Lively Jitterbug Flip2 - Flip Cell Phone for Seniors - Not Compatible with Other Wireless Carriers - Must Be Activated Phone Plan - Red

I got this phone for my father. It has large buttons, lettering and is super easy to use. The manual is written in easy to understand language and the phone was easy to hook up. I was even to get my dad's existing phone number. The thing I love the most is it's charging cradle. This helps my dad always know where the phone is when not in use.

It really is easy to use and the instructions are user-friendly, intuitive. Bought for emergency use in vehicle; so far haven't had to use it, but have found other times I liked to use it for its text messaging, which is also easy to learn. Nice, reliable phone. Battery charges easily.

I got this phone for an older gentleman that doesn't know much about how to run a phone. I think the phone is overall great. But when I was setting it up for him, it was difficult. I was doing it online to save the $5. (They tell you, you can save 5$ if u do it online) well, it didn't work so it told me I needed to call customer service. That was also a pain and it didn't go very smoothly. I couldn't imagine a older person trying to set this up by themselves. I'm 27, if that means anything. But overall, we finally got it set up and he can use it fairly easy.

Good but not Great. The user interface tries to do too many things: take pictures, videos, do text messages, check voice mail, check missed calls . . . Seniors need a phone that does one thing GREAT (make phone calls) and move everything else to the back burner, still available, but buried away in the menus for savy Seniors who feel like exploring bonus features. There are so many things they could have done to make phone calling easier. This is actually better than other flip phones, but not as much as hoped for. I'd suggest they make the call menu top priority for the phone, scroll down and have the contact names right there, then press okay and it immediately calls that contact. To do anything else should require navigating through the MENU which could be at the top, right above all the contact names. Easy, problem solved, and many more aging seniors would be able to use it.----EDIT---- My mother is constantly accidentally turning the volume down (pressing the buttons on the side) and then saying things like "I can't hear you I can't hear you I can't hear you" and has difficulty figuring out she needs to turn the volume back up. subtracting another star. surprisingly difficult for her to use this phone---REEDIT -- this is an AWFUL PHONE, Mom and I can't figure out how to adjust the ringer volumn up, I tried to talk to her on another phone telling her which button to press, the volumn button on the side that the manual clearly specifies, didn't work, she actually got it to drop down to silent. 0 stars now, if can't figure it out will have to cancel---Re-REedit 3rd time -- Mom still can't figure out how to adjust the ringer volume. It arbitrarily gets set to Ringer-OFF (I suspect from hitting the side buttons by accident) then the phone does't ring and she doesn't answer it, and when she tries to adjust the volumn while I'm on the phone with her, when I tell her how, she adjusts the Conversation-Volume. The folks at Jitterbug need to get a phone design that's not prone to senior citizens accidently pressing the ringer volume to OFF. It's more than a head-ache, it causes her to NOT HEAR THE PHONE RING. sure, young folks can figure out what's going on, and try not to do it again, but elderly seniors don't learn from past mistakes and cant figure things out easily. I have to give this phone an F rating, bad design of ringer volume and conversation volume on the side, too easy to accidentally press. okay for seniors with sharp minds, and elderly . . . but folks, this is a "jitterbug" F

Nice flip phone for elderly. It sounds loud and clear for the elderly to hear you when you talk to them and easy to adjust volume. The ringer also you can set it up the loudest so they can hear it and choose the best ringtone. I transfered their old number to the jitterbug cellphone and did it online it's easy just follow the steps provided in the box. I set it up around 2:00 pm in the afternoon and around 6:00 am the next morning it rang and then the service started working after that. It won't work right away it will take close to a whole day for it to receive calls and texts , so if you see the calls going straight to voicemail it's not fully registered yet to lively, so don't thing it's not working it's part of the process and it will work after a full day has past and in the morning it will be fully activated ready to use and test it out.

Well, it is not an I-phone. It took all afternoon to set it up and get the phone number transferred. Then the voice mail would not work. More hours getting that done. And it is not intuitive. Texting is slow as each number can hold as many as four letters. This was bought for an elderly friend. It is marginally better than the Trax phone he had. I personally would not own one. Apple I-phones are so much easier.

I love my Jitterbug flip phone. This is my second one. I've tried other phones and other companies and couldn't go back to my Jitterbug fast enough. It does everything I need and easy to use.

Easy to use and great for an elderly person