When it comes to the use of a cell phone, I’m a dinosaur. I don’t need bells and whistles, and I don’t ask much from my cell phone. All I want to do is be able to make telephone calls with ease. When are the cell phone companies going to cater to simple folks like me? I’m not extinct (yet) and my money is green.
I don’t need the internet on my phone; I have a computer at home. I don’t want to write a letter (I tried texting a message one time and I can leave three voice messages in the time it took me). Yes, I Twitter, but I don’t delude myself into thinking there is anything I do that is exciting enough that it can’t wait until I get home. Y’all don’t really want to know what I’m doing anyway (trust me). I already have a camera, so I don’t need that.
Doesn’t someone make a simple cell phone?
It’s time for me to get a new cell phone, because my little Motorola won’t hold a charge anymore, so I’ve started searching.
I saw this Jitterbug Cell Phone, and it is exactly what I need. It’s got large buttons for my pitiful arthritic fingers to punch. It has a big screen and huge readout for my pathetic blind eyes to see. It’s got a padded earpiece, so my poor old ears can hear. It’s even got a live operator in case my feeble mind gets confused…
Wait! They call it a “Senior Cell Phone!”
I can’t be having that. That’s bordering on condescending! Can’t we just call it an “Amish Cell Phone” and leave it at that?
I’m going to swallow my pride and look into the Jitterbug Phone, but I’m not going to dance right out and buy one. I am not familiar with the company, so I don’t know how reliable they really are. I say that as if the “big” companies are reliable, but “the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t know.”
Has anyone else out there tried this? If so, I’d love some feedback. And, if there really is an “Amish Cell Phone,” somebody point me in that direction!
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Well, the concept is great, but their marketing is lousy!
too bad they don’t have a BACON flavored cell phone, huh?
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I heard a comedian (I think it was George Lopez)once say he was texting back and forth with a friend and he finally thought to himself “If there was just some way I could speak to him directly.”
I haven’t even heard of this phone before, but it’s not something I’d look at.
You know me, I love the technology stuff! I use a Pocket PC from Verizon and I can talk, text, use all of Microsoft Office, blog, see the entire internet and access the cable TV signal from the house and watch any channel I want right on my phone. I can even play poker online with the darn thing!!!
When switching companies, I would make sure there’s some “test drive” period where you could return the phone or get out of the contract. I put the kids on T-Mobile because the texting is the cheapest out there, but the phone service just plain sucks.
The hubby and I have Verizon and the phone service is perfect. Never drop a call or anything!
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I hate to say it, but it is an old people phone. You are exactly like my mother though, she wants the exact same thing with her next phone.
Hi – I loved this post, and the information about the Jitterbug cell phone… I just blogged about the Jitterbug over at caring.com (a new site for caregivers) and included some quotes from your post (http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/cell-phones-that-wont-scare-mom). Check it out and comment if you like!
Thanks,
Stephanie
Thanks for the plug, Stephanie. What a great site you have! Wish you had been around a couple of years ago. Anybody caring for aging parents could benefit from your info! Thanks for stopping by.
Good hardware, but the market needs one with a pay as you go plan with no monthly or cards that do NOT expire.