[Electronics-Talk] best flip phone and why

Thu Oct 31 12:11:44 UTC 2019

all buttons is it android flip

On 10/31/19, Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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> From: "Chikodinaka mr. Oguledo via Electronics-Talk"
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> 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"
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>>> 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
>>>>
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