[Electronics-Talk] New flip phone?

Wed Oct 23 16:31:31 UTC 2019

Why don't these carriers at least provide a DVD with an audio
demonstration of the phone under consideration like the Magic Chef
Microwave oven provides.  DVD's are cheap and if the demo is thorough
with the demonstrator describing everything they do before they do it a
user could get their heads around what they're about to buy and spend
dollars on ahead of purchase.

On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, Arlene via Electronics-Talk wrote:

> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:40:52
> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Arlene <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] New flip phone?
>
> Definitely go both places, Tracy. The upsetting thing lately, and I'm not sure
> how long it's been going on, especially with the flip phones, not as many
> stores have the phones on demo. If they have the phone in stock, as the
> verizon store I mainly go too, they'll at least take the phone out of the box
> for you to touch, but they can't turn it on and turn the speech on so you
> could try it out, which is a real disadvantage for all of us. Someone that
> I've messaged with about the flip phones decided on the lg exalt from the
> information I sent her. At the time I don't think her store had the phone in
> stock, and it seemed like such a complicated situation, that while they
> ordered it, she had to show her id, I think it was. It seems like it's
> actually the same situation, really, at my verizon store. For example, they do
> have that new phone I mentioned yesterday, the orbic journey 5, but it's just
> in the box, not out on the counter as a demo phone, like when I purchased my
> lg exalt and the kyozera cadence, last july. I would really like to try it out
> to see if like the etalk, if it's more phone than I'd like to have, just to
> see what it's like, and I can't do that there anyway, and this is a corprid
> store. I might do some calling around to the other corprid stores, and also
> call verizon to give them some feedback about this, and I hope some other
> people will do the same. Tracy, I'm just hoping that your husband will have
> the opportunity to try the phones out, somehow, even if you both talk to the
> manager to see if you could work something out, because he needs so much to
> feel confortable and know what he's getting. The only way presently you'll get
> to hearing the speech in the phone, is when you make that purchase and the
> sales person is activating the phone, and once that's done and while you're
> still in the store, if you start working it and you find the phone not being
> right for you, you would have to go through doing a return, and having to make
> a restocking fee. and at my store that I usually go to he said it would be a
> restocking fee of $50, when you haven't even left the store, and in the case
> of the orbic journey 5, if that phone was more phone than I wanted sort of
> like the etalk, I would have to begin the return process and pay $50 for the
> restocking of a $100 phone, and I haven't even left the store. The etalk we
> purchased from walmart and of course since it was a prepaid phone it was just
> in the box and it was only $25, so we took a chance on it, but it's set up
> seems a bit complicated and something to get use too, and I'm going to work on
> figuring it out, not that I won't. but I don't think I want to spend money on
> another phone like that now. Anyway, I'm really hoping that the sales person
> or manager from both stores will work with you and your husband, so he can try
> the phones out.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] New flip phone?
>
>
> > Thanks Arlene.  I had forgotten a new phone might not have the talking
> > caller ID, among other things.
> > There's a Verizon store close by, and Target isn't too far away, either,
> > so I guess we'll go both places and check things out in person.
> > Tracy
> >
> >> Tracy, from what I know the consumer cellular phone the duro doesn't talk
> >> all the menues, I could be wrong, but from what I understand it just talks
> >> the numbers. I have the verizon flip phones, the lg exalt which is the
> >> most
> >> accessible  in many ways, the kyozera cadence and  a new flip phone as of
> >> 2
> >> months ago called etalk which is on an android  operating system, and some
> >> of the buttons aren't labeled, such as when you're writing a text message.
> >> My very favorite phone out of the 3 of these phones I have is the lg
> >> exalt,
> >> whether you're husband uses the phone for some texting, and likes to make
> >> use of the sound recorder or the calendar or calculater or he just uses
> >> the
> >> phone, just for a phone this phone is set up so well and is the best
> >> phone.
> >> If he just uses it for phone calls I think it's the best out of the phones
> >> I've mentioned, that's if you have verizon. Getting back to the duro I
> >> think
> >> it does have the talking caller id, which I'll find out about that from
> >> the
> >> guys at our target store, they've been very helpful to us. Now it seems
> >> like
> >> for the most part the other cariers are using the alcatel, which isn't as
> >> truly accessible. I find it rather confusing to write a text message,
> >> plus,
> >> especially as in many of the verizon phones, the options when writing a
> >> text
> >> message, such as the symbols, upper case, lower case, numbers can't be
> >> accessed. T-mobile, a t and t and some other carriers  use the alcatel.
> >> Verizon and sprint have the 4 g dura xv, which is what verizon  calls it
> >> and
> >> sprint calls it the dura max. I heard from someone that had seen  the dura
> >> xv 4g phone, that it's set up very much like the cadence phone, it's
> >> almost
> >> a little too chatty, and the other drawback is the calendar, especially
> >> the
> >> calendar and other items in the tools area aren't set up very well and
> >> acutally a few of those items, such as the calculator is unusable. While
> >> your husband may not be interested in using some of these other items in
> >> the
> >> phone, I'm just giving you an idea about some of these different phones.
> >> For
> >> the cadence though using the sound recorder is easy, and you could write
> >> text messages and even arrow up or down and read what you wrote before you
> >> send it. Now some of the best things on the exalt, that's really
> >> impressive
> >> is in setting up an event in the calendar, setting an alarm in the alarm
> >> clock, setting a birth date, when setting up a contact or setting the
> >> ringtone is so easy. What's so neat and makes it so doable and easy, let's
> >> say if you're setting an alarm you would press the left soft key to set,
> >> and
> >> it will say enter hour so you arrow up or down for the hour number you
> >> need,
> >> then arrow right again and it will say enter minute so you would arro up
> >> and
> >> down for the minute number you want, or you could arrow up to 0 if for
> >> example you want it to be 6:00,  and arrowing right again it will say am
> >> or
> >> pm and you would arrow down to which one you need. It's the same in the
> >> calendar when setting a date, press the left soft key to set, and the
> >> phone
> >> will say enter month, arrow up or down for the month you need, arrow right
> >> again and it will say enter day, and you arrow up or down for the date
> >> number for the day, and arrowing right again the phone says enter year, so
> >> you would arrow up or down for the year you need. it's really easy to look
> >> up dates in the calendar, we did it last night, the calendar goes from
> >> 1902
> >> to 2036. Tracy, If you have any questions or anyone else has anyquestions
> >> just ask. Tracy, I've got some detailed information about some of these
> >> phones, that I could send you off list. There[s another brand new phone
> >> that's for verizon that came out in august, a flip phone called the orbic
> >> Journey 5. If anyone knows anything about it, let us know here on the
> >> list.
> >> I'm going to call verizon to see if they have it at the verizon store so
> >> maybe I could see it, it costs about $100. The cadence is $120 and the
> >> exalt
> >> costs $144, and is worth every cent of that $144, and the etalk was only
> >> $25
> >> when we got it at walmart, but it seems that it's about $52 at other
> >> stores.
> >> The dura xv and the dura max are about $270 and there the rugged type flip
> >> phones. my email address is
> >> arlenes71154 at earthlink.net
> >>
> >> Arlene
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> >> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 10:25 AM
> >> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] New flip phone?
> >>
> >>
> >>>I am told that my husband's Haven flip phone won't be supported anymore
> >>> after January 1.  Can anyone recommend a newer phone that is as simple
> >>> to
> >>> use?
> >>> He wants real buttons that are easy to feel.  He only uses it to talk,
> >>> and
> >>> doesn't care about anything else.
> >>> He has absolutely no interest in a smart phone of any kind.
> >>> I see Consumer Cellular sells something called the Duro.  Is that any
> >>> good?  Or some other simple phone?
> >>> Thanks.
> >>> Tracy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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