[Electronics-Talk] best flip phone and why

Arlene arlenes71154 at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 1 04:58:47 UTC 2019 

Pam, how much are the capsis now? Do you have the speech   turned on the 
phone? with it not activated can you do anything with it? of course I know 
you can't make phone calls but without it not being activated could you 
navigate around the phone?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chikodinaka mr. Oguledo via Electronics-Talk" 
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Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best flip phone and why


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> On 10/31/19, Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Yes; as far as I know, it is.  Pam.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 5:59 PM
>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>> Cc: Arlene
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best flip phone and why
>>
>> Pam, I hope the capsis phone is 4g phone, in case you decide to use it.
>> Even
>> though you haven't activated it can you navigate around the phone well
>> enough through the menues and all that?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <pammygirl99 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 3:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best flip phone and why
>>
>>
>>> It has a funny shape.  If I remember correctly, part of it is bigger 
>>> than
>>>
>>> the rest of the phone, so it is not even when it sits in front of you. 
>>> I
>>>
>>> hope that's what I'm remembering, since we saw so much stuff at the
>>> infoshare meeting, last Saturday.  No, I don't think I would want that
>>> phone.  I also bought the Capsys Smartvision two phone sight unseen, and 
>>> I
>>>
>>> sort-of regret it.  It looks like an iPhone with buttons, and it's big 
>>> for
>>>
>>> my small hand.  I haven't activated it, yet.  Pam.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 4:08 PM
>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>> Cc: Arlene
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best flip phone and why
>>>
>>> That's interesting, Pam. Could you tell more about the Lucia? Also is it
>>> a
>>> phone that you would like?
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk"
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>>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
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>>> Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <pammygirl99 at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 7:04 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best flip phone and why
>>>
>>>
>>>> By the way: I saw the Lucia, last Saturday.  It has all buttons, but it
>>>> is not a flip phone.  Pam.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: wayne via Electronics-Talk
>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 1:27 AM
>>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>>> Cc: wayne
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best flip phone and why
>>>>
>>>> What phones from sprint are you writing about? if you're wanting to 
>>>> find
>>>>
>>>> out
>>>> if aps such as aira and be my eyes are on the flip phones I was telling
>>>> about in my message, these apps aren't on these flip phones. I don't 
>>>> know
>>>>
>>>> of
>>>> any flip phones that you can install apps, with the exception of some 
>>>> of
>>>>
>>>> the
>>>> specialized phones such as the blind shell and the lucia phone, or any
>>>> other
>>>> phones that you use by way of the screen or using the buttons, but
>>>> that's
>>>> something I don't know about. I just wanted to clarify that there are 
>>>> to
>>>> kyozera rugged phones that are flip phones, the model for kyozera is
>>>> called
>>>> the dura xv and the sprint model is the dura max, and while flip phones
>>>> are
>>>> getting a bit smarter in the way they operate they aren't quite like
>>>> full
>>>> smart phones. I don't have the tech knowledge as far as knowing what 
>>>> the
>>>> operating systems are that run many of the flip phones, but many of 
>>>> them
>>>>
>>>> in
>>>> the last 2 years are on some sort of android software.
>>>>
>>>> Arlene
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Chikodinaka mr. Oguledo via Electronics-Talk"
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: "Chikodinaka mr. Oguledo" <chikodinaka.2girls at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 5:09 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] best flip phone and why
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> those fones from sprint do b my eyes or aira?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/30/19, Arlene via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Lauren, if you are looking to do as much with your phone as possible,
>>>>>> or any
>>>>>>
>>>>>> number of these things I've listed here, including for phone calls,
>>>>>> texting,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> emailing, using the calendar, calculator, making recordings with the
>>>>>> sound
>>>>>> recorder, using the world clock, timer, stop watch, and possibly some
>>>>>> other
>>>>>>
>>>>>> things, too me, the lg exalt which is a 4g phone is the best flip
>>>>>> phone,
>>>>>> which is for verizon. I don't know if the exalt is used with any of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> other carriers, as the kyozera dura xv is used by sprint as well, but
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> sprint it's called the duramax. so far it seems that verizon's 
>>>>>> kyozera
>>>>>> cadence, kyozera dura xv and the lg exalt are amoungst the best flip
>>>>>> phones.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The z t e flip phones and the alcatel phones even though these phones
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> the text to speech, the set up of the  phone is not good for anyone
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> would like to write text messages and type in their own contacts.
>>>>>> Unfortunately the symbols don't speak. Both the z t e flip phones and
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> alcate flip phones are used for some different carriers. For example
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> alcatel is used with verizon, t-mobile, a t & t, consumer cellular 
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> possibly some other carriers. Z t e phones is used with t-mobile and
>>>>>> verizon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> that I know of. So it depends     to anyone of us, what that ideal
>>>>>> phone
>>>>>> would be to us. While I'm going to tell you some details about some 
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>
>>>>>> these
>>>>>>
>>>>>> phones that I know about, for me, while the most important thing to 
>>>>>> me
>>>>>>
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> having a phone that I could easily dial a phone number and receive
>>>>>> phone
>>>>>> calls and hear the caller id. To add to that I really love when I 
>>>>>> could
>>>>>>
>>>>>> work
>>>>>>
>>>>>> some or all the items in the tools area of the phone. There's 2 
>>>>>> kyozera
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dura
>>>>>>
>>>>>> xv phones, the 3g which I have, and the 4g model. I haven't been able
>>>>>> to see
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the 4g dura xv phone. I've got to find a store that has it. The
>>>>>> verizon
>>>>>> store that I usually go to no longer has it. From what I've heard the
>>>>>> dura
>>>>>> xv is set up very much like the cadence phone. Since I have the
>>>>>> cadence
>>>>>> phone, I could tell you about how it is. With the cadence phone when
>>>>>> you go
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to dial a number, the best way I could say it is that it's a bit
>>>>>> frustrating
>>>>>>
>>>>>> until you get use to it, and then again it might be something you 
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>
>>>>>> want
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to get use too. When dialing a digit of a phone number, if you don't
>>>>>> dial
>>>>>> the second digit fast enough, the voice wants to read you the main
>>>>>> screen,
>>>>>> for example, left soft key and so on. But if you don't find that
>>>>>> confusing
>>>>>> or annoying, you can dial numbers easily enough. The cadence has the
>>>>>> caller
>>>>>>
>>>>>> id. texting can be done on this phone, and you could even read your
>>>>>> message
>>>>>>
>>>>>> before you send it. The items that are the most accessible and set up
>>>>>> well
>>>>>> enough to use are  the notepad, sound recorder, and world clock. The
>>>>>> regular
>>>>>>
>>>>>> calculater is unusable due to whenever you press any digits, the 
>>>>>> phone
>>>>>> continues to read the calculator screen. Either setting an alarm in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> alarm clock or setting up an advent in the calendar, while it's 
>>>>>> doable
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>
>>>>>> painstaking due to when you're  arrowing up and down to get the 
>>>>>> number
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hour
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you need, for example, the number just changes once. For example if 
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> setting the alarm it's on 5:00, and you want to change it to 8, when
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> arrow down to 6 you'll here 6, arrowing down once more being on 7 the
>>>>>> phone's voice says 6 again, and arrowing down again to 8, the phone's
>>>>>> voice
>>>>>>
>>>>>> says 6. So knowing this about the phone you would keep track of the
>>>>>> times
>>>>>> you're arrowing down to get to the right hour number you need. When
>>>>>> you've
>>>>>> got the alarm set that's when you hear wether it's all correct. I 
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>
>>>>>> know
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if the dura xv is set up any better than the cadence, but if at all
>>>>>> possible
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it's good when you could   work the phone in the store before you 
>>>>>> even
>>>>>> consider buying it, if in the store they have it out on the counter 
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> store as a demo phone. More and more lately I've been hearing about 
>>>>>> how
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in a
>>>>>>
>>>>>> number of the stores, they don't have the flip phones out as demos on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> counter so therefor you couldn't completely check out how the phones
>>>>>> are set
>>>>>>
>>>>>> up.
>>>>>> The lg exalt phone, is the best  set up flip phone out of the  flip
>>>>>> phones
>>>>>> that I know of. You could easily dial phone numbers, and the exalt 
>>>>>> has
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> caller id. writing a text on the exalt is great, since you could read
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> you wrote in your message so far or read the message before you send
>>>>>> it.
>>>>>> With arrowing right or left, you could easily corect any mis spelled
>>>>>> words,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> by back spacing on any wrong letters and typing the 1 or 2 right
>>>>>> letters.
>>>>>> I couldn't seem to corect any mispelled words in a text message 
>>>>>> written
>>>>>>
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the cadence.  I can use just about all the items in the tools area of
>>>>>> the lg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> exalt, of which that's the second of 2 locations for the voice 
>>>>>> command.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The
>>>>>>
>>>>>> voice recorder is very easy to record with. In fact I found that you
>>>>>> could
>>>>>> close the phone when you're recording. It's very easy and set up
>>>>>> impressively well,  in setting up an event in the calendar and also
>>>>>> setting
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the alarm clock. In either one the calendar or setting an alarm  in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> alarm clock,you would press the left soft key for setting the time.
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> example in the alarm clock, once you press the left soft key to set,
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> phone's voice will  say enter hour, and you would arrow up or down 
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> right hour number, then when you arrow right it will say enter 
>>>>>> minute,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> you arrow right again it will say am and if you need pm just arrow
>>>>>> down
>>>>>> once. In either the calendar or typing someone's birthday in a 
>>>>>> contact
>>>>>>
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> that person, it's the same, with pressing left soft key for set, the
>>>>>> phone's
>>>>>>
>>>>>> voice says enter month, and arrow up or down for the right month,
>>>>>> after
>>>>>> getting the right month, than arrow right and it will sayenter day,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> after arrowing up or down for the number of the date, arrowing right
>>>>>> again
>>>>>> it will say enter year, arrow up or down for the right year. It's so
>>>>>> easy to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> use the calendar and alarm clock the way it's et up. I also enjoy 
>>>>>> using
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> calculator in the lg exalt. One of the neatest things about it, after
>>>>>> you've
>>>>>>
>>>>>> done your calculation and your pess the center soft key for the
>>>>>> answer,
>>>>>> before it gives you the answer it will repeat your calculations and
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> give you the answer. Using the notepad is easy  to use, I have a
>>>>>> shopping
>>>>>> list in my notepad area, and it's hahndy  to write down any other
>>>>>> information. You can go into the browser on both phones, but it seems
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> little easier navigating on the cadence's browser. Then again maybe I
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> need to work on getting more use to the browser on the exalt. You 
>>>>>> could
>>>>>>
>>>>>> set
>>>>>>
>>>>>> up email on both these flip phones. The only drawback is, that  I 
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>
>>>>>> know
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if it  isn't capable of reading the body of a message. One thing that
>>>>>> works
>>>>>>
>>>>>> easily even though usually I can't read the body of the message with
>>>>>> either
>>>>>>
>>>>>> of these phones, If I send alink to a web site in an email to the 
>>>>>> phone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> could press the center soft key and it will enter on the link to the
>>>>>> web
>>>>>> site and open it in the browser. There's some different phone 
>>>>>> features
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> both phones for call blocking, setting up speed dial numbers and some
>>>>>> other
>>>>>>
>>>>>> things.We haven't gotten to the stores yet so we haven't tried out 
>>>>>> any
>>>>>>
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> the other new phones. As soon as we do I'll send another message 
>>>>>> about
>>>>>>
>>>>>> what
>>>>>>
>>>>>> they are like.If anyone does know what the orbic journey is like, or 
>>>>>> if
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you
>>>>>>
>>>>>> know more about the 4g dura xv let us know, and we're still going to
>>>>>> check
>>>>>> out the consumer cellular phones.From what I know sprint has the
>>>>>> kyozera
>>>>>> dura xv except that they call it the duramax, both verizon and sprint
>>>>>> sell
>>>>>> the phone for about $270. The dura xv and the dura max are the rugged
>>>>>> flip
>>>>>> phones and these phones are waterproof, meaning that they are very
>>>>>> sturdily
>>>>>>
>>>>>> made and a little thicker than the other flip phones.
>>>>>> For my question if anyone knows, I was reading that in dallas, texas
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> some other cities, they are begining with 5g phones, does anyone know
>>>>>> of any
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 5g flip phones? I was just wondering, though we'll be able to use our 
>>>>>> 4
>>>>>>
>>>>>> g
>>>>>> phones for a good while.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arlene
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Lauren Merryfield via Electronics-Talk"
>>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> To: "'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'"
>>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Cc: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren at catlines.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:25 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] best flip phone and why
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which is the best flip phone and why? Which one does the most?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lauren
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Consider the flowers of a garden:  though differing in kind, color,
>>>>>>> form
>>>>>>> and shape, yet, inasmuch as they are refreshed by the waters of one
>>>>>>> spring,
>>>>>>> revived by the breath of one wind, invigorated by the rays of one
>>>>>>> sun,
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> diversity increaseth their charm, and addeth unto their beauty. 
>>>>>>> ....
>>>>>>> 'Abdu'l-Baha
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Advice from my cats:meow when you feel like it. My audiobook is
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