artfone Big Button Mobile Phone for Elderly, CS181 Upgraded GSM Mobile Phone With SOS Button, Talking Number and Torch

I found it an excellent phone, simple and easy to use. It does everything I require of a mobile phone

If it’s just a phone you want this is perfect. Nice big numbers, no complications, ideal for the more elderly or arthritic fingers.

Brought for my 81yr dad.its easy to use,to make a call,only issue.wen you use phone book,u have to scroll down on name .then press ok button(than green button),dad gets bit confused doing this. Getting meassages/history/settings cud be hard for some people.etc the sound button on side.good phone.good ring sound,wen u open it it rings.as an sos button. Good phone

Great price and practical

Got this for my Gran, she found it really easy to use but after four years of having it she could no longer call. I had a look and the battery had expanded and would still take charge but fortunately we noticed before anything dangerous happened.

Bought for a friend who has had some eyesight problems. Large keypad is good (but all of these phones have that). Feels very cheap and plasticky. Although that may be reasonable at this price, we have now bought a different one which feels a lot better made for not a lot more cash (TTfone, review to follow).This phone doesn’t actually come with a charger. The dock is just where the phone goes, you need to plug in a charger with a micro USB cable. Two other phones we tried for about £12 more did have chargers included. Dock is much easier than trying to plug a cable in however.The back is very thin plastic which you just prize off starting at one corner. It feels very fragile. The SIM holder is for a full sized SIM. Most of these type of phones seem to take full sized, but not all, so worth checking in case you need to ask your network operator for a different SIM. The holder is also similar to other phones. Not a type I like. You just have to slide the SIM in under the holder (in our case scratching the SIM as you do), but you’re not doing that often so not a big deal.We tried in a weak signal area with my Honor Smartphone on the same network to compare. We also tried this phone back to back with an older Nokia after swapping the SIM. Ability to pick up the weak signal seemed about the same, no issues.Call volume was good. My friend got on fine with turning on the phone and dialling numbers. It has turn on and off tunes which she did not like, but these can be switched off. After a couple of days testing, she said she found the sound “scratchy”. It had sounded OK to me, but I only tried it briefly. She also did not like the side mounted volume buttons. This seems to be a common design flaw on most of these phones. They can be pressed accidentally by someone less used to small gadgets and possibly with reduced dexterity.A few reviews on other phones mention the same. This IS a big deal as it can be possible to accidentally turn down the volume of the ringer. It does depend on the button design and their sensitivity. I can’t say whether this phone is better or worse than the others, but the buttons are quite prominent compared to others we tried.The user interface seems dated, unattractive and not as easy as it should be. I am a techie and used to gadgets, but it still took a bit to figure out. I think this is weak compared to alternatives.Did not fully try the SOS feature, but I can warn you that when you press it, a loud police siren sound goes off which made me and my friend jump out of our skins.The last thing worth saying is that any of these 2G phones will not work on some networks (inc. Vodafone) from 2025. The 2G network is being switched off completely by 2033. Other networks like O2 have not set their date yet.So either plan on only using any of these 2G phones for 3 years, or look at the more expensive 4G (not 3G) ones.We decided not to keep this phone and are looking at others now.

I purchased one of these for my Mother in Law and it was great and she got on with it well. It lasted over two years until she spilt water on it. I purchased another but that only lasted a couple of weeks. She is 99 and not as dexterous as she was and she busted the C connector in the phone for charging. I could see the damage around the connector where she had tried to insert the charging lead. I purchased some USB C Magnetic Adapters from Amazon so she doesn't need to fiddle to get the charging lead p[lugged into the phone. I have stuck the charging lead and the "break off" part of the adapter together, plugged the other part of the adapter into the phone and shown her how the "break off" and replace the charging lead. I am hoping I don't have to set up a monthly order for this phone now!It is a great phone for the elderly.

Nice and easy phone for an elderly person