Baby Boomers

ellenrr

(3,869 posts) Mon Aug 25, 2014, 07:08 AM Aug 2014

Anyone here use the Jitterbug phone?

http://www.jitterbugdirect.com/plans.html

It is targeted to Seniors - big numbers, easy to use, no bells and whistles.
I was about to recommend it to my father but reading the details, I see that the carrier is "GreatCall,inc".
So now I'm wondering how the coverage is.

thanks for any feed-back.

--x-posted seniors

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Anyone here use the Jitterbug phone? (Original Post) ellenrr Aug 2014 OP

I'm not, but I was considering it...n/t whathehell Aug 2014 #1

I use Consumer Cellular left-of-center2012 Oct 2014 #2

I see this post is old, but you might want to look at some of tracfone's offerings. MADem Oct 2014 #3

thanks! nt ellenrr Oct 2014 #4

whathehell

(30,547 posts)

1. I'm not, but I was considering it...n/t

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Fri Aug 29, 2014, 12:57 AM

Aug 2014

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

2. I use Consumer Cellular

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2014, 07:51 AM

Oct 2014

I've had Consumer Cellular for several years. They use AT&T. I get 10 hours of phone/text per month and it costs me $22 monthly. You can buy the phone online or at Sears and AARP members get a 10% off the monthly bill. My phone is the Doro. It's not a 'smart phone' but I just want one for phone calls and the doro has nice big buttons.
Check them out at:
https://www.consumercellular.com/

MADem

(135,425 posts)

3. I see this post is old, but you might want to look at some of tracfone's offerings.

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 06:42 AM

Oct 2014

Cheap, some of their phones are VERY simple, and you buy one card and you're good for a year.

In my family we have several. Way cheaper than a cell plan and we don't yak all day on the cellphone, anyway--we have a landline.

I have travelled all over USA and never had difficulty getting a line out, even when others on more standard plans didn't have any bars--I think tracfone buys access from a lot of different providers.

This one has good sound quality...

http://www.tracfone.com/phone_detail.jsp?contentID=UCMTST_009904&title=THE%20BIG%20EASY(TM)

ellenrr

(3,869 posts)

4. thanks! nt

Reply to MADem (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 05:18 PM

Oct 2014

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