• schnokobaer@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    Can you explain how this would suit the elderly? I must be missing something because it appears that thing is either a very complicated landline phone or a very cumbersome tablet that you can’t pick up and carry around. Imagine typing a WhatsApp message to your granddaughter on that.

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      2 months ago

      If it connects the way I think it does, it would allow for the user to hold the “phone” part to their ear and dial on the touchpad like a traditional landline phone while being able to use wireless technology.

      The rest of the tablet apps are what make it not ideal, since its main use case seems to be the phone itself.

      TL;DR: use like regular phone, other apps useless.

      Edit: it would also make it simpler for grandma to make WhatsApp calls if she can hold the phone to her ear.

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          2 months ago

          I think what the other commenter was getting at is you can access a cellular connection (wireless) in a land line format

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        it would allow for the user to hold the “phone” part to their ear and dial on the touchpad like a traditional landline phone while being able to use wireless technology

        Lol, that looped wire coming out of the handset means it’s not wireless

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          2 months ago

          I think what the other commenter was getting at is you can access a cellular connection (wireless) in a land line format

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        4G capable “landline” phones have been a thing for ages and I see them every once in a while. No touch screen, just buttons like a traditional one