Why or why not?
If you have, are you glad you did or are you cursing it all the time and ready to go back to your old flip phone?
What problems have you encountered?
Thinking about getting my grandpa an iPhone. He is 96 though. He has an iPad and does great with it, and loves it - so I think he would have no problem. For those of you who have made the transition, do you like it? Hate it? Miss your "dumb"phone?
I have an iPhone, an iPad, and an Apple Watch, and love them all ! I think that if your grandfather is able to use his ipad, then he should do fine with the iPhone.
It would be the same functions that he is used to doing with the ipad, and with Siri on the phone, it would even make it easier if he needed to call for help for some reason.
While I can text on my phone if necessary, I usually do that with the iPad instead, since it is larger and I have the Bluetooth keyboard for the iPad, so it is like using a laptop for messaging.
Both Apple devices sync together, and if he has an iPhone, he can even answer the phone with his ipad if he wants to do that, as well as the text messaging.
Also, I would totally recommend getting him an Apple Watch !
My daughter got me one, and i just love it. My phone stays in my handbag for the most part, because if I get a call while driving, I can answer it from the Apple Watch.
The watch has a huge bunch of health-oriented apps that work along with the phone, so if he is interested in tracking health and fitness, he can do that.
Also, there is an emergency button on the watch, so if he fell and needed help, he can push the button and it will call 911 and also his emergency contacts.
The 2 newest models also have an option to take an EKG right from the watch, and they have an alert that goes off if you should fall. If the watch thinks you fell, it will vibrate and then ask if you fell or not.
If you say that you fell, then it asks If you need help or not. If there is no response at all, then the watch calls emergency for you.
Personally, I think that every senior person should have an Apple Watch, that is how great they are ! !