XYH001 Phone For The Elderly – Review Including Pros, Cons, & Specs
XYH001 Phone For The Elderly Review Including Pros
, Cons, & Specs
The latest and greatest phones (especially if they are complicated) are often not what older people are looking for in a phone. Since there is this market niche that needs to be filled, phone's such as the XYH001 are being produced. So is this a potential phone for Grandma and Grandpa, or does it fall flat on its face?
If one thing can be said about this phone, it is that the makers truly believe that simple equals better in terms of a phone for senior citizens. Honestly there isn't anything on this phone that is flashy at all. In place of flash, instead a user will be getting larger buttons, alarms and SOS features, bright backlite screens, and a simple menu system. In terms of looks, it is square and squat, but its core and basic functions are where its at with this phone.
Here are some of the XHY001's specifications.
The phone's design is your basic bar style, but much larger than average buttons/ keypad are included with large character text printed on as well.
Input is done exclusively using the keypad, without any touchscreen ability.
It is built with a large red button on the back which is used for SOS functions.
The phone's weight is 55 grams.
Phone measurements all together are: Length-101 Width-49 Height-15 mm.
It has a large characters displayed with a bright orange backlight on a 1.8 inch screen that can only display in black and white.
It is unlocked and is able to be used with any of the carriers worldwide that use the standard 4 GSM bands.
Only a single SIM can be used with the phone.
The phone is made from standard PCP plastic.
Users are able to insert a standard 2.5mm earphone into a earphone jack built into the case.
Internet or MMS messages on the mobile phone are unavailable, but standard phone calls or SMS messages are.
Battery life for the phone while on standby lasts greater than 90 hours.
The phone's SOS functions when the SOS button is pressed includes an alarm that will sound, as well as pre made SMS messages sent to select phone numbers.
Other extras include a MP3 player, a flashlight, and ring tones that can be selected from either the pre installed list or from MP3s .
Here are a few pros and cons the XYH001 that people may notice.
Pros
The phones menus are very straightforward, all options are no more than 3 submenus down from the parent menu, and everything option is explained in large and simple text.
The characters on the screen are always large, and the backlight makes it highly visible even in bright conditions.
When the elderly are in dangerous situations the SOS features can be very handy, but likewise the SOS button will not go off if you accidentally press it when using the phone.
Older people very likely will appreciated the light weight of the phone as well as its comfortable design.
It battery life between charges is very long (mostly due to the phone not running power draining programs).
Cons
Due to its weight and construction materials, it feels plasticy and not very solid at all.
The lack of features will probably appeal to older people with very little experience with phones, but for those with more, they probably will find this phone very boring.
In an emergency, you will need to press the SOS button for 3 seconds to set off the alarms (which is good since you prevent accidentally triggering the alarm when you don't mean to, but bad if you are in a situation where you might not be able to hold that button for 3 seconds.
At under 50 dollars in price, having a XYH001 for a phone for the elderly people in your life is a cheap way to give them a simple way to keep in touch with you, and for both of you to have a little peace of mind. For anyone else looking for a phone that has more features however, this probably won't do.
Price. US$47.99
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