14 DAY TRIAL // The Emporia Life phone is not the first one to be especially designed for the use of older people, which might be the start of a new trend. Without a doubt, there are plenty of phone users out there who need enhanced features coming from their handsets.
The old generation will most probably tend to appreciate the performances of their handset and less its design. For this reason, The Emporia Life device comes with an easy-to-slide mechanism, which also makes it quite compact. Moreover, its keys are large, easy to press and obvious to the eye, as to make sure that the phone's user makes no unnecessary effort for using such a device.
The 2.7 inch monocrome screen is not the most evolved, but brings the text in a format extremely easy to read. Other enhanced features about the Emporia Life slider phones also include extra loud volume options for speaker and ringtones. Moreover, the vibration alert is quite powerful, which makes sure that the owner knows when someone is calling him.
The phone producers have also considered emergency situations when the phone's owner might not be capable of using the device by browsing through its menu. Emporia Life has an emergency red button on the back, which will call a previously designated number for help and send a pre-written text message to up to 5 such phone numbers.
The phone has been set at this price rather for the great consideration that the developing company has taken, as its performances are rather low-end. Moreover, it will probably sell in a small number, which makes it only natural for producers to look for profit from this device which needs to sell in order to provide solutions for older people too.
The handset is aimed mostly at people over 60 years old and will be available from now on in the UK too. Vodafone will be carrying this handset on a PAYG package for the price of USD 170.