[Electronics-Talk] lucia phone Red flag

[Cheez]

Lucifer, [aka, Satan] transform into an angel of light.
Sorry Sir Moderator.  Didn't mean to hold a mini Bible study.
I'm done.  Let's us all say, Amen.

Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'" 
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Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 6:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] lucia phone Red flag


> Lucia means light.  It's a saint's name, among other things.
> Tracy
>
>
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> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 9:08 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Pamela Dominguez
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] lucia phone Red flag
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> Oh no!  That's bad!  Lucia is really an actual name.  I know somebody with
> it.  Pam.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Cheez via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 7:03 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Cheez
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] lucia phone Red flag
>
> the name alone should be a warning.  Too close to Lucifer.
>
> Vince
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "lauren via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 3:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] lucia phone Red flag
>
>
>>
>> Don't bother with the Lucia phone. It is an overpriced rip-off. at $300.
>> By contrast, the Jitterbug Flip and Doro 7050 big-button flip phones sell
>> for $100 and $50, respectively. Raz Mobility, the US distributor for the
>> Lucia phone claims on their web site that they will be introducing a 4G
>> model "in the future". Oh, really? They have been promising a 4G model 
>> for
>
>> almost two years, now. Odin Mobile also made similar promises about
>> introducing blind-friendly phones "in the future". How did that work out?
>> The Lucia is made by a small, fly-by-night outfit that has the balls to
>> actually continue selling 3G phones at a time when many carriers,
>> including Verizon Wireless, will no longer activate 3G phones because of
>> their impending switchover to 5G networks. Yet another company that is
>> exploiting unwitting blind consumers. Caveat emptor!
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/24/2019 5:37 AM, lauren via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone hi, I know there has been discussion here before
>>> about the LUCIA phone for the blind and deaf. I was considering
>>> purchasing one so I emailed them about it. The fun is 3G and some
>>> companies are going to be shutting down their 3G that is fairly soon.
>>>
>>> I asked them about a 4G phone which they help do you have next year. If 
>>> a
>
>>> person have had their phone long enough to reach the required time, they
>>> can read they can upgrade to a 4G phone. However, if someone has an 3G
>>> phone and wants to purchase the 4G when it comes out next year, they 
>>> will
>
>>> have to pay the full price for a new phone. There is no option to
>>> upgrade.
>>>
>>> so if someone purchases a LUCIA phone now, they will get one of his 3G
>>> which will not be useful very long. Are use the Internet and sometimes
>>>
>>>
>>> sorry for the dictation errors. Thanks, Lauren
>>>
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