Senior Cell Phone

These are the companies that have cell phones or plans for seniors market or people who just want a simple easy to use phone without all the generation Y technlology attached.

A Senior Cell Phone should have the following features:

• They should be easy to use,
• They should forget about all that twittering, internet browsing stuff. phones radios
• They should have an easy to read screen
•  Have a larger key pad and be easy to use .
• Have simple navigation.
• They should have clear sound.
• Should haveEasy and flexible plans
• 30 Day Trial period
• 24 Operator Service to connect the call for you.

Easily the best and most flexable is the Jitterbug phone by Great Call.  They designed their phone with the seniors market in mind. And they meet all of the above features.Their cell phone is super simple to use and their call plans start at 14.99, they have no contracts and 24 hour operator assistance.

The other companies that offer services Seniors are:

Verizon have Verizon Nationwide 65 Plus plan. This plan is for over 65’s and starts at $29.99 per month and has a 1 or 2 year contract. Verizon also have the Wireless Coupe hand set, with larger keys and a good display. This phone has had mixed reviews.

AT&T have the AT&T Senior Nation 200 is similar to the Verizon plan and starts at at $29.99 per month for 200 anytime minutes and has a 2 year contract.

Consumer Cellular also offer no contract plans that start at $10 per month. There plans are simple and easy to understand. They offer a 30 day  or 30 minute minute trila like Jitterbug. They do not have a special hand set

If you are looking for a simple to use handset to go with these senior plans PC Magazines Sascha Segan recommends the Motorola’s RAZR or Motorola E815 or LG VX8000. I will be reviewing simple cell phones in later posts.

Now these phones are not designed especially for seniors to use but they are relatively easy to use, and have a few more features that some folks might like.