New Phone for my Wife?

hdrygas · 03-12-2006, 11:40 PM

I am changing phone providers. I am getting a Trio I think. I am leaning towards Cingular. I am defiantly leaving Verizon. Now the real problem is that I am to choose a phone for my wife. She wants a phone that does nothing but send and receive calls and has "big buttons". I would like your help. She really wants a phone that works like the "one at home" no bells, no whistles, no hits, no runs, no errors. Also it must have the option of a hands free set up. No head sets or anything just hook it up or have it installed, I don't care, but it must be truly hands free. Push one button and talk. So talk to me.

hdrygas · 03-13-2006, 10:00 PM

Come on some of you have a wife. I need help here. I have to go out on Wednesday and get new phones. Don't leave me dangling in the wind. Yes I can pick out the most expensive, technologically advanced and complicated phone in the world, but the most simple? Help please?

Trevor · 03-13-2006, 10:47 PM

I think that is a really tough question. There really doesn't seem to be much in the way of simple anymore. If your wife can ignore the frills, on a Motorola Razr that might be a good choice, but it's one one of those things where you would have to take her with you to see if she could handle the buttons. They are a bit bigger than most, but the whole keypad is flat.

hdrygas · 03-13-2006, 10:50 PM

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Originally posted by Trevor@Mar 13 2006, 07:47 PM
I think that is a really tough question. There really doesn't seem to be much in the way of simple anymore. If your wife can ignore the frills, on a Motorola Razr that might be a good choice, but it's one one of those things where you would have to take her with you to see if she could handle the buttons. They are a bit bigger than most, but the whole keypad is flat.

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Thanks I think she would be happy with the old brick! Each to their own. We balance each other off. What about Nokia?

DaveinOlyWA · 03-13-2006, 11:01 PM

gee i think the definition of simple in cellphones is only having menus 3 layers deep. i would go with Sprint... they have better service than cingular...

galaxee · 03-14-2006, 12:28 AM

the new nokias are nice, but they have kinda small buttons IIRC. very simple to use and straightforward though. we spent saturday phone shopping.

got ourselves a pair of kyocera sliders, really fun little phones.

iluvmacs · 03-14-2006, 06:19 PM

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Originally posted by DaveinOlyWA@Mar 13 2006, 10:01 PM
i would go with Sprint... they have better service than cingular...

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That must be wholly dependent on location (or else you're on crack!

:P ). Here, Sprint's coverage is terrible, and my friends who have Sprint phones drop more calls than anyone else. My Cingular service is fantastic.

DaveinOlyWA · 03-14-2006, 09:21 PM

cingular in this area i believe suffers because this area was once AT&T exclusive. the merger has not been kind to people who had AT&T and didnt sign new contracts. my sister was one. her service was atrocious. signing up for cingular now may be different. my sister was offered the option of upgrading her equipment "to be more compatible" with the combined service, but she didnt qualify for an upgrade and they were only willing to give a token discount

but what moved her was that she had exceeded her minutes and wanted to increase her plan however they do not allow you to increase your plan in the middle of the bill cycle without prorated allowance penalties. her prorated allowance was just about the same as the termination fees. so she terminated and went to a company that does allow you to increase your minute allowance at any time without proration.

03-12-2006, 11:40 PM	#1
hdrygas Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Olympia Wa Posts: 3,650 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I am changing phone providers. I am getting a Trio I think. I am leaning towards Cingular. I am defiantly leaving Verizon. Now the real problem is that I am to choose a phone for my wife. She wants a phone that does nothing but send and receive calls and has "big buttons". I would like your help. She really wants a phone that works like the "one at home" no bells, no whistles, no hits, no runs, no errors. Also it must have the option of a hands free set up. No head sets or anything just hook it up or have it installed, I don't care, but it must be truly hands free. Push one button and talk. So talk to me. __________________ Belle, a Millennium Silver '04 BC #9 "Becoming one with my Prius, ICE on ICE off" Belle has been passed on to my daughter. I have a new silver Prius 08. No name yet we have just met but not been introduced.

03-14-2006, 09:21 PM	#8
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03-13-2006, 10:00 PM	#2
hdrygas Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Olympia Wa Posts: 3,650 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Come on some of you have a wife. I need help here. I have to go out on Wednesday and get new phones. Don't leave me dangling in the wind. Yes I can pick out the most expensive, technologically advanced and complicated phone in the world, but the most simple? Help please?

03-13-2006, 10:47 PM	#3
Trevor Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Staten Island, NY Posts: 323 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	I think that is a really tough question. There really doesn't seem to be much in the way of simple anymore. If your wife can ignore the frills, on a Motorola Razr that might be a good choice, but it's one one of those things where you would have to take her with you to see if she could handle the buttons. They are a bit bigger than most, but the whole keypad is flat.

03-13-2006, 11:01 PM	#5
DaveinOlyWA Opps !! I Did it Again!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 10,004 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 6	gee i think the definition of simple in cellphones is only having menus 3 layers deep. i would go with Sprint... they have better service than cingular...

03-14-2006, 12:28 AM	#6
galaxee running WOT until out of fuel Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: central NC/ western WI Posts: 9,225 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 5 Times in 3 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 23	the new nokias are nice, but they have kinda small buttons IIRC. very simple to use and straightforward though. we spent saturday phone shopping. got ourselves a pair of kyocera sliders, really fun little phones.