I too thought of elderly parents, who currently use dumb phones, using the number pad to send SMS (rarely) and text-to-speach to receive them. The interface is

I too thought of elderly parents, who currently use dumb phones, using the number pad to send SMS (rarely) and text-to-speach to receive them. The interface is awful, but they would have a worse experience with an Android device or iPhone. Their first (and maybe only) complaint about the Light Phone is the screen seems rather small for aging eyes. They won't be getting one, because it won't work with the network in our region, but maybe something like this in the future.