LIVELY Jitterbug Flip2 - Flip Cell Phone for Seniors - Not Compatible with Other Wireless Carriers - Must Be Activated Phone Plan - Red Flip Phone

It was easy to get the phone connected to the network the support staff was friendly and helpful; The phone is very sturdy. I can see the buttons without glasses. It is easy to figure out how to use it.

I also own a regular Android Smart Phone.I like to have two.I use the Jitterbug when I go for walks around the lake since it is more compact.The camera is very good too.I really like the 5 Star emergency feature on the phone.In an emergency they can track your exact location.They have all my medical history if necessary to use.Sound quality is good and volume loud.I am tech savy so this phone is not hard for me to use. That said, this is not a phone for an elderly person who is not at all tech savy.Too complex in that it asks for a Yes of No press many times and the forward and back buttons would definitely confuse my elderly mother.Not to imply that older people cannot be tech savy, but if they are not too much into modern technology then this is not the phone for them.The emergency 5 Star feature, however, may override the complexity of the other features.

Good but not Great.The user interface tries to do too many things: take pictures, videos, do text messages, check voice mail, check missed calls . . . Seniors need a phone that does one thing GREAT (make phone calls) and move everything else to the back burner, still available, but buried away in the menus for savy Seniors who feel like exploring bonus features.There are so many things they could have done to make phone calling easier.This is actually better than other flip phones, but not as much as hoped for.I'd suggest they make the call menu top priority for the phone, scroll down and have the contact names right there, then press okay and it immediately calls that contact.To do anything else should require navigating through the MENU which could be at the top, right above all the contact names.Easy, problem solved, and many more aging seniors would be able to use it.----EDIT---- My mother is constantly accidentally turning the volume down (pressing the buttons on the side) and then saying things like"I can't hear you I can't hear you I can't hear you" and has difficulty figuring out she needs to turn the volume back up.subtracting another star.surprisingly difficult for her to use this phone---REEDIT -- this is an AWFUL PHONE, Mom and I can't figure out how to adjust the ringer volumn up, I tried to talk to her on another phone telling her which button to press, the volumn button on the side that the manual clearly specifies, didn't work, she actually got it to drop down to silent.0 stars now, if can't figure it out will have to cancel---Re-REedit 3rd time --Mom still can't figure out how to adjust the ringer volume.It arbitrarily gets set to Ringer-OFF (I suspect from hitting the side buttons by accident) then the phone does't ring and she doesn't answer it, and when she tries to adjust the volumn while I'm on the phone with her, when I tell her how, she adjusts the Conversation-Volume.The folks at Jitterbug need to get a phone design that's not prone to senior citizens accidently pressing the ringer volume to OFF.It's more than a head-ache, it causes her to NOT HEAR THE PHONE RING.sure, young folks can figure out what's going on, and try not to do it again, but elderly seniors don't learn from past mistakes and cant figure things out easily. I have to give this phone an F rating, bad design of ringer volume and conversation volume on the side, too easy to accidentally press.okay for seniors with sharp minds, and elderly . . . but folks, this is a "jitterbug"F