ITT Easy Use Phone
Available
now 16th October 2007
At Mobile Gazette, we believe
that technology should be accessible to everyone - and
although we love our high-tech gadgets, we understand
that there's also a place for handsets that are very
easy to use.
Falling into this "easy-to-use"
category is the ITT Easy Use Phone, a device
that has several features that are designed to appeal
to those who struggle with today's tiny and over-complicated
mobile phones.
The
first thing to notice is that this is a big phone -
much larger than a conventional handset (it's almost
the same size as the brick-like Nokia
E90). This isn't a bad thing, because it means that
the Easy Use Phone comes with a set of really large
buttons on the front. The keypad consists of a standard
numeric layout, plus "call" and "hang
up" keys and then four quickdial memory keys, designed
either for frequent calling or emergency use. Below
is a size comparison between the Easy Use Phone and
the Nokia
6300, so you can get a feel for just how large the
buttons are.
We haven't seen the display, but we
understand that it comes with white-on-black text and
has been designed for clarity. Technically, it's a "transflective
negative LCD" with a backlight, so it should be
usable in most lighting conditions.
There's a 50 number phonebook, and a
choice of nine polyphonic ringtones. There's no mention
of text capabilities, and since the Easy Use Phone has
no letters on the keypad, we assume that SMS messaging
is not possible.
Accessibility
isn't all about big buttons and simple displays - the
Easy Use Phone also comes with a very loud speakerphone,
strong vibrate mechanism and it's hearing aid compatible
too. There's also a headset included in the standard
sales package. The Easy Use Phone is available in black
or silver colour schemes.
Despite the Easy Use Phone's considerable
size and weight, the beefy 100mAh battery only gives
about 6.5 days standby time and 2 hours 20 minutes talktime.
For a phone of this type, we feel that the battery life
should be much longer. Bear in mind that the ITT Easy
Use Phone will be used by people who might not always
remember to charge their phone, so twice the talktime
and standby time would be very useful.
The ITT Easy Use Phone is available
from selected retailers across Europe - in the UK it
is available for around £138 SIM Free from Matamobile,
in Germany Amazon.de
stock it for €169.
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ITT
Easy Use Phone
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Available:
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Now
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Network:
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GSM
850 / 1900 GSM 900 /
1800
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Data:
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None
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Screen:
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Monochrome
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Camera:
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No
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Size:
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Large
monoblock 135 x 38 x
16mm / 152 grams
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Bluetooth:
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No
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Memory
card:
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No
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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No
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Java:
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No
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Battery
life:
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2 hours talk / 6 days standby
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