Just5 Offers Cells for the Oldsters
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Watch out Jitterbug, there’s a new big button cell phone in town. While phones from Just5 were introduced at the CTIA show in Las Vegas, they’re now hitting the market. Just5 phones are designed for ease of use, reliability, and access to emergency services. The company offers one basic model, although in five different colors. It includes a “speaking keypad” that confirms which buttons are pressed, an amplified speaker, an FM radio that works without a headset, a flashlight, and a keyboard locking switch.
A large SOS button on the back activates a siren and then texts an urgent message to the phone’s five preset numbers. It then dials them one-by-one and switches to loudspeaker mode when someone answers. These are GSM phones, so they work with AT&T and T-Mobile. The list price is $119.99.
Small regional carriers such as Cellular One are currectly selling a suspiciously similar model called the SnapFon EZ-ONE but we’re not sure these are the same phone.
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