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Based on your needs, the approaches are
- To buy a phone that was custom designed for Senior citizen. Yes there are a few phones in this category, but none of the mainstream brands do this.
- Get a regular (mainstream) Android phone and install "launchers" that will make the phone easy to use for senior citizens. Launcher is an app that you can download and it will load up as soon as you boot the phone. You can disable this later if you choose to (which will revert the interface to the standard Android look and feel)
- Most of the available phones are the traditional candy bar phones with larger keypads. Few of them are iball, Philips, Swingtel. Only Mitashi supports a touch screen phone. You can get a more complete list here. Most don't have cameras too.
- Mitashi stands out in this category for your needs. They support a touch scree, a camera and a software that is senior citizen friend too.
- You have plenty of choices if you get into the regular Android phone category. Lots of great phones with good camera and touch screen capability
- The primary accessories that are needed are a good screen protector (to protect the screen from cracking) and a good case (to soften the impact if it falls and to provide better grip)
- If viewing the smaller fonts is a problem, then consider installing a "Launcher" which simplifies the user experience significantly.
- There are various apps that are available that will help you with this. Wiser, Necta and Big Launcher are the popular ones in this cateogry. (Here is a good summary of these).
- Big Launcher costs Rs. 100, but may be the best fit given your needs
- One factor that you need to consider is the service centers available to repair the phones if you run into any trouble. From this perspective, we would recommend buying a regular Android phone and to install one of the launchers available (since there are enough service centers for the popular regular Android phones)
- Buying a regular Android phone instead of a custom phone, gives you a breath of choice
In summary : Phones to consider
- Moto X force comes with shatter proof glass and may be a good phone to consider for that reason. However, given that the phone is not really going to be "used" that extensively, it may be too much to pay for just for the shatter proof glass. It also costs around Rs. 25K.
- Also, considering the user and the use cases, an Android phone around the Rs. 10K mark should do the job. For your needs, Moto G (3rd gen), Xiaomi (Redmi 2 Prime,Mi4i), Lenovo A6000 are good options to consider.
- You can't go wrong with any of the above models. Given that you have to get a strong case (which adds to the weight and bulk), you can look for the lightest of the pack and wrap it up. That is likely to be a Xiaomi.
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