PanasonicKX-TU550 4G Essentials Clamshell Mobile Phone for Elderly, 1.2MP Camera, Senior Phone with Large 2.8" Display, 300 Hours Standby Time, Red

Brilliant Flip-phone for my elderly husband to contact me and 2 other contacts. (His smartphone was too complicated). It switches on when opened. It picked up the Govt emergency alarm. It is small and easy to put in his pocket. I can phone him and I can increase the volume so I can hear him when he speaks quietly.

Good quality but no internet connection

Easy to use and that's all that was required.Small downside. The print on the instructions is very small!

About half of the instructions describe how to set the battery on fire or make it explode. The text on the diagram is way too small for anyone to read. Instructions even fail to mention that you have to remove the backshell to installSIM card and battery. No mention of any of the special functions. Web instructions no better.In use, function is marred by unnecessary, excessively loud and very long melody that occurs when switching on or off. Even plays when auto shutdown occurs. No way to adjust or disable. Light only works when phone is switched on.The phone does however work and looks sturdy. Whether the melody will scare an older person from using it is unclear. Charging dock well engineered.Needs a firmware rewrite to make it less offensive and proper instructions.Update, after about 3 months, whilst it was stood on my bedside cabinet it developed a fault. Now it shows two reception bars but with a red cross above them. I think this means that it is not transmitting a beacon signal to negotiate with a cell tower. This is a relatively expensive phone and should give at least 5 years service. It has been handled with great care.I will contact Panasonic when I have the time, but have had to buy an alternative product in the interim which, incidentally, has far better instructions.Perhaps an early 4G adopter, lacking experience, that is best avoided. Red in colour but lemon in use.

I really wanted to like this phone but the solid build and good looks are let down by poor functionality and useless instructions.The 'instructions' that come with it are printed so small they are almost impossible to read, and when you manage to read them they don't cover some pretty basic info that users will need. There don't seem to be any fuller instructions available on line.White text on a pale blue background in menus? What genius thought that was a good combo in a phone aimed at elderly people?It takes both hands to operate, again not great for the elderly or infirm.No predictive text, wtf?No easy way to copy across the contacts from my old phone, I've tried transferring by usb, by blutooth, via my PC, and with an SD card. It just doesn't find them.Bizarre way of displaying text conversations, not sequential sent and received.It doesn't compare well even against a basic Nokia from 5 years ago despite being expensive for a dumbphone, even with the Black Friday discount it is twice the price of a better phone.I'm very disappointed. I've always rated Panasonic gear highly and this was potentially a good phone, but they seem to have made a physically good phone let down by ignoring user needs and expectations on the functionality.

Purchased for my dad who is 75 years old. He previously had a normal Nokia phone and I wanted to get him something that had bigger buttons and an emergency alarm as he doesn't live close to me, so I worry about him a lot.He wasn't keen at first, as he hates new technology, but he likes it now as it is easier for him to dial my number (set up on the speed dial keys) and easier for him to text on the larger buttons. Tried out the emergency alarm and it worked. Seems very good quality and the charging base unit is easier for him to use than faffing with cables.

Liked the phone but it was difficult to find how to turn annoying keypad tunes off also i couldn't find anymore ring tones other than the one tone it came with, I'm sure it will be a great phone when they improve on it,

Very smart phone and easy to use, especially for my wife who is not tech savvy at all.Great battery life and good sound.