Need a phone for my grandmother

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Whittles

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I want to give my 85 year old grandmother a GSM cell phone for occasional use. She doesn't speak English. I have used a Motorola L6, Nokia 6010, and Samsung T209. I'm going with a prepaid plan. So far none have really seemed to be ideal.

What I would like:
- GSM phone for U.S. usage.
- Flip phone - easy to understand how to end call
- Good display - Samsung T209 has very large fonts on its display
- Loud speaker - grandmother is hard of hearing
- Large, easy to push buttons. Motorola L6 and Nokia 6010 are difficult for her to press
- Well lit buttons - Blue backlighting is too hard to read, making numbers difficult to distinguish
- Easily accessible charge port - would prefer not to have doors covering the charge port
- Speed dialing - almost every phone seems to have this though

Any other suggestions as to good, simple features for an elderly person? Any phones fit these criteria?

I saw a similar thread like this earlier, but now I can't find it.
 
wow please nobody hold me against this because i never thought i would have to EVER tell anyone this for the rest of my life...

get her a RAZR...






damn, that felt horrible, but it fits all her needs... im going to cell phone hell for that one...
 
What language does she speak, if not english? It would help in finding a phone that supports that language (although the Razr seems to have been released in almost every country out there now).
 
My grandmother speaks Chinese. On my Motorola L6 though it seems like the characters would be too small for her to read.

I'll have to take a close look at a RAZR. I've actually never played with one.
 
youve never played with a RAZR? just look right next to you! chances are the person closest to you right now has a RAZR. seriously i dont know where you live, but where i do, RAZRs occupy at least 75% of peoples hands/pockets...
 
I have to say, though, that the fonts are approximately the same size for the RAZR and the SLVR (I tried the Chinese versions of both) and I can say that if she has trouble reading the fonts on the L6 that the same would happen with the RAZR (haven't tried the V3i, but that may be overkill for occasional use). Try looking in some import shops and trying out some imported phones- The Sharp 902 flashed with Chinese firmware has a pretty big font and I would say it matches most of your requirements (the buttons are a bit small, though), though again, it may be overkill just for occasional use.
 
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