[Electronics-Talk] best currently-available flip phones

Arlene arlenes71154 at earthlink.net
Wed Nov 22 18:26:32 UTC 2017 

Sandra, I'm also disappointed to hear that the nokia 3310 doesn't have the 
accessibility in it. Then again it may not be hopeless. I'm thinking about 
when I went back to t-mobile a little over 3 years ago, and the phone I got 
then was the alcatel, that didn't talk. I don't remember the model number. I 
realy didn't care for the phone very much, not only because it didn't have 
the text to speech in it, but the touch tones sounded strange and when you 
opened and closed the phone it made some sort of sound. Anyway When I went 
to the t-mobile store about 3 months ago, that was when I saw the new 
alcatel that does have the text to speech. I'm on postpaid with t-mobile but 
I think you could get it as a prepaid. I could be wrong about this, but I 
think for everything included for the prepaid it might be $45 a month, which 
I agree is a bit expensive these days for a prepaid. From verizon I have the 
kyocera dura xv, and it's very accessible. It talks everything. I have this 
kyocera on prepaid with verizon at $30 a month and with the tax it's $33.26, 
with unlimited talk and text. Possibly you could go to a store in your area 
that has it or even the verizon store as I did. That phone was on the 
counter as a demo so I checked it out good before I purchased it. So if you 
wanted to go with verizon on a prepaid, you might want to think about that. 
I was wondering which kyocera that was that you had on virgin and about when 
that was. I'm wondering because both Wayne and I had the kyocera from 3 and 
a half years ago. I don't remember the model, but it may as well been a toy, 
it had the options. A lot of the options you went into in the menue didn't 
even talk, so this kyocera dura xv is a tremendous improvement. That's why I 
think there may be hope for the nokia 3310 upgraded version, if they have 
one. If we could give nokia feedback about them including the text to speech 
readout in these classic designed phones. I don't know if that would be 
possible but all we could do is try. I'm just thinking this due to the 
improvement of the kyocera phones, and the alcatel. Oh by the way, those 
kyocera phones we had back in the spring of 2014, his was on cricket and I 
think mine was on boost.

Arlene
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S L Johnson via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best currently-available flip phones


> Hello:
>
> I have had the same negative experience with the LG phones.  I returned 
> three before I gave up and found another phone.  I got a Kyocera from 
> Virgin mobile.  My phone is not made any longer and from what I read on 
> the Virgin Mobile site they don't have much to offer that has any speech 
> output.  Also they have done away with their less expensive prepaid plans. 
> For someone on a limited income the cell phone prepaid and plan prices are 
> getting a bit too expensive.  .  I was looking forward to the new Nokia 
> 3310G.  I had the original 3310 before they made talking phones.  I liked 
> the nice easy to feel buttons.  Unfortunately Nokia did not include any 
> accessibility features on the 3310G.  This is very disappointing because I 
> am also one who really does not want to have to go to a flat screen for my 
> phone. Unfortunately I probably will have to if I want a good phone that 
> will talk and allow me to use some of the helpful apps for the blind. 
> Will we ever see the day when everything will be accessible right out of 
> the box?  I sure hope so but do not think it will ever happen.
>
> Sandra Johnson
> SLJohnson25 at comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 10:19 AM
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> Cc: Arlene
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best currently-available flip phones
>
> I have heard of the Tera phone, but I hadn't thought about that one for a
> long time. I've never seen that phone. Due to my experience with the lg 
> 450
> and the lg 470, I'm rather hessitant about lg phones. I won't say that 
> they
> are all awful, but something is very wrong where when the speech goes out 
> on
> the phone, especially after the first night of having the phone. The lg
> phones with the speech seems to work a bit differently than some of the
> other phones, in some ways I think that could be improved, but at least 
> they
> did in cluded the speech on some of their phones.
>
> Arlene
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "evelyn weckerly via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at panix.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 5:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best currently-available flip phones
>
>
>>I hope that is more accessible than the LG 4500 I had several years ago.
>>  Many menu options simply would not return any spoken feedback when used
>> with that model.  Any LG electronics I treat with suspicion going
>> forward.
>>
>> On Tue, 21 Nov 2017, evelyn weckerly via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:59:27
>>> From: evelyn weckerly via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: evelyn weckerly <weckerly at i2k.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best currently-available flip phones
>>>
>>> Sandra,
>>>
>>> If you are with Verizon, check out the LG Tera.  It has full screen
>>> read-out-in  other words, everything talks.  It's much bigger than older 
>>> LG
>>> flip phones.  As for contracts, the big companies have been doing away 
>>> with
>>> them.  I got mine a couple months ago and just paid for the phone 
>>> outright
>>> and am on no contract any more.
>>>
>>> Evelyn
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Sandra Streeter via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:40:27 -0500
>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] best currently-available flip phones
>>>
>>> Hi, all,
>>>
>>> Well, I???? finally deciding that, in their current iterations, I am 
>>> just not
>>> made for smartphones, so have come to the somewhat painful but also
>>> liberating decision to investigate currently-available flip phones.  I 
>>> had a
>>> Haven back in the day, and also tried the LGNV 3 and Gusto, but found 
>>> they
>>> weren???? easy to text with.  I am totally blind, and so need full TTS 
>>> so I
>>> can navigate and use functions without sighted assistance; preferably a
>>> track-phone, but willing to go with plans if I have to????ust would like 
>>> not
>>> to spend some money on contracts, monthly bills, etc.  Any ideas? 
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sandra
>>>
>>> ????f a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is 
>>> because he
>>> hears a different drummer.  Let him step to the music he hears, however
>>> measured or far away.??????
>>> (Henry David Thoreau)
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