AGM M9 4G Rugged Basic Phone, Large Button Mobile Phone for Seniors, IP68/IP69K Waterproof, Drop-Proof, Fonts, Fast Dialling, 3 Card Slots, FM Radio, Torch, 1000 mAh Battery

The phone worked only 1 day and the product is useless

Decent

Phone arrived quickly we'll packaged and was easy to set up and use.

Despite what the makers say, this is NOT a phone for seniors. I bought it for my 82 year old mother and there is a litany of things wrong with it that makes it unuseable for her, leaving her shut out and cut off from others. 1. Charging. I had to use a kitchen knife to pry off the cover to put the charging cable in. A knife, because I couldn't open it with my fingers. For an 80+ yr old that makes it impossible, absolutely impossible to remove and replace so it is secure. 2. Text. Whoever designed the texting software. No, no. It couldn't have been one person, it had to be a committee. There are so many steps and hoops to jump through before you send a text it is insanity. It takes emailing and texting and smashes them together, adding not subtracting. I don't know how it got OK'd. 3. Center button. The button used to navigate around the menus is black and without any directional markings on it. Black button on a black phone, no arrows. The button to confirm is situated in the center of the directional pad, again, black button with no markings, on a square black pad on a black phone. Ridiculous to expect an elderly person to know what the heck is going on.

I purchased this unit, because it said simple to use and waterproof. This was form my MIL who is not gentle with new technology, her last mobile died thanks to rust on the battery (no comment). Anyway, purchased this one through Amazon Warehouse needed it in a rush, but the words waterproof and dropable caught my eye. It appears to be sturdy and simple to set up, shame the inner battery compartment to make it waterproof was missing, but she still needed the unit so I've kept it. Cheap at the price and will hopefully last longer than her previous unit. I would like to say that for 'old people' the use of arrow keys need to be larger and more obvious. If you design a phone for older people then I would suggest using older people who are less dextrous to try them out. Plus the waterproof plug for the recharge port. Nice idea to include a spare, but can be difficult to remove if your older. Don't get me wrong, nice phone for people less inclined and don't need all the bells and whistles of modern smart phones.

In my continuing quest to avoid the 24/7 connectivity and instant answers a Smartphone provides, I bought this phone as a replacement for my weeny Nokia. It's nice to have a phone which is a bit more substantial and weighty. I live in a very rural and hilly area and intitally I did have a problem with the 4g signal - once I switched the network type to 3g/2g Dual Mode I got a far better signal - 4 bars rather than 1 to 2! I did this by Settings / Connections / Network Type / 3g 2g Dual Mode. Lovely and clear now for me and for people I call. This phone is very easy to use and is just right as a tool for calls and texts.