Simple Cell Phones For Folks Who Just Want to Make Calls & Maybe Send A Text.
January 13, 2012 Post a Comment 
I never heard of Emporia handsets until I saw them at Showstoppers. I learned that the company’s home is in Austria, and that they specialize in more basic type phones. Phones for perhaps first-time phone users, folks who hate bells and whistles, and phones for the fast-growing senior sector. Their products are currently sold in 30 countries, soon to be 31 as it expands to the U.S. in the spring. The Emporia Click and Emporia Solid are handsets without many buttons, lights and features. They are targeted towards folks who just want a phone to make calls, or maybe send a text. Smartphones they are not, but many folks will welcome such basic, easy-to-use phones. These mobile phones have big buttons and are ruggedly built. The Emporia Solid – (it actually might be called the Solid plus) is waterproof, has a built-in flashlight, and a “call for care” button. If the owner ‘falls and can’t get up’ or has any other problem that requires help – and no one is nearby, they can hold the ‘care’ button down for 3-seconds. That will start the handset calling up to 5 pre-loaded phone contacts. When one of the called numbers answers, the Solid phone goes into speaker mode automatically. Price and carriers were not announced at the time we went by their booth.
http://www.emporia.eu/en/products/overview/
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