Comments on: 8 of the Best Smartphones for Seniors https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-smartphones-for-seniors/ Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Tue, 12 Jul 2022 19:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 By: Tobi Lynne Walker https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-smartphones-for-seniors/#comment-100648 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:22:36 +0000 https://www.maketecheasier.com/?p=199014#comment-100648 In reply to ATS.

But for those of us “seniors” who are not, these articles are really helpful. There’s no intuition or prior learning that lets me learn to use a smartphone and, being old, sick and isolated, no way to unlock its potential uses. I agree, all-inclusive generalizing about a group of people is rude, but is it offensive that help should be available to those who need it?

]]> By: Tobi Lynne Walker https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-smartphones-for-seniors/#comment-100647 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:19:44 +0000 https://www.maketecheasier.com/?p=199014#comment-100647 My “smartphone” is very stupid, it’s a $69 Lifeline model I get free from the government for being old, poor and disabled. I don’t need news and email from it, I don’t need to order hamburgers from it, all I really want from it is the ability to call emergency services if I have a heart attack and it seems that becomes complicated with a smart phone. I find learning to operate new technology when my mind is clouded with pain, medication and fatigue to be a challenge. Calling 911 shouldn’t be.

]]> By: - https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-smartphones-for-seniors/#comment-100131 Thu, 19 May 2022 22:51:33 +0000 https://www.maketecheasier.com/?p=199014#comment-100131 Wish these were available internationally, with appropriate plugs for countries they are being used in.

]]> By: ATS https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-smartphones-for-seniors/#comment-100086 Thu, 19 May 2022 13:50:34 +0000 https://www.maketecheasier.com/?p=199014#comment-100086 What an offensive article. Many “seniors” are quite capable of using a smartphone…

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