Snapfon ez ONE Cell Phone Review

Making Calls

As you can see in Figure 4, The Snapfon has a very large numeric dialing pad on the front of the phone. The white numbers are especially easy to read on the dark background. When you dial a number, that number appears as large black letters on a lighted amber background, also shown in Figure 4. The numbers on the Snapfon are presented in a large, easy to see, 28-point font. In fact, they are so big and bright that they can be dialed easily in total darkness. The Snapfon can also be set to have the phone speak each number as it is dialed. This is especially useful to low vision users.

Figure 4: The front of the Snapfon ezONE.

The asterisk and the pound sign under the number pad act as Quick Keys. The Asterisk turns on the silent mode with vibration on. The pound key turns on the silent mode with no vibration. The zero key in the middle has a speaker icon indicating that it can be used to turn the speaker phone on and off.

On the top of the front in Figure 4, is the speaker. Just below that is the main display. This uses icons similar to most other cell phones to indicate things like the alarm, amount of battery power available, and strength of the cellular signal.

Under the display is a green answer (OK) key and a red end key. Between them is a large button that is used to navigate up and/or down when making selections.

The Snapfon is an unlocked GSM phone so it can be used with GSM compatible carriers worldwide. In the U.S., both AT&T and T-Mobile provide SIM cards that can be used with the Snapfon. There are also many smaller local carriers whose unlocked SIM cards that can be used by the Snapfon. The Snapfon will also work with pre-paid SIM card providers, as long as their SIM cards are not locked.

Setting up the Snapfon is easy. You simply slide the back off and remove the battery. Then you insert the SIM card. In Figure 5, you can see the back and battery removed, and the blue and white SIM card in place.

Figure 5: The Snapfon with back and battery removed.