Jitterbug cell phone is a perfect phone for your parents or your grandparents and also very popular as cell phone for kids. It is easy to see, easy to hear and simple to use.

What is Jitterbug Cell Phone?

Jitterbug is not the hottest cell phone out there, but it is certainly one which you will not have to explain to your grandparents. Jitterbug cell phones are produced by Samsung and combine cell phone and special carrier services.

GreatCall Wireless, the company behind Jitterbug cell phone, offers various contracts including airtime on a month-to-month or prepaid basis.

Jitterbug currently consists of two cell phone models, which are similar and both simple. As a lot of old people are uncoordinated, seniors lack motor control. Jitterbug phone compensates for this using large shell design that is comfortable in the hand and is easy to grip.

Buttons take frail fingers into account, they are each large, easy to press and easy to find on the keypad. Even the labels are large and fonts (number and letters) on them as well. Yes and No buttons in the upper part of the phone are part of the menu system.

Special features of Jitterbug cell phone

When you open the Jitterbug cell phone the dialtone comes out of the speaker, simulating a landline phone’s behavior, so seniors can easy recognize that the phone is on. The upper part of the phone is edged with rubber ring cushion which serves as a gentle pillow when pressed to the head, and also lowers the outside noise, so hearing the conversation is better especially for seniors with hearing problems.

Althought the Jitterbug cell phone‘s screen is not large, it uses LARGE FONTS, and there is always just few words on the screen at the same time – which is part of simplified menu system and simplified instructions.

When user enters menu system, phone shows one menu option at the time. The menu system is designed as a series of questions, and jitterbug cell phone’s interface is tightly connected with “YES” and “NO” keys.

Pressing YES goes into that option, pressing NO goes to next one. First is voice dial, which uses speaker independent voice recognizion based on the names from contact list, second is contact list, which only contains name and phone number.

Contact list can be edited on the Jitterbug cell phone, or thru web interface of service provider. There are also call history, voice mail status screen and finally a phone status screen (shows batter and signal strenght indicator).

How much does Jitterbug cell phone cost?

Jitterbug cell phones can be bought online from $99, but you must also pay $35 activation fee and shipping and handling…  Jitterbug service plans currently only allow prepaid use: Jitterbug Cell Phone Service plans for more info… Want to know about Jitterbug Cell Phone User Experience? See Jitterbug Cell Phone Reviews and especially Jitterbug Cell Phone complaints for more info.