Bluetooth Dialer Thing? Is that a thing?

[Invincible Sugar]

Hi. I want to know if there is such a thing as a device which looks like a traditional home telephone, but uses bluetooth to call off a cell phone. 

I want to use a very cheap unlimited talk plan in a smartphone, but keep the phone somewhere safe, plugged in to a charger and left undisturbed, and present my old parents with something they are more familiar with. They would dial like normal on a phone, but it would use the cell phone to make the call.

I think there are some more advanced cordless home phones that offer that option, to connect to a smartphone and then the cordless phones ring and call out over that connection, but I don't know of any specific models, and I would prefer something simpler like a basic looking phone that connects over bluetooth.

 

And yes, I realize the smartphone will need to update or reboot once in a while, I live with my parents so I can handle that, I just want something they can interface with easily when I am not there and they need to place a call.

Thank you!

[svmlegacy]

4 minutes ago, Invincible Sugar said:

Hi. I want to know if there is such a thing as a device which looks like a traditional home telephone, but uses bluetooth to call off a cell phone. 

I want to use a very cheap unlimited talk plan in a smartphone, but keep the phone somewhere safe, plugged in to a charger and left undisturbed, and present my old parents with something they are more familiar with. They would dial like normal on a phone, but it would use the cell phone to make the call.

I think there are some more advanced cordless home phones that offer that option, to connect to a smartphone and then the cordless phones ring and call out over that connection, but I don't know of any specific models, and I would prefer something simpler like a basic looking phone that connects over bluetooth.

 

And yes, I realize the smartphone will need to update or reboot once in a while, I live with my parents so I can handle that, I just want something they can interface with easily when I am not there and they need to place a call.

Thank you!

KISS.

 

Is there a particular reason traditional land-lines don't work in this situation?

[Invincible Sugar]

4 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

KISS.

 

Is there a particular reason traditional land-lines don't work in this situation?

Basically, our home phone option from Suddenlink is $34.99/mo on top of what we pay for cable and internet.

I know Magic Jack and other options exist but I find them unreliable when internet is unreliable. A cell phone can use VoLTE but it can also use older 3G/2G voice calls when needed. Also, I plan to sign up for Altice Mobile's $20 unlimited plan with an S10 handset, which will do many things at once for the $32.50 a month ($20 service + $12.50 handset payment):
 

• Home phone with the best quality (vs Magic Jack or expensive POTS with Suddenlink)
• Home internet backup option (Unlimited hotspot limited to 1 MBPS per device, not great but for a once in a while backup it works)
• DeX computing for me (I already use DeX on my desk for an extra screen to watch YouTube on, so this will be a great way to offset my streaming at my desk to a different internet connection the majority of the time when our Suddenlink home internet IS working.

[Invincible Sugar]

As seems to be fairly typical for this forum, no one has responded with anything helpful. I've researched this myself and I ended up buying this model. In case anyone else finds this thread in the future, here is at least one solution I found.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HRV1KC4/

 

I will post an update once I have received and set up everything. Hopefully this works the way I want it to.