[NFBWV-Talk] New Phone Info From Tennessee Affiliate

[Aaron Spears]

Hi.


Thanks for posting. According to this page

https://www.blindshell.com/eshop/blindshell-classic-2-blindshell-beep-for-free


this device is 4g ready not 5g. The bands supported include LTE 4g and 
such, no 5g. Also 450 pounds would be a similar price to iPhone SE2020 
brand new, so it's not a lot cheaper than a cheap and still good iPhone. 
It does have 5ghz WiFi. Having said that, this is still good stuff for 
anyone who needs a button phone. I'd be curious how it would treat the 
Telegram app. Not having a touch screen at all must make navigation 
interesting for some apps. It does sound like we can install third party 
apps and be able to access them using the Blind Shell screen reader 
though I'm not sure if I understood what I read correctly on that. For 
sure just having whats app built in is pretty limiting. Where's facebook 
messenger, Skype, Teams, Zoom, Telegram, etc? If third party apps can be 
installed and used then problem solved for any who want more than what 
it just comes with. Some things might be important like being able to 
use the nls bard app, Google Lookout, etc. If third party apps can be 
used, then it hasn't made it clear just on the page I linked above just 
how you install those. Does it have Play Store access, Amazon App Store 
or what?


I've been a fan of the button phones myself. I switched to Android ages 
ago because I was able to get a Samsung Captivate Glide which has a 
touch screen and a big keyboard. Later on I had a Blackberry Priv which 
runs Android and has a slide out keyboard. Blackberry has more keyboard 
phones running Android, KEYone, KEYTwo, KEYTwoLe. Then there's the fx 
tech pro1, unihertz titan, unihertz titan pocket, and a couple of 
obscure Samsung flip phones with regular keypads. My Moto Z2Force phone 
which accepts Moto Mods, devices you affix to the back of the phone 
somewhat similar to Apple's fancy and thus not entirely original Mag 
Safe feature for the modern iPhones. I had an extra loud speaker, an 
extended battery, and a projector. But a mod for it was being developed 
to give it a slide out keyboard similar to that of the fx tech pro1 but 
never made it to market.


Samsung had type covers for their galaxy line of phones for a while. I'm 
not sure if that is available for the modern ones or not though. You 
could buy for instance a Galaxy S8, and get a cover for it that gave you 
a keyboard that you could snap on the front, and the phone would shrink 
the screen and disable the portion the keyboard covered up at the 
bottom. Pretty slick to be honest, though I never had one to know how 
good it really worked.




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

On 10/8/2021 6:31 PM, Carolyn Ranker via NFBWV-Talk wrote:
> Hi all!
> I ran across this demo of the Blind Shell Classic 2 with demonstration
> of the new features they have in the newest model.  Also, the tech
> guru who posted this stated that the website  says the device is now
> 5G ready.  They have added some great features.  This looks like a
> really good option for anyone who wants a smart phone that has buttons
> and no touch screen.  And, it is much cheaper than an iPhone.
> https://youtu.be/5r9V_UsJ6ng
>
>
> Tracey
>
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