ustomer.  They run on CDMA, as overseas, but would be worth checking
> if you are a Verizon customer.
>
> If you are shopping for a flip phone, let your carrier know that you are
> looking for a flip phone, physical buttons with TTS, or Text To Speech.
> People get confused with TTY, for the deaf.  We need TTS.  This is how I
> found out about the Duraxe.  The customer service person started checking
> flip phone specs for the phones they had in store and found TTS on this
> Kyocera Duraxe..
>
>
> You can also navigate through all the menus with the TTS voice, which is not
> TalkBack, but still very clear, a female voice.
>
> Judy
> "Embrace the day with its mercies and blessings."
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> Feinstein via BlindTlk
> Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2019 2:17 AM
> To: Gary Wunder via BlindTlk
> Cc: Robert Feinstein
> Subject: [BlindTlk] Cell phone
>
> Gary, I am, believe it or not, a dos user.  I have a simple flip phone
> from Sprint.  It probably won't work all that much longer.  I'd like to
> get a phone with buttons that I can text on, but I'm not interested in an
> iphone.  Can you tell me about what you have, and its ease of operation?
> I am not good with technology.
>
> Thank you so much.
>
> Bob in NY
>
>
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