Category: Cell Phone Talk
Are most all phones accessible these days? I just trashed my old IPhone and asked the guy at my ATT store what is the cheapest smart Phone you have? He said it was an LG, but it wouldn't speak. I did a little research before going in and told him lets take a look at it. It did have TalkBack on it. So, I took it and am now learning the Android system. This got me thinking for a cheap cell phone that is basicly just a phone that will speak are there a lot of options? Truth is I mainly use a phone as a phone and not much else. I do use the other functions but not a heck of a lot.
If you want a really cheap cell phone, then yes, an android phone is the way to go. Not counting the galaxy line, as well as a few other lines, a lot of other Android cell phone models are notoriously cheap. You get what you pay for, though. You won't have the latest version of the operating system on the thing, and expect crashes, slowdowns etc. That's what I've heard from others though, not something I've witnessed first-hand. Who knows? If all you're looking for is a phone, it might be perfect for you.
If you're determined to get an Apple device, I doubt you'll be able to get anything higher level than an iPhone 5 at a cheap price, and those are quickly becoming outdated as well.
Apple IPhone 5 can be had now for under $100. If you mostly use it as a phone, rather than a substitute for your computer, it will work fine. It is the browsing and app functions which are becoming outdated. As a phone and media player, nothing wrong with it.
if you want to go for cheap reasonable android experience, I suggest go with the Motorola either moto E or moto G series, but stay way from those really cheap Android phone. most cheap android phone have a very bad overlay and often these overlay aren't necessary build to run talkback. Anything with stock google android you will be fine. If you want to only call, and nothing else, no accessible or smart phone features, you can consider those really cheap button phones, or the new release of the brand new nokia 3310. otherwise, you probably can get an iPhone 5 or iPhone 5c or even 5s for reasonable and affordable price.
Agreed with all above.
If you want the cheapest iPhone does actually works and good, go for the 399 model.
You can get the 16GB of that one for 350 and some places 325.
You can get a moto G5 with amazon add on lock screen under 200. It runs 7.0 will be updated through to O or what ever O will be called. Adds are only on the lock screen. I know someone who has the non-amazon moto G5 it was reported to be quite fast. As for cheep android phones that are carrier branded, the have pore storage capacity, old android with outdated security patch and very little ram. Mostly likely accessibility has been screwed with or parts removed.
Well, I did get one of the cheapest. In fact it was the cheapest smart phone they had at my ATT store. $80 Seems to work ok. Not real good I have had a few lags with it just doing basic stuff going through menus and trying to learn how to use TalkBack. I've been an IPhone guy since switching from my flip phone days. I still think my Motorola Quantico was my best phone ever. I am getting comfortable enough with Androids TalkBack that I think my next phone could be either an Android or IPhone. For Now this cheapy will do until I can get something better. My old phone that got trashed was an IPhone 5C and with that last update that phone also was getting pretty glitchy. So, I wasn't going to pick up a used one for more $ than the $80 LG that was new, at the Att store. Btw if anyone is wondering I trashed the phone jumping into a river By the time I remembered I had my phone in my pocket it was a goner. It's been sitting in a bag of rice for about a week but it looks like it isn't going to come back to life at all.
Nope. Gone.
Laughing.
Electronics and water simply don't mix at that level.
Yup it's a goner. My record is pretty good though this is the first one I've trashed beyond useable.
I have a moto g3 that I bought around 2 years ago. it still working very well on v6. I am sure I can get it upgraded to v7, but I can't really bother at this point, as it is more of beta phone for testing purposes. If I am going to switch fulltime to android, i'll always stick with the google stock android range, until the day that some big guy like Samsung convince me that they have something that can wow me that I can't otherwise get it over from google stock.
Speaking of stock, nexus 5X, nexus 6P both phones can be had from the second hand sights that sell phones pretty cheep. The Nexus 5
X is now under 300. Sense I have owned, used a nexus device I'll answer the Samsung comment. While google offers most of what Samsung offers, on a pure android device a person can not press a physical home button or volume up on a S8 to answer in coming calls. also, swiping, explore by touch, seems bit easier on a Samsung phone do to the sensitivity of a Samsung device.
SF Dan Mathis
Big update!! After 2 weeks in a bag of rice my IPhone 5c powered up today!!! And it is taking a charge. At the very least Ill get my info off the phone but it's looking good may have to switch back the sim card and give it a try. Who says the IPhone isn't water proof :)
hmm, well, since s5, I haven't using any of the new galacy s series. I've use a couple of Nexus and also moto g series. What I must say though, i'm amaze with the speed of the moto g3. Considering its 2 years old, and considering I have it updated to the latest version of MarshMellow, it is still floorless to run. Yes, S7 or S8 might has all the latest and fastest or what not, but, compare to a phone that is no more than 20% of the price of a s8, the speed is amazing. Even the latest moto G5+, which is on around $299US, is still an amazing android experience. Of course, those buttons to answer phone call and that is useful, but to be honest, the phone feature is almost redundant for me in the last couple of years.
I wonder if more and more people are like you and think of their phone as a secondary feature of their smart phones? For me the phone is by far the most important part of the phone. While the other stuff is nice to have on a smart phone I much prefer to do all my computing tasks on a laptop or desktip. Btw As my 5C is working the battery life isn't long at all. A few hours and it is dead. I'm still amazed it even came back to life at all.
HI, I will give you that the GS7 and GS8 takes time to be updated but here in lies the beauty of android, we have choice in hardware, software and manufacture. I do have a HTC10, it does not have a physical button, its sensor for finger print is the home button.
I have a moto g5 plus and love the thing. It's fast, the battery lasts
amazingly long and audio quality is excellent. With the latest release of
talkback the L gestures that people don't like seem a bit more forgiving and
work better. Also, the built in talkback tutorial is quite comprehensive and a
great practice tool. I use both iPhone and android and find that I can do most
everything I do on the iPhone on the moto g as well. Also, the Moto g is
unlocked allowintg me to use it on just about anything. it also takes a nano
sim making it easy to take the sim from the iPhone and drop it in.
I do agree I can do most everything with Android as with the IPhone. For me the IPhone seems easier though. That could be because I started with the IPhone. I also have only been using a cheap LG Android. Not sure if that really makes much of a difference other than not having a home button to answer calls.
I'm really happy to see usable and inexpensive Android phones in recent years. There have been inexpensive Android solutions for a good many years now, but they were too performance-poor to handle accessibility solutions.
My family members are using Samsung devices, but I am very happy to see this, and seriously hope it helps a great many people.
yes, Depending on the phone, it can be make or brake.
Dan Mathis
Also, let me put a plug in for the current google accessibility team, victor, the people spread through out google. I truly believe google is now walking the walk not just talking giving us tid bits of accessibility. Lastly, for those who will be receiving android O or what ever they call it, a long standing issue has finally been fixed, accessiblity can be turned on no matter if a sighted person set-up your phone. :), I want to digress lol but I'll stay face for now.
After having two weeks on the moto g3, i finally bite the bullet and get the moto g5+ as i'm waiting for Apple to get my account sorted. i'll definitely use moto g5+ as my alternative phone, especially when i'm traveling to places that I don't necessary want to expose my iPhone to. I love the fact that with Talkback using Android Marshmellow and also Android N is so much easier, smoother, and floorless. One thing that is really annoying though, is the incapability of having password speak out when it is on speaker. Instead, you can only having the password speaking out loud when you connect to the headphone. For now, I can almost see myself using an android phone as my primary phone, but not just yet. Mainly because I have too many data on my iCloud, and i'm not quite ready to leave my 3000+ books on iBooks behind. :)
I'll bet there is a Droid app which will allow you to access your IBooks.
It is said you can transfer your data.
I'm happy to note Android is doing much better as well. It is a good thing when we've got more choices.
PinaColada
let me help you here, head over to settings, accessibility, speak passwords, check the box and no need for headphones.
Dan Mathis
Well I've been very happy using Android and it is very user friendly with Talk Back. Yes even on the cheapest smart phone they had, an LG phone. But I went back to the IPhone. For me it was just quicker to use mostly because that is the phone I've been using for the last several years. Is one better than the other? I don't think so. If I was starting from scratch I think it would be a tossup. Its very nice though, with Android you can get a useable phone for real cheap.