My 77 year old father is looking to upgrade from his flip phone. He only wants one upgrade: Bluetooth capability so he can talk hands free in his truck. And he wants to keep paying for network the same way he does now, with pay as you go Verizon cards purchased at the store.
So thats his only requirements: Bluetooth and pay as you go. He doesnt care about texting, internet connection, etc, etc. If his flip phone could connect to the bluetooth he would not need another phone.
I can order on Amazon ASAP, but I dont know which one to pick? Any help, folks?
My mom decided to upgrade from a flip phone. She insisted on a small phone.
I bought the Sony Xperia XZ1 compact.
They also sell the Xperia in a full size screen version.
There’s a budget model at a significantly lower price.
I have the phone Turble linked to. I bought it at Walmart for about $20. I pay with Verizon phone cards, $35 per month. Sometimes Target puts the phone cards on sale, usually for 10% off.
One problem I had with the phone is the camera button and volume controls (on the outside edges) will activate in my pocket. Even disabling the buttons in the phone’s settings didn’t stop this. I hope they fixed this in the intervening few years since I bought mine.
Get him an iPhone SE. I have this, with Verizon’s pay as you go service. It has the same internals as an iPhone 6s and it runs the latest version of iOS. It’s smaller than the other iPhones, I don’t know how he’ll feel about that. For me, it’s a feature. It’s only $150, which is a steal, imo. I’m sure your father will be happy in Apple’s walled garden approach. It does all the phone things you could want. The iPhone itself has been solid as a rock. I couldn’t be happier with it. Oh, it’s got Bluetooth.
https://www.verizonwireless.com/prepaid/smartphones/apple-iphone-se-silver-prepaid/