EmporiaLife Details

EmporiaLifeA cell phone for grandparents is what Mobile Burn called the big buttoned slider phone from Emporia. While not in the same league as some of the new sliders from Samsung and others, the EmporiaLife will still have some buyers due to the interesting features it does have.

The Austrian manufacturer designed the handset for people that are not used to high tech gadgets. As such, the phone is very plain and simple with a very large interface.

The buttons and keypad are all made to be easily found and read, and the phone is actually designed to be used most often from the closed position. The default standby screen is actually the contacts list, meaning that there is no menu to deal with when grandma wants to call somebody. She just uses the up and down arrow keys to find the number she wants and then presses the big green OK key.

On top of that, there is a large red emergency button on the back of the handset that can be pressed when the owner is in trouble. Up to 5 emergency numbers can be programmed into the button, though carriers could potentially choose to pre-program the button ahead of time with a local emergency number.

The EmporiaLife is not being pushed by any company yet, as manufacturing of the handset is just starting this month.

March 13th, 2006 Posted by David in News at 11:23 am 7 Comments »
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7 Comments »

  1. Can you tell me when / where I can get one of these EmporiaLife phones? Cost?
    Thanks

    Comment by Deb — June 16, 2006 @ 6:29 pm

  2. Can you tell me when / where I can get one of these EmporiaLife phones? Cost? I live in Spain.
    Thanks

    Comment by JUAN bertran — July 15, 2006 @ 3:17 pm

  3. Can you tell me when/where I can get these EmporiaLife mobile phones ? Also the cost ? For Belgium

    Comment by Myriam Bonami — October 6, 2006 @ 4:44 am

  4. how can I buy the EmporiaLife cell phone?

    Comment by Hans — October 28, 2006 @ 5:00 pm

  5. Where I can get this phone in Poland.

    Comment by Mariusz — November 10, 2006 @ 12:44 pm

  6. I would love to get one of these phones for my Dad. How do I get one, and what carriers will use them?

    Comment by Deborah — November 24, 2006 @ 2:18 am

  7. Can the EmporiaLife phone be purchased in the US, if so where?

    Comment by christine peppler — December 13, 2006 @ 8:37 am

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