The phone’s menus add to its usability and are clear and easy to navigate, helping even the most technophobic user feel right at home and browse and customise the phone with speed and ease. Among our different models of mobile phones, the flip phone or clamshell design offers many practical advantages: Otherwise, this is a great phone for older phone buyers to enjoy. And the careful attention to detail and handy features help it effortlessly stand out from rival devices on the market. Aimed at its target audience of older users, a large button on the rear of the device can be used to text and call a preset list of emergency numbers with just one press of the button, should they need help. Providing a great tool for older people that live alone, a lanyard is included for keeping the phone close to hand at all times.

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The Doro PhoneEasy 612 is a clamshell-style smartphone that boasts a rear camera with a 2 MP resolution. Its display resolution is 320 x 240 pixels, and it does not have a touchscreen or external display. However, it does support flash cards, such as MicroSD (TransFlash), and its single SIM card capability is compatible with data networks like GPRS and GSM. Its 2G bands (primary SIM) support 900, 1800, and 1900 MHz. The ear piece is a tad louder than a normal phone, although not excessively so. What is different, though, is that at full volume it remains very crisp and clear with none of the distortion that typically affects cheaper phones when they’re set to full volume. Battery life is also top notch. Doro quotes a talk time of 12 hours and standby time of around three weeks and these figures seemed pretty accurate from our experience with the handset. And if you ever do want to charge the device via Micro USB, the charging port is handily marked out by a triangular depression, making it very easy for anyone with restricted vision to easily locate it simply by touch. We found voices came through loud and clear when making and receiving calls. And Doro has ensured this extra volume results in no sound distortion, with clear audio delivered at all times. This model is made entirely from plastic, so doesn’t exactly look classy. However, Doro has added a roughened texture to the top of the outer part of the phone and used a rubberized finish on the battery cover. Both help to make it pretty grippy to hold, which is important for its target audience. It’s fairly large too, measuring 100mm tall when closed and 190mm tall when open, but we don’t think this is a negative as it means there’s plenty of room for a large keyboard and screen.

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The phone is also fully hearing aid compatible, so it’s easy for anyone with hearing difficulties to enjoy clear calls through their hearing device, adding to the excellent call quality.

Doro PhoneEasy 612 user manual (English - 68 pages) Doro PhoneEasy 612 user manual (English - 68 pages)

Next to these there is a dedicated button to take you to the SMS screen and above this you’ll find double height buttons for the call answer and call end buttons as well as big up and down buttons to move you through the 612’s simple menus. These are used in conjunction with two software buttons that are mapped to the various functions that appear on the screen when you’re in the phone’s main menu.

In fact, the buttons on the keypad are much larger than those on a normal phone and also have a more grippy finish to make them easier to press. Above the standard number keys Doro has added three shortcut buttons marked A, B and C, which can be assigned numbers for speed dialing friends, family or medical services.