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Yay the MIL is NOT moving in - PHEW but she needs - Me+Me - 14-12-2021
to have a phone which LOOKS like an ordinary 'home portable' phone but is actually a cellphone.........Ideas please.
RE: Yay the MIL is NOT moving in - PHEW but she needs - Magoo - 14-12-2021
could you bodge together something with a shoebox, staples, sticky tape and blu tack?
other than that
i got nothing.
RE: Yay the MIL is NOT moving in - PHEW but she needs - Me+Me - 14-12-2021
(14-12-2021, 07:48 PM)Magoo Wrote: could you bodge together something with a shoebox, staples, sticky tape and blu tack?Doh !
other than that
i got nothing. 
RE: Yay the MIL is NOT moving in - PHEW but she needs - king1 - 14-12-2021
why the actually a cellphone requirement?
are we trying to contain costs, or is there no cabling etc where she is?
this is probably the cheapest landline option
https://www.spark.co.nz/shop/landline/
but could also do a voip line through 2talk with a voip ATA eg Linksys SPA-2102 for $10 a month or so, but you would need a internet connection for that
RE: Yay the MIL is NOT moving in - PHEW but she needs - Me+Me - 15-12-2021
She's going to be in a rest home. So we just want to be able to call her and her to make occasional calls out.
RE: Yay the MIL is NOT moving in - PHEW but she needs - CorylusMaxima - 15-12-2021
(14-12-2021, 07:14 PM)Me+Me Wrote: to have a phone which LOOKS like an ordinary 'home portable' phone but is actually a cellphone.........Ideas please.This is probably as near as you are going to get
https://www.bigbuttons.co.nz/mobile-phones/big-button-mobile-phone-blue-nz.html
Not sure if Doro is still around.
RE: Yay the MIL is NOT moving in - PHEW but she needs - Magenta69 - 16-12-2021
I saw this phone online which is probably as close to a home phone as you can get. It is only able to call 3 people but would be easy for someone like your Mil to use. I don't know if it is available in NZ or price, so may not be very helpful.
https://www.doro.com/en-gb/shop/mobile-devices/easy-phones/doro-780x/
RE: Yay the MIL is NOT moving in - PHEW but she needs - CorylusMaxima - 17-12-2021
Just noticed this on trademe - any use?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/mobile-phones/mobile-phones/other/listing/3390411040?bof=QHSIbF9T
RE: Yay the MIL is NOT moving in - PHEW but she needs - Me+Me - 17-12-2021
(17-12-2021, 02:55 PM)CorylusMaxima Wrote: Just noticed this on trademe - any use?Hmmmm thanks will suggest it......
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/mobile-phones/mobile-phones/other/listing/3390411040?bof=QHSIbF9T