[tocs3]

Yes, I would like to see a phone that is almost nothing but a phone and the ability to lock unused feature from easy access. My mother cannot use a smart phone (the all screen and no buttons is too much). The dumb phone she has is almost too much. She keeps pushing the wrong buttons and ending up with an unusable web browser, camera mode, or some other state that keeps her from making the phone call she would like to make.

[Bender]

This one has big buttons and their own OS. [1] No idea how good it is. Not many reviews. T9 texting would be painful. All the good phones that slide open and have a full qwerty keyboard are gone AFAIK. My favorite was the SideKick II. Good phones will never make a come-back as the distraction is what they want people to have. That and the ability to run tracking software.

If she does not leave the house much a landline phone with big buttons might be easier if voice calls are an option along with a big pad of paper with names and numbers.

[1] - https://www.amazon.com/Easyfone-Elderly-Compatible-Flashligh...