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Senior cell phones
Mark Peters : October 30th 2009 - 23:15 CET
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 New Senior cell phones from Consumer Cellular : Consumer Cellular a nationwide provider of cellular phones and services, is expanding its cell phone line to include two senior friendly cell phones designed by Doro, an award-winning Swedish company with more than 30 years of product design experience. With enlarged, raised buttons and easy-to-read display text, the Doro PhoneEasy 345 and 410 cell phones offered exclusively by Consumer Cellular make dialing and text messaging simple for all users. These new senior cell phones are friendly in use and affordable to purchase. The Doro PhoneEasy 345 is a basic, bar-style senior cell phone, while the 410 features a clamshell flip design and is available in black and white.
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Senior cell phones
“We recently surveyed our customers and found that 62% would prefer a cell phone with easier-to-read, enlarged buttons and display text,” said John Marick, Consumer Cellular co-founder and CEO. “This is why we partnered with Doro, an international leader in innovative and user-friendly consumer electronics, to offer Senior cell phones that specifically meet the needs of many of our customers.”
Cell phone features
• Doro PhoneEasy 345: $40 (plus $35 activation fee)
• Doro PhoneEasy 410: $50 (plus $35 activation fee)
• Two-way speakerphone
• Phonebook with up to 300 entries
• SMS text messaging
• Emergency text-message alerts and call list
• Option to hide unwanted functions
• Lightweight; handset weight including batteries
• Soft-touch coating for better grip
Doro phone easy cell phones
The Doro Phone Easy senior cell phones offer a loud and vibrating ringer, soft-touch surfaces for better grip and Bluetooth technology for operation with wireless headsets and neck loops, as well as advanced hearing aids. Doro develops handset features that make using phones simpler, like large, contoured, separated buttons for easier dialing. While well-suited for those with special needs, the new senior cell phones are also more contemporary and stylish than other models on the market. The cell phones also feature an alarm clock, FM radio, calculator, flashlight and games, which can be turned off for a simpler menu.
Consumer Cellular phone portfolio
“We are pleased Consumer Cellular has added these two cell phones for seniors to its product line-up,” said Doro’s CEO Jérôme Arnaud. “Doro cell phones are well-liked with senior citizens and are among the most successful phones with Europe’s mature individuals. Combined with Consumer Cellular’s affordable and flexible calling plans, I am confident that these models will be equally popular in the United States.” |
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