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Verizon Starts Selling the RAZ Memory Cell Phone to Help Seniors and Caregivers

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Verizon Starts Selling the RAZ Memory Cell Phone to Help Seniors and Caregivers
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Verizon Starts Selling the RAZ Memory Cell Phone to Help Seniors and Caregivers

2025-07-23 19:33 Last Updated At:19:50

CABIN JOHN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 23, 2025--

RAZ Mobility ( www.razmobility.com ) is pleased to announce that its award-winning RAZ Memory Cell Phone is now also sold by Verizon, one of the world’s leading wireless providers. Verizon sells the Phone as an unlocked device on its website ( www.verizon.com/smartphones/raz-memory-cell-phone-unlocked/ ).

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The RAZ Memory Cell Phone is designed to help older adults stay connected with family and friends after they have difficulty using standard phones. The Phone is used by older adults experiencing cognitive decline, vision loss, hand tremors, and those who prefer an easy-to-use experience. It provides an intuitive experience for older adults and allows caregivers to manage the phone’s contacts, settings, and other features, from anywhere in the world through the RAZ Care mobile app, which caregivers install onto their smartphone.

Robert Felgar, the CEO of RAZ Mobility, explained that “the RAZ Memory Cell Phone offers many unique features that help older adults and their caregivers. A few of those features include loneliness alerts, charging reminders, and the ability to limit incoming calls to contacts to prevent phone fraud. We look forward to bringing these, and many other capabilities, to Verizon customers.”

The hardware used for the RAZ Memory Cell Phone is supplied by Motorola Mobility, which has been a valued partner to RAZ Mobility in the development of this important device.

Rick Robinson, VP and GM at the AgeTech Collaborative™ from AARP, added that “both RAZ Mobility and Verizon are participants in the AgeTech Collaborative™ from AARP ecosystem. We are gratified to see that their participation led to innovation and collaboration that benefits older adults.”

About RAZ Mobility

RAZ Mobility’s signature product is the RAZ Memory Cell Phone, which won the GLOMO Award in the Tech4Good – Best Use of Mobile for Accessibility and Inclusion category at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in 2025. The RAZ Memory Cell Phone is designed to help individuals with dementia, mild cognitive impairment, vision loss, hand tremors, and seniors who prefer simplicity. The unique phone makes it very easy for seniors and allows caregivers to control the phone from anywhere in the world through its remote manage feature and the RAZ Care app. For more information about the RAZ Memory Cell Phone and features, visit https://www.razmobility.com/solutions/memory- cellphone/.

The RAZ Memory Cell Phone is a groundbreaking cell phone for seniors with dementia, cognitive decline, vision loss, or seniors who prefer an easy-to-use experience.

The RAZ Memory Cell Phone is a groundbreaking cell phone for seniors with dementia, cognitive decline, vision loss, or seniors who prefer an easy-to-use experience.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The remains of four Italian divers who died deep inside an underwater cave earlier this month while diving in the Maldives were repatriated early Saturday, a Maldivian government spokesperson said.

The four coffins arrived at Milan’s Malpensa Airport in the middle of the day. The bodies were taken to a morgue and autopsies were due to begin on Monday, according to Italian news agency LaPresse.

Five Italian divers went missing on May 14 while exploring the cave about 50 meters (160 feet) in Vaavu Atoll. The body of their Italian diving instructor was recovered outside the cave at the time and has already been returned home.

A high-risk operation to recover the bodies faced hurdles and was initially suspended after Mohamed Mahudhee, a Maldivian military diver who was part of the recovery team, was killed. Three Finnish expert deep and cave divers joined the mission and located the four bodies last week in the innermost chamber of the cave at a depth of around 60 meters (200 feet). The recreational diving limit in the Maldives is 30 meters (98 feet).

Maldives President’s Spokesman Mohamed Hussain Shareef said Saturday two investigations were initiated; one into the death of the five divers and the other probing how Mahudhee died while on duty. Shareef also said Italy agreed to share any findings of autopsies on the repatriated bodies.

The victims have been identified as Monica Montefalcone, an associate professor of ecology at the University of Genoa; her daughter, Giorgia Sommacal; marine biologist Federico Gualtieri; researcher Muriel Oddenino; and diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti.

Government spokesperson Ahmed Shaam said earlier the four bodies were found “pretty much together.”

While the divers had a permit, authorities didn’t know from their proposal the exact location of the cave they were exploring, and at least two of the dead were not on the list of researchers that had been submitted, according to Maldivian authorities.

Coffins carrying the bodies of the divers who died in the Maldives are unloaded from a plane at Milan's Malpensa airport, Italy, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Marco Ottico/LaPresse via AP)

Coffins carrying the bodies of the divers who died in the Maldives are unloaded from a plane at Milan's Malpensa airport, Italy, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Marco Ottico/LaPresse via AP)

Coffins carrying the bodies of the divers who died in the Maldives arrive at Milan's Malpensa airport, Italy, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Marco Ottico/LaPresse via AP)

Coffins carrying the bodies of the divers who died in the Maldives arrive at Milan's Malpensa airport, Italy, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Marco Ottico/LaPresse via AP)

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