[Electronics-Talk] best currently-available flip phones

Thu Nov 23 01:41:01 UTC 2017

Roger,

thanks for chiming in with a personal experience and a good one.
After all we hear a lot about what does not work in electronics.

Like Sandra, I'm looking for a more accessible flip phone. Features I need 
are the ability to read the address book, menus such as my missed calls, 
access voice mail, buttons I can feel since my current one has small buttons 
that is hard to feel although I do manage to do it, and the ability to read 
and send text messages.

Can you explain what the voice sounds like? Did you say it does not connect 
to the internet but does send texts?
My phone currently is with verizon and its an lg model.
I like the ability on it to press one button such as 3 and it calls the 
number that was programmed into it such as I press a number and it calls my 
mom.
I'm not sure if that is standard on flip phones or not.

Also, what is the alt 2? Is this a kind of flip phone? Does it work on 
verizon's service?

Thanks very much for such information and its helpful to learn of simple 
phones with no data service needed for those of us who really just prefer to 
use a phone as a phone. I'm certainly interested to use the internet 
sometimes, but I'd rather use a larger device for that so I'm thinking of 
getting a tablet soon. Have a laptop currently wich services as my mobile 
device.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Roger Behm via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 12:15 PM
To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
Cc: Roger Behm
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best currently-available flip phones

Hi Arlene,

I own the LG Terra flip phone and a few of my customers have bought them too
and love them for low price and accessibility,  having a free screen reader,
1/8 inch ear phone jack, bgreat speaker phone, really good sound on head
phones or built in ear speaker or speaker phone, buttons are easy to feel
and have markings on the send, end call, and the 5 way cross controls.

Price is usually around $50.00, I got mine through national Verizon for
$21.00 and they waved the activation fee.

No data plan, bluettoh, can go on the internet, the menus are totally
accessible and you can even take a picture very easy too and attach it to a
text message.

My wife bought her an LG Alt 2 flip phone, because she is sighted and wanted
a little bigger screen and a 5 pixel camera.
It also can turn on full read on on to speak everything, but she said turn
it off, it drove her crazy, since she doesn't need the screen reader.
She paid $79.00 plus $40 activation fee when she upgraded.

It uses a micro usb charging cable just like the victor stream 2 and vr trek
and many other devices.

It is not easy to find in the local cell phone store, since the sales
persons want to sell you a smart phone for much better commission in it for
them.

If you are not wanting a smart phone and the high cost of the smart phone
and data plan, then I would strongly recommend the LG Terra or LG alt2 flip
phones.

Regards,
Roger

-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Arlene via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 9:20 AM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
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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