I am a senior, I have in fact been a
senior for a number of years now, I am hardly ignorant of 'modern'
technology having had a computer on my desk continually for some 45
or so years since the early days of the Commodore 64. I will
admit to being slow to now embrace new gadgets and applications
still having a 10 year old win 7 on said desk having made the big
step up from win 95 / 98, thats not only slow by modern standards but
going backwards but I do not for the most part need or want MORE
bells n whistles that I will never use.
All that said our old simple cell phone
was recently declared 'obsolete' and a new one was required to keep
in touch so we duly went to the Bell store and got an 'upgrade' to
about the most basic cell phone available. The Mrs being somewhat
younger than I, and probably somewhat smarter as I work towards my
dotage, quickly mastered most of those new bells n whistles and in
fact has become quite proficient at the poke, swipe and navigate
around the multiple choices even doing the internet thing on it (with
data via bell turned OFF – don't need that big bill thank you). I
however despite my mant years of computer use am still a poke at the
keys kind of a fellow, it was a bit step when I learned to use a
mouse and as for track balls and that wander finger thing I just aint
there yet … and probably never will be.
To get to the point of this ramble
through my slow learning curve, I recently decided that I needed a
personal cell to keep in touch with the Mrs and the kids when away
from the house, be it making one of my rare trips to town or working
back in the 50 acres of bush that needs maintaining if we are to find
our walking trails as the spring growth takes over. So into town to
the Bell store “ I meed a simple phone, just basic phone and
possibly text and NO finger scrolling screen” yep they did have one
…. just ONE small flip phone which upon checking had very bad
reviews on the 'net' (oh yes I do use that 'new' technology lol) and further checking with multiple other retailers only revealed about one
or two other choices, mostly 'only available to be ordered unseen
online'. Thats the other thing that got my hackles up at the start of
this journey through cell hell, that Bell store that HAD a phone to
show me could NOT show me it actually turned on so that I could see
if the screen was readable by these old eyes in order to select who
was calling or otherwise navigate the choices available, could not
hear the sound quality that the old ears needed to have an
intelligent conversation or generally 'test' drive the thing. Sorry
looking at a phone the the sales persons hand dont tell me fk all,
when was the last time you bought a car by walking around the outside
and peering in the closed window?
And that my friends leaves me still
searching and less than optimistic in finding a suitable lifeline, I
did find a listing of one phone that looked promising but as always
not available in store and certainly not in an operating state.
Anyone using a Doro 824, any thoughts?
