Panasonic KX-TU550EXC 4G Essentials Clamshell Mobile Phone for Elderly, 1.2MP Camera, Senior Phone with Large 2.8" Display, 300 Hours Standby Time, Blue

Nice flip phone I keep as a backup to my main iPhone. Good clear sound and display. I have a couple of other feature phones and find this one easier to use in navigating the menus - all pretty logical as you have 4 way rocker with central OK action plus two flexible menu/action buttons either side. Takes nano-sim like my iPhone and memory card for extra storage of photos etc. Photo resolution ranges upto 1280x960 which is very good for a non smartphone. Also brightness, contrast, exposure-bias, multi-shot, white balance, self-timer. So way better than most feature phones. Coupled with it's three single button favourite phone contact and an emergency call button on the back, it could be the ideal older person's phone. No video option-just still photos which it does a good job of. It also has simple illuminated icons when phone closed to indicate a phone call, message, low battery. Oh battery lasts for days and usb-c charge port. Bluetooth and 3.5mm earphones support. Extras include an easy to use 4 function calculator with M+ M- +- etc. Good calendar with daily weekly monthly views. No games. Good/Bad it depends on you. In summary very good phone if you don't want a smartphone.

Panasonic KX-TU550EXB 4G Essentials review. This phone does have various ring tones, the digits and contacts are clear and not tiny. You can turn off the start up music, simple to use and some of the other reviews must be in using different model.

Purchased for my 87 year old Mother. Easy to use and loud enough for her. Only let down is battery life if out and about....really poor compared to a smart phone!

Contrary to some reviews here, this is really excellent if you are buying for an older friend or relative. The battery life is phenomenal, and it even has a function where you can turn it off at night and wake automatically in the morning which would make this even better. Good build quality, feels very robust, the display is clear and simple. Contacts are clearly displayed, and its very nice to have the three buttons at the top of the pad for regularly called numbers. Message function is fine. There's an alarm function on the back which is slightly recessed, its not going to be called by accident. Moderate weight, quite light. The qualifications? You will have to set it up for them. The user guide is unreadable, and even when you download a pdf, its not very helpful. Trying to figure out how to lower or raise the ring tone volume, for instance? I gave up. But you can get the same effect by changing ring tones, so its not critical. The back is quite hard to pry off, to put in battery and sim card. But it does come off OK if you pry it open carefully and firmly. It doesn't have a radio function. It will take a 32G micro sd card however, and when you connect to a pc it will ask whether you want to go into mass storage mode, after which you can add audiobooks or music. If you want it to answer on opening, which most will want, that has to be set, so another dive into the setup menus. All these niggles only apply to setting it up. Once that's done, its going to be just about ideal. Recommended.

Ordered one of these as it looked like a good bet for a new 4G device to replace a 3G-only Doro. First one arrived swiftly, loaded it up, added some charge and switched on. Splash screen and jingle appeared, then nothing more. Keyboard remained unresponsive - couldn't even switch it off. Returned to Amazon with request for replacement, which arrived quickly. Loaded it up, added some charge and switched on. Exactly the same fault. Contacted Panasonic support via website Live Chat, which was helpful, but agent quite quickly agreed that if further charging didn't help, the unit was beyond economical repair. Fault recurred every time, although occasionally managed to get into the menu system before keyboard locked up. Returned to Amazon with request for refund which was quickly issued. NB you can't (or couldn't a few days ago) download the user manual from Panasonic, even though it appears in the list on the support web page. The chat agent helpfully gave me the link to it; it's the classic cheap-phone type of manual, full of "you can" without telling you how to. Sadly I think this model was released too early without proper QC. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, one faulty unit may fairly be regarded as unfortunate; two units with identical faults looks like carelessness.

I really wanted to like this phone but the solid build and good looks are let down by poor functionality and useless instructions. The 'instructions' that come with it are printed so small they are almost impossible to read, and when you manage to read them they don't cover some pretty basic info that users will need. There don't seem to be any fuller instructions available on line. White text on a pale blue background in menus? What genius thought that was a good combo in a phone aimed at elderly people? It takes both hands to operate, again not great for the elderly or infirm. No predictive text, wtf? No easy way to copy across the contacts from my old phone, I've tried transferring by usb, by blutooth, via my PC, and with an SD card. It just doesn't find them. Bizarre way of displaying text conversations, not sequential sent and received. It doesn't compare well even against a basic Nokia from 5 years ago despite being expensive for a dumbphone, even with the Black Friday discount it is twice the price of a better phone. I'm very disappointed. I've always rated Panasonic gear highly and this was potentially a good phone, but they seem to have made a physically good phone let down by ignoring user needs and expectations on the functionality.

This is supposed to be an easy phone for elderly people. I DONT THINK SO. I am pretty good with phones but this is not easy. Wouldn’t buy again

Zeer goede gsm zonder toeters en bellen gekocht voor mijn echtgenote(83 jaar) is een aanrader.

Après avoir commandé 2 téléphones seniors et de les avoir retourné, j'ai pris une "marque" : Panasonic. C'est le jour et la nuit, la sim entre et elle tient bien. La configuration est simple. Un peu plus cher certes. Ce téléphone est fourni avec une station de chargement mais il n'y a pas le chargeur.

telefonen var bra på alla sätt, men det blev retur för det saknades svensk meny . det borde stå i annonsen.

Ho provato le maggiori marche di telefoni per anziani in vendita in Italia, questo li batte tutti. Primo, batteria che dura diversi giorni senza doverla caricare ogni sera . Secondo ha la funzione blacklist già implementata, non sempre presente nei modelli delle altre marche, su dieci telefonate ricevute nove sono call center (gennaio 2026), . Diversi vengono venduti con firmware vecchi da aggiornare ed è quasi impossibile farlo per il pessimo funzionamento del software che li gestisce.

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