TTfone Jupiter 2 Big Button Pay As You Go Easy Simple Mobile Phone for The Elderly with SOS Emergency Button (O2 BUNDLE PAYG), Black

The product is as what we expect except for the volume of the ringtone which is not that loud for a senior citizen, i also dont like the ringtone tune which i cannot change since there is no option in the settings to change the tone.

No Battery inside the box, , now I can not find separate battery.

I like the feature and colour along with the prizeI did not like the display is not clear and not displaying colours as i wish to see.

OK. This phone has the potential to be pretty good for its target market - elderly people. But there are two big problems with it. One, it is extremely difficult to set up even if you are a tech-savvy individual, so there is an intrinsic flaw in that no elderly person could possibly set it up alone. Second, the internal microphone is rubbish. Anyone hard of hearing cannot hear what the person they have called is saying. Again, something of a design flaw given the target market. And finally, it offers 10 terrible ringtone choices, and no standard ring-ring tone, which I would have thought is what is target market would generally opt for. On the upside, once you have programmed it, the buttons are indeed big. But it scores low and if I could be bothered, I would send it back I am afraid. The quest for a mobile phone that elderly people can easily use and which has been designed with their needs in mind goes on.

I got this only today having bought a Denver GSP-110 last week. This one has a good handbook, I found it so much easier to set up. It also came with an earphone.It also has a lock key, a volume control, torch key and Fm radio key built into the sides of the Phone.(Pity they are not colour coded) I got them for a nearly blind lady. She was soon able to make calls with the Denver, but wanted me to put some music files on a memory card to play when on the bus.I spent hours trying to find how to do it., but did not succeed. The Jupiter 2 was not much easier. II does not say which format files it will play. I assumed MP3, but it turned out to be wav I found that the sound recordings you can make whilst telephoning are of the form REC000000X.wav where X is a digit.I got some musical wav files, and renamed them in this format and was able to play them. I think this phone is excellent value. I know my nearly blind friend will not be able to do everything with it, but she will be able to make calls, and have some music. I think it is supposed to be able to play some form of audio book, that would be an asset.. I see that TTfone hav ea number you can call for help. Tomorrow is another day

Purchased for my dad who was struggling with standard mobile phone. This has large buttons with large letters so much better. Highly recommend for older person who struggles with standard mobile or anyone who isn't techno Savvy. Really easy to program, great cradle so can easily put on charge and fantastic added feature whereby you can programme several telephone numbers all linked to one emergency button so if owner of phone needs someone in an emergency by pressing the button all the numbers programmed to the emergency no are called. What a fantastic idea now I know should my dad be in an emergency situation he can press the button and all family members will be activated and this is great because if one person can't answer you have safety feature of knowing someone else will answer. Much better than having to ring a number in an emergency not get an answer then having to ring someone else etc. Great item for elderly and or vulnerable person

This looks good, with large keys and large numerals. I thought it would be ideal for an elderly relative in hospital, who was unaccustomed to using a mobile phone. The idea was to allow members of the family to call her. Unfortunately, the phone worked in one direction only. Calls could be made from the phone, but calls could not be received on it. It was thus not fit for purpose. I had already loaded quite a bit of credit. Staff at our local Vodaphone shop said that it looked like an activation problem, but were not interested in helping. They are interested only in selling. With some difficulty I managed, after a few days, to get the problem fixed by Vodaphone customer services. The phone had not been properly activated. Purchasers should check the phone out carefully before loading more than the minimum amount of credit.

Won't charge and just gets hot if we plug it in. Seems dangerous.We gave it to an elderly relative in hospital for Christmas for him to keep in touch with his wife but after two months very light use it is now completely useless.We are waiting for a reply from TTfone to see if they will help him.