Loudest phone with strongest vibration? aka phone for my 97 year old Grandad

whizzbang

Can anyone recommend a phone suitable for the elderly? I reckon it will need the following

Loud ringer (and I mean super LOUD)
Strong vibration (should LOUD ringer not do the trick)
Big buttons
Large text screen

He currently has a 3210 but has trouble hearing it ring.

Any ideas?

Also it seams mad that the major phone companies are not catering for this market directly! the number of people who would like to give mobile phones to elderly relatives must be huge!

jesus_thats_gre

I always found the Panasonic phones to have very strong vibrating motor!!

ferryman

As jesus_thats_gre said, the Panasonic's are definitely worth a look if it's a good vibrating motor you're looking for. In fact, my last phone was a Panasonic GD87, and I found both the vibrating alert and the ringer quality to be fantastic. The ringer itself sounded really basey, and I must say that it was far superior to anything I have ever heard on a phone since. In the past I have had handsets from Ericsson, Siemens and Motorola, but I found the Panasonic to be the best from the alerting point of view.
Hope this helps
Ciaran

whizzbang

Great thanks for that!

I'll take a look at the Panasonics so!

WB