Doro6820 4G Unlocked Flip Mobile Phone for Seniors with Talking Number Keys, 2MP Camera, Assistance Button and Charging Cradle [UK and Irish Version]

Originally got a Doro 6620 because I could no longer read texts on my Nokia. My first Doro did 5 years of good service, would still be using it but it was 3G. The 4G 6820 is almost identical but greatly improved. Nicer feel to buttons, simpler more logical navigation. Also both halves are white on the inside, on the 6620 the back was white and soon looked scuffed. Quality build of Swedish electronics, this device makes no pretence of almost being a smartphone. Adding stuff like Facebook is like adding indicators to a bicycle, it's still not a car. One thing they haven't improved is the worst camera in the history of photography - don't even think about taking photos unless your life depends on it. But for an old bloke with bad eyesight who just wants to make phone calls this is brilliant. Well chuffed.

My mother had the 2G version of this phone which had passed its sell by date, so replaced it with the newest version and she's over the moon. Not complicated easy to use and practical.

Dorothy 4g phone easy to set up and use, good for me elderly.

Purchased for an older relative, does exactly what they need.

This 'phone was bought as a replacement for my old 2G Doro that I had had for 7 plus years and was so easy to use. The newer 4G model is so complicated and difficult to use. I asked a tech savvy person to try and send a text. It took him 20 mins. He found four different ways, none of them obvious and each involved multiple buttons and much scrolling. I don't think an older person could cope with it. I couldn't. Although the camera is not overly important it would be nice to have one that took half decent pictures. Nothing about this 'phone has been improved since the old versions. Also I don't think is right that Doro are still selling the 2G 'phones when the networks will almost be discontinued this year. To paraphrase Jane Austen's Mr Knightley 'Badly done Doro, badly done'. I have given it 1 star as I received a refund.

Bought for 90 year old. Easy to set up and use. Sound quality really good. Also size and tactile feel makes it easy to hold. Much better than last non doro phone that was also made for elderly. Doro every time.

The phone itself is as described. It is easy to use, although the way the use of the 'OK' button is signalled could do with improving. Unfortunately, the charge indicator is something of a nightmare.Issue one. The flashing red indicator means both 'needs charging' and 'being charged'. This is not useful in view of the second issue.Issue two. This phone seems to be unable to decide if it is fully charged or not. It will report that it is fully charged then a few minutes later report that it has only 25% charge and indicate it needs recharging.This is all very strange compared with its behaviour straight out of the box when the initial charge worked perfectly!

Set up was fairly easy once I'd worked out it needed a micro sim, not a NANO sim card to work! Managed to put the Nano sim back into it's housing to make it right size. In the settings you can adjust how to answer ie simply by opening flip phone, or requiring to press the ANSWER key, after you've seen who's calling.When texting, by default it uses the annoying "predictive text" input; to turn off, when writing a text, simply press the # key, and scroll down the options.A useful feature, not in manual is ability to nominate the "2 to 9" keys to a specific contact. ["1" automatically is dedicated to voicemail.] To allocate say number "6" to a contact press that key and a prompt screen pops up; it says no number is allocated; just select the contact book icon that appears, and then scroll down contacts and select one of your choice. When you need to call that number, you just need press number 6; no need to scroll through contact list in phone.