Hands on: KISA Phone review

The mobile phone for the elderly or physically/visually impaired

Kisa Phone
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The Kisa Phone is priced at $84, including all customisations that you want, as well as lanyard, charging dock and wall charger – though shipping will command an additional

The phone will also be offered alongside five mobile plans (using the Vodafone network) – which you will need to sign up for in order to use the handset.

For the Talk 20 plan, which costs $15, you get 20 minutes of national and mobile calls with a 38 cents call cost for every 30 seconds above allocated minutes.

The Talk 50 plan costs $20 and gets you 50 minutes of calls, with a 20 cents call cost for every 30 seconds above allocated minutes, while the Talk 120 plan costs $30, gives you 120 minutes of call time and charges 13 cents above included value.

Kisa Phone with lanyard

There is also a $30 three-month plan and a $60 six-month, but the monthly ones are likely to be easier to handle and better to keep on top of, as these two plans are also a little more expensive in terms of call charges.

Of course, if the person using the phone is likely only going to be receiving calls and not making any, then these two will allow you to pay for it once and forget about it, without having to pay monthly for a recharge.

The plans are handled and managed by Kisa, which you can cancel or add on to at any point. If you have some credit left, it will be refunded.

All customer support is then provided to you for free, whether it is over the phone or online.

At a minimum, to receive a Kisa Phone and have it start working, up front you are looking to pay $109 with the handset, phone plan and postage included.