Description
The award-winning RAZ Memory Cell Phone is an easy-to-use, groundbreaking cell phone for people with memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer’s, stroke, low vision, Parkinson’s or seniors who prefer an intuitive experience. The phone consists of one primary screen and one screen only. It allows seniors to stay connected with friends and family through regular telephone calls or video calls and allows the caregiver to manage the phone from afar.
The single screen includes three elements:
- Photos and names of up to fifty contacts with six large icons per page;
- An optional 911 button or the alternative RAZ Emergency Service subscription;
- Optional information such as date & time, day of the week, battery power and signal strength.
The RAZ Memory Cell Phone does not exit the home screen. This prevents users from getting confused in the normal smartphone environment. Even the power button can be disabled.
The display, which is a large 6.5 inches, does not time out. It can remain always-on or go dark after 2 minutes and wake up with movement. At your option, incoming calls can be restricted to those coming from Contacts, eliminating undesirable predatory calls.
With a relentless focus on being extremely intuitive and easy to use, the RAZ Memory Cell Phone requires only a simple tap to place and answer calls. The caregiver also has the option to adapt the call activation method to the option that best suits their senior’s needs and ability.
Remote Manage provides caregivers the unprecedented ability to remotely control ALL aspects of their senior’s cell phone through a simple app. Create and edit contacts, manage settings, access the phone information and much more from your own smartphone (iPhone or Android).
Key features:
Phone calls: Place and answer calls with a simple tap allowing the senior to stay connected with friends and family. The caregiver can manage the contacts with the RAZ Care app.
Block unwanted incoming calls: Avoid scams and robocalls with this essential feature that allows incoming calls only from contacts, enhancing your senior’s safety.
Video calls: Stay connected with your senior effortlessly. Only approved contacts can video call the Memory Phone user.
Press & hold buttons: The caregiver can choose between different press & hold methods to prevent unwanted calls. And we have added an extra layer of safety with the call confirmation screen.
Settings are disabled for the user: ALL the settings including the volume rocker are remotely managed by the caregiver through the RAZ Care app. Caregivers can even disable the power button to avoid the phone to be accidentally turned off. This means peace of mind for the caregiver and safety for the senior.
Reminders: From your own smartphone, you can send your senior reminders about medicines, appointments or important events and see if they were acknowledged. Reminder colors and font size can be customized through the RAZ Care app.
Quiet hours: Prevent your senior with dementia from calling specified contacts during certain hours of the day or in the middle of the night.
Loneliness alerts: Reduce loneliness! Receive an alert when the user does not participate in the desired number of calls.
Manage battery charging: The RAZ Memory Cell Phone provides four key charging features. Seniors can get reminders to charge the phone and will receive visual & audible confirmation when the phone is connected to the charger. Caregivers can track the remaining battery power and charging status in the RAZ Care app and receive text alerts when the battery is low.
Location tracking & Status check: With the RAZ Care app, caregivers can get peace of mind by checking the real-time status of their senior’s phone, as well as its location.
Calling emergency services: Control how users can call emergency services. Three options are available, including an option for a 911 emergency button that is always within reach for your senior’s safety.
RAZ Emergency Service: With the RAZ Emergency Service, every emergency call is routed to a private dispatch agent who assesses the situation and contacts 911 if necessary.
Calls can go automatically to Speaker mode: With this option, seniors can hear calls clearly. The RAZ Memory Cell Phone’s speaker’s loudness can reach up to 125.6dB!
Calls can be answered automatically: With the Auto-answer option, incoming calls from contacts will be answered automatically and the call will be on speaker.
Low Vision and Hand Tremor mode: An even simpler interface with super-larger icons, less contacts per page and bigger buttons. The ideal mode for those with low vision, Parkinson’s, hand tremor and others.
Wireless charging: The wireless charging set (sold separately) allows the user to easily charge the phone by placing it on the wireless charging stand or pad without the hassle of plugging in the charging cable.
Free updates: We are always looking to improve our products to make seniors’ and caregivers’ lives easier. When we launch new updates to the RAZ Memory Cell Phone, our customers get 100% free access to them.
Enhance your senior’s safety with our solutions
RAZ Emergency Service: With this subscription-based service, emergency calls are connected to a highly trained agent to help the senior through their problem. The agent will have access to the senior’s location and other helpful information provided by the caregiver. Text messages will be sent to emergency contacts, providing the opportunity to interact directly with the agent to assess the nature of the emergency and provide input. The RAZ Emergency Service helps avoid up to 95% of unnecessary emergency calls.
RAZ Alert: Respond more quickly to your senior’s emergencies. When your senior calls 911, receive a text message alerting you to the call. Up to 3 people can receive the 911 text message alert. There’s no additional cost for this feature.
Auto Answer: If your senior is not answering the phone and you believe that they might be experiencing an emergency, you can activate the Auto Answer feature in the RAZ Care app. When you call, the RAZ Memory Cell Phone will answer automatically after 4 or 5 rings and go to speakerphone. This is a great safety feature if your senior has fallen, for example, and can’t get to the phone! There’s no additional cost for this feature.
And there’s more!
A variety of useful RAZ Memory Cell Phone accessories, such as wireless charging sets and protective cases, are available here.
Receive 3 months of FREE wireless service from Affinity Cellular with your purchase! Affinity Cellular operates on Verizon, America’s most reliable network. Only $20 per month thereafter.
Free protection plan
In case your RAZ Memory Cell Phone is damaged within the first 12 months of use due to accidental drops or water (excluding loss or theft), we will offer you a replacement for $175 only. This applies if you purchased a protective case with the original phone. To get the replacement, you will need to return the damaged phone to RAZ Mobility.
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Cindy (verified owner) –
This phone is a blessing and the ladies at the Emergency Center are so nice when they get the umpteenth call saying he is lost somewhere when he’s actually in a hospital bed. My one suggestion is please get the wallet cover because since the home screen does not time out, we get a lot of misdials while he is trying to put it in his pocket. Hopefully that will be here today. My 87-year-old father-in-law even said, “Why did nobody make this before? I just want to call somebody.”
SHannah (verified owner) –
Reviewing after 2 weeks of use. Easy setup and great assistance received. Wish we had gotten this a year ago. My father is able to easily push the images plus the automatic answering to speaker mode is a great help in monitoring his activity.
Joyce Slawson (verified owner) –
The Raz Memory Phone works great for my elderly aunt with dementia. She is also technology challenged and only needs a phone to place and receive calls. We have tried many other phones (mostly flip style) and even those were too complicated for her. This phone is wonderful and I would highly recommend it for any senior.
Margaret Rader (verified owner) –
This phone is great! My 91 year old husband does not have dementia but he does have limited vision. The RAZ pictures are big enough for him to see.
He loves the phone and when he was in the hospital he called all the contacts. It does have a rather short battery life (needs charging every night) and I wish we could put it to sleep at night. We haven’t had it long, but so far so good.
KAREN A CAMPBELL –
My sister is still adjusting to a different phone, although before she called every day to say the old phone was not working correctly. The family is thrilled with the Raz. No more calls at 5 AM. No more phones that are not charged. No more calling phone numbers she sees on TV to change her medical insurance. We have the 911 by worked well the one time she did it. Highly recommend the phone.
Pete (verified owner) –
The RAZ Memory phone is an excellent concept and good implementation of a phone that primarily allows inbound and outbound calls to specific phone numbers which is intended to block scammers as well as make it easy for the end user to contact loved ones, etc.
It’s the only Android implementation I’ve found that has this capability. You can add more allowed inbound phone numbers but they are “hidden” from the user (which is good) and you can allow a dialing pad to be accessible so the end user can call numbers that are not in the pre-identified allowed outbound phone numbers like maybe a new doctor’s office number. I have one very high priority request: the dialing pad is still under development as of May 2022 and it’s easy to crash out of it so that the end user is unfortunately able to access the built-in Android applications. Please fix the dialing pad so it only allows phone calls to be placed and does not crash out to Android. Fix it ASAP!
JK (verified owner) –
The transition to this phone from GrandPad has been tough for my 93-year-old dad, yet with his blindness and hearing loss it was our best option. His two complaints are the location of the 911 button … he keeps hitting it instead of the picture and the volume … there’s no way to adjust it to be louder and he says it’s “tinny” (not an unusual complaint with his hearing issues). I think it will end up working out better. He’s been successful in having conversations w/ his kids, where the other phone would constantly drop.
Steve Snyder (verified owner) –
All the features are great. I already got a notification that the phone was at 20% charge, so I called dad and he plugged into the charger. The only downside is the volume level of the speaker phone is weaker than his previous flip phone. I did exit to the LG system and verify all the volume levels were set to maximum.
Lynn Barry –
I was shopping for a long time to replace my mother’s cell phone, which she struggled to use and couldn’t remember how to operate. I knew what I was looking for – just had to be a phone. She didn’t really need internet access or a camera, just an easy way to contact family members. Raz Memory Phone was the perfect fit for us. She loves it! All she has to do is touch the photo of my father or one of us four kids (all in our 60’s lol), and we’re there. We bought the charging stand too, so she never has to worry about the battery being low. We set the phone to automatically answer and be on speaker phone, so she likes that she just talks from sitting on the couch, or she can say “coming!” from another room, and we can hear her clearly. There are a lot of other thoughtful features as well, but I’d be going on forever. Customer service has been great when we needed help setting up or had questions on operation. I whole-heartedly recommend the Raz Memory Phone for anyone who has cognitive issues.
Gale Papineau (verified owner) –
I am from Canada and, My Dad was diagnosed with Dementia and was struggling with a Seniors Phone that we had purchased locally. With his condition, his cell phone became extremely important to him. Seeing his frustration in trying to use his phone was, heart breaking. I researched throughout Canada with no luck in finding a suitable phone that would work for his needs. After much searching I, finally located the Raz Memory Cell in the USA. It suited all requirement’s that I was looking for. I purchased it and it was a perfect fit! We did have some issues with it but, the Raz Memory Support Team went above and beyond to offer technical and user support. I can’t Thank Alex enough from Raz Support for, his kindness, understanding, patience and, expertise in helping us resolve all issues in Canada. The technology that this phone brings to people with Dementia is Outstanding! This phone, has given back to my Dad, the opportunity to connect with us in away he couldn’t do before. Well Done Raz Memory!