Which smartphone for seniors?

[jsmoke]

So 82 yo senior, not good with tech and not interested. What smartphone and setup would be easiest?

 

[jsmoke]

I can only speak from my own experience of setting up for a 95 year old. Depends what you want them to use it for. If its just to make calls, use one of your older phones (I set up an Honor) and set shortcuts up on the home screen (I use pictures of who he wants to call).

I did set up WhatsApp but only so that he can receive video calls - its all a bit hit and miss though

It depends on how much patience you have to set anything else up. The issue is if they arrive at a page/screen they aren't familiar with

Yeh. And he's pressing extra buttons on dial pad. Maybe a voice dialer would help?

I thought about just having icons like you said and looking for a custom dialer, one you don't have to swipe to answer. Just simple as possible but also so you can't make a mistake.

So like 0800800800 would be like 0800778008800. They it gets tricky deleting numbers.

 

[jsmoke]

^^^ yes. You could look at the Moto G8 which is £170 on amazon. It has Android as its operating system and is great if you want a budget option.

More like price range, even that if only used for calls is seems excessive.