Buy Doro smartphones
Looking for a Doro smartphone? Here you'll find all the Android devices from the Swedish brand Doro: full-featured smartphones with apps, a camera, and internet access, but with a simpler menu, large icons, and an emergency button. Designed for anyone who wants to use messaging apps, make video calls, and take photos without getting lost in the settings. If you just want to make calls and send texts, check out the Doro feature phones or all senior phones. We compare current prices from all retailers, 100% independently. Use the filters for screen size, battery life, or price to find the right phone right away.
What should you look for in a Doro smartphone?
A Doro smartphone is a standard Android phone with a simplified user interface: large icons, high contrast, a dedicated home button, and menus that guide you step by step through each task. So you don’t buy one of these phones for its specs, but for its ease of use and safety features. You can see the current models and prices in the overview above.
Can’t decide between two phones? Compare them side by side in our phone comparison tool. If you’re not sure what kind of phone you’re looking for, start by going through our selection guide.
Smartphone or feature phone: which is right for the user?
Doro offers two product lines, and that’s the first decision you’ll need to make. If the user is comfortable with a touchscreen, a smartphone is almost always the better choice, as it allows them to stay connected in the family’s WhatsApp group. If that’s not possible, then a phone with physical keys is the way to go.
- Doro smartphone: touchscreen with Android, meaning WhatsApp, video calls, online banking, photos, and navigation. More features, but also more to explain.
- Doro feature phone: classic phone with physical keys for calling and texting. No apps, but a battery that lasts for days.
- Dumbphone: a deliberately basic phone with no distractions, also popular as a second phone for vacations or festivals.
- Phones for seniors: all brands side by side, from simple keypad phones to smartphones with a customized interface.
Choose a Doro smartphone if the user wants to use messaging apps, make video calls, or share photos and is comfortable using a touchscreen.
Choose a Doro feature phone if making calls and sending text messages is enough and physical keys are more comfortable than a glass screen.
The emergency button is handy, but it’s not an emergency dispatch center
There’s a separate emergency button on the back of a Doro. One press sends an emergency message with your GPS location to contacts you’ve set up in advance. That provides peace of mind, but be honest about what it is: the alert goes to family or neighbors, not to a professional emergency dispatch center. If you want round-the-clock monitoring, you’ll need a separate subscription service for that.
Remote assistance and better audio clarity
Two features that are easy to overlook on a spec sheet. Doro offers remote assistance via TeamViewer: with your permission, a family member or help desk can view your screen and adjust a setting, instead of having to explain over the phone where something is located. It also features audio technology (ClearSound) that makes speech clearer, which is helpful for those with hearing loss. For the Aurora series, a charging stand is available that doubles as a holder for video calls and a nightlight.
Which Doro smartphones are available
Doro sells its Android devices under the Aurora and Leva brands. The Aurora series is the most extensive line, with screens ranging from 4.5 to 6.1 inches and a physical home button; there’s even a model that combines a touchscreen with a physical keypad, for those who don’t want to give up dialing by key. You can see which models are currently available in the Netherlands and how much they cost in the overview above.
What You Pay and What You Get
Expect to pay roughly 175 to 325 euros for a new Doro smartphone. For that amount, you can buy a device from Samsung, Motorola, or Xiaomi with a faster processor and a better camera. That’s exactly the trade-off: here, you’re paying for the interface, the emergency button, and the support—not for the hardware. If the user is perfectly comfortable with standard Android, then also consider basic smartphones or budget smartphones; they offer more features for the same budget.
Five years of updates are now mandatory
As of June 20, 2025, new smartphones in the EU must receive at least five years of operating system and security updates, and every device must carry an energy label with a repairability score (EU regulation). This also applies to smartphones with a customized interface for seniors. Please note that models released before that date are not subject to this requirement. You can see how long a specific device will receive updates on the specifications page: click "Specifications" at the top of the product page.
