[Electronics-Talk] A New Totally-Featured Push-Button Phone is Definitely needed

Wed Jan 18 07:21:31 UTC 2023

Yes, but these are the flip style smart phones.  I hardly  think that the tickTock crowd would care for a phone which one can't play their movies, tunes, games and social media on.

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From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of cheez via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2023 8:34 PM
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Cc: cheez at cox.net
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] A New Totally-Featured Push-Button Phone is Definitely needed

I heard on the radio today, that flip phones are the craze amongst the younger generation.

There are Tick-tock videos showing their anticipation and elation as they open the boxes.

Don't know what that means.  Maybe it's just history repeating itself.  Or, a marketing scheme.

Vince

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Cc: Aaron Spears <valiant8086 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] A New Totally-Featured Push-Button Phone is Definitely needed

Hi.

The last button phone I know about for the time being that is mainstream is the Unihertz Titan Pocket. However it has some issues that need addressing before you give one to a newbie user. For starters, its power management is too aggressive and it kills Talkback. It's fixable, but the beginner with no patience will not put up with that.

Cheers:
Aaron Spears, AKA Valiant8086 General Partner at Valiant Galaxy Associates "we make (VERY GOOD AUDIOGAMES) for the blind comunity" http://valiantGalaxy.com

On 1/15/2023 1:47 PM, Amanda Lee via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> My 89 year old Mom is the same way.  Also, I have never been impressed 
> with the call quality fromcertain phones so I still have both.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf 
> Of Arlene via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2023 7:15 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Arlene <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] A New Totally-Featured Push-Button 
> Phone is Definitely needed
>
> My brother and my brother-in-law, both totally sighted prefer a 
> feature or flip phone, and texting isn't for them. What's best for 
> anyone, such as a type of phone is wjat they feel more confortable with.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Chaltain via Electronics-Talk"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
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> Cc: "Christopher Chaltain" <chaltain at outlook.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 6:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] A New Totally-Featured Push-Button 
> Phone is Definitely needed
>
>
> Are feature phones still available for sighted cell phone users? If so 
> then they should also be available for blind users. Blind people 
> shouldn't be forced to use a smart phone if sighted people aren't also 
> being forced to do so. In other words, the same reason a sighted 
> person would prefer a feature phone would also apply to a blind 
> person. I have a smart phone myself, and I wouldn't consider switching 
> to a feature phone, but I'm not every blind person.
>
> --
> Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷
> Chaltain at Outlook, USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf 
> Of Peter via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 2:49 PM
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> Cc: Peter <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] A New Totally-Featured Push-Button Phone 
> is Definitely needed
>
> Good afternoon everyone,
>
> I don't mean to belabor the point but the points made below are a 
> clear reason why a fully-featured push-button smartphone is needed 
> instead of the sorry dumb phones that have come out recently which do 
> not allow one to use services like Lyft and Uber forcing customers 
> capable of using these services with a push-button phone to use of 
> third party services like Gogo Grandparent making the use of rideshare 
> services less costly. This is just one of many examples I can think of 
> why a fully-featured push-button smartphone is needed. I smell a 
> resolution in the works for consideration at this year's NFB Convention.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
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> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf 
> Of Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 5:57 AM
> To: cheez via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Gerald Levy <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] That New Phone
>
>
> GoGo Grandparent allows you to book Uber rides with any telephone, 
> even a land line phone, once you register with them.
>
> They charge the regular Uber fare, plus an additional charge of 27 
> cents per
>
> minute for their service.  So a one hour Uber trip would cost the 
> regular Uber fare, plus about an additional $16for the Gogo Grandparent service.
> This could become very, very expensive if you make a lot of trips with Uber.
>
> But the dirty little secret about Uber and Lift that nobody likes to 
> talk about is that they can leave you stranded with no way to get 
> home.  Suppose you book a Uber trip to go  to a doctor's appointment.
> When the appointment
>
> is finished, you call for a return trip to go home, but you are told, 
> sorry,
>
> we don't have any vehicles available to pick you up?  Then what?  Gogo 
> Grandparent tells you to have a "Plan B" for such a contingency.  Seriously?
>
> What are you supposed to do?  Walk all the way home?  Caveat emptor. 
> For anyone who has used GoGo, please share your experiences.
>
>
> GoGo Grandparent:
>
>
> 855-GOGO-USA
>
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
> On 1/12/2023 6:34 AM, cheez via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>> I wonder if that 800-number gives you the lowest price for an Uber.
>> I've never tried the 800-number.  I have the app and it shows at 
>> least
>> 4 options.
>>
>> Vince
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk<electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org>  On 
>> Behalf Of Darla J. Rogers via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 5:57 PM
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>> Cc:djrogers0628 at gmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] That New Phone
>>
>> Oh; no I'm not.  I live near Kansas City, MO.
>>
>> Because of hand difficulties and lack of sensitivity in my hands plus 
>> tremors, this phone might be a real solution for me.
>>
>> Darla
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk<electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org>  On 
>> Behalf Of Donald Moore via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 6:30 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
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>> Cc:don.moore48 at reagan.com
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] That New Phone
>>
>> I don't know if you're still in Florida, but they have an 800 number 
>> that blind people without the app can call.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk<electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org>  On 
>> Behalf Of Darla J. Rogers via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 5:18 PM
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>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] That New Phone
>>
>> I think it is called the Blind Shell Classic; while it seems to be 
>> able to do some things, can anyone look into their crystal ball to 
>> see if they can or will add programs like Uber?
>>
>>
>>
>> Darla
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