SweetLink S2 Plus Unlocked Mobile Phone for Seniors, Basic
SweetLink S2 Plus Unlocked Mobile Phone for Seniors, Basic 2G GSM Cell Phone for Elderly [Big Buttons] [Dual SIM] [SOS Button] [Charging Base] [Quick Call] [1400mAH Battery] [Photo Contact] [FM Radio]
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I am extremely satisfied with the Enhanced User Experience. The phone’s large buttons and user-friendly interface make it easy to navigate and operate. The SOS emergency button provides peace of mind in case of emergencies. The torch and keyboard lighting are very helpful in low-light situations. Overall, it’s a great phone for seniors with useful features and a smooth user experience.
Bought this for my mother-in-law’s grandmother, who just wanted a very simple inexpensive phone. Well, this is it. It works well with it’s large buttons and easy to see screen. Perfect for the old dear. She has dropped it a few times and it hasn’t marked so it is built to last. A steal for the price.
Some people have said they had problems installing the sim. I had none. When you break the sim out of the delivery card just make sure its the next size up from the smallest. There are two sim slots and one memory card slot. The sim card slots are the ones that are side by side. Both worked. I used the left hand one because it simplified the onscreen display which didn’t have to tell me that slot 1 was empty. There is nothing to lift up – just slide the top of the sim card under the lugs and push upwards. The card goes in chip downwards with the cut off corner on the bottom right. Make sure the cut out seats squarely. The memory card slot is the one on its own – obviously don’t try and insert the sim card here. You only need this for photos.
It wasn’t dead easy to set up the phone and there were some features that weren’t obvious. It took me a about one hour to go through every menu, get my head around them and get it set up the way I wanted. The manual was a bit skimpy on some issues. I didn’t bother to set up the photos. People with no tech ability may struggle. However once set up mum now picks up the phone presses any key and talks. When she wants to ring someone its just a long hold down of one of the quick dial keys. Simples ! However she still struggled even with these simple processes. Its not the phones fault, its my mum who is very elderly and slow to understand. However she eventually got it. I would suggest that if you are in doubt about your seniors ability then its still worth worth a try because the cost is so reasonable (especially the S1), that you can afford the gamble. Dont forget it only works on G2 so check that your simm provider supports this. There is nothing wrong with G2 – it doesnt have the bandwidth or speed of G3, G4 & G5 but for for voice only its fine. Also check reception in your seniors area on the ofcom site. Before anyone says they are phasing out G2 read up carefully – its G3 that is being phased out now whilst no dates have been issued by providers for G2 – although the government says 2033. I think the phone will be long expired by then. I got a sim only deal for unlimited texts and calls for 2 a month for the first two months and thn 5 thereafter (all figures rounded). If it works well going forwards it looks like the land may well be pensioned off. Excellent product and well pleased. Only time will tell about reliability. Highly recommended. Superb value.
I bought this for my elderly parent who finds it easy to use. The stand not only recharges the phone, but also means it is always in this one place so you’re not hunting around to find it when at home, if you don’t want to carry it around with you. What’s really good about this phone is that it has an SOS. Emergency button on the back which you press and hold for three seconds, and it sends a text to your inputted contacts. The buttons are a nice large size, especially if you have poor eyesight and it also has a torch for seeing in the dark. It gives friends and family peace of mind, knowing that we can be notified if there is an emergency.
Bought this one for partners mum as she had pierced the main navigation button on her old phone meaning she could no longer respond to messages as when selecting it would jump to another selection. I had managed to save all her contacts to the sim so I then put the sim in this phone — Sim 1. She has had her old sim for at least 15 years so it was the largest one and fitted this phone perfectly but, it just would not connect, kept showing Insert Sim. I thought perhaps it was one that was not accepted by the phone and was about to give up (my sim worked with the adapter). Then as a last straw tried it in the Sim2 socket and it worked!
The instructions are very limited. For example, I managed to navigate to camera but there are no instructions on how to capture the photo! By pressing every key I managed to find #5 button takes a picture (I had inserted a microSD card). Also if the < > come up on screen it does not tell you how to scroll left or right, found it was the #4 and #6 keys.
Tested phone by ringing mum and found it annoyingly reads out the number calling before the phone actually rings. Cannot find any instructions on this. Tried Profile and changed to ring only but that did not work. Changing to Outdoors did not seem any different to General. If anyone finds out how to set it to ring only let me know please!
Another annoyance is that the SOS button makes an alarm sound. I purposely chose this phone as it only mentioned sending messages and calling.
In general, the phone is good value for the money and I hope mum manages to find it easy to send a text (she only uses the phone to answer calls and send texts). It really needs to come with full instructions for all the menus.
I’m absolutely ecstatic with the phone. I have bad, shake hand and I’ve poor sight and this phone is perfect. Even my gran can use this phone and she has very very poor sight but she can use the buttons and see the screen perfectly