Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Cell Phones for the Elderly

By Harold Dobs


Many senior citizens are more comfortable with the older model of cell phones with simpler cellular plans. AT&T does not claim to have any particular plan specifying senior citizens particularly, but they do have many plans which suit this age group ideally. These come under the AT&T Senior Cell Phone plans which are offered keeping in mind this particular generation. The Senior citizens are usually retired folks with grown up children and don't need the entire range of cell phone features. Hence a compact minutes package would save them money.

The Senior Nation 200 plan from AT&T provides 200 minutes talk time anywhere and 500 minutes for weekends or evenings with unlimited number of calls from mobile to mobile. This comes at a cheap price of $29.99 per month. Long distance calls and roaming charges are not present but if the customer exceeds the given time under this plan then an additional amount of 45 cents is to be paid per minute of talk time. The customer has to sign a contract.

The AT&T PanTech Breeze is another of the senior Cell Phone plan which offers a clear speakerphone with a loud volume. The buttons are large and well spaced for easy dialing. There are also three quick call buttons that can be programmed for easy dialing. The menus are very simple and the fonts are large. Apart from these basic features, it also offers some additional features that make it a better senior cell phone plan.

Other features provided under this PanTEch Breeze plan is a VGA quality camera and setting up of any ringtone and wallpaper on your phone. Text messages can be sent and also picture messages along with sound. You can also download games. This is a two year plan and makes it the best among senior cell phone plans.

Along with this plan, they offer the AT&T Nokia 6085 which has a basic keypad that can be used along with hearing aids and TTY. Speaker phone, voice dialing and voice driven menus are the other special features offered. The plan also enables customers to browse the net and send multimedia messages. Other features are a digital camera and an MP4 player. Along with the qualifying plan, the phone is free.




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