Amplicom has launched a new device, the M6000, which is specially made to cater to people with hearing impairment. The M6000 features extra loud ringtones that ring at 100dB and is priced at 120 pounds. 
The Amplicom M6000 claims it can be as loud as a vuvuzela blowing near your head. The phone is ideal for those who have hearing impairments and older people. A no frills attached phone, the screen displays text messages in extra large type to be helpful for the elderly reader and those with vision impairment.
The keypad of the phone is marked simple and uses larger font as compared to any other phone. Also there is a SOS button located at the back of the handset, which allows the user to call a pre-assigned number in case of any emergency.
Amplicom has developed a mobile phone which as as loud as a pneumatic and makes a vuvuzela sound as gentle as the morning rain.
Apparently the ring tone can reach 100 decibels which sounds absolutely no use at all unless you are catching the ancient Bulgarian train from Sofia to Varna or are deaf.
Amplicom said that the phone is designed for people who have jelly and biscuits in each ear and are a trifle deaf.
Its M6000 is designed with the elderly in mind with large, clear buttons and a lack of complicated features and an ear-splitting ring tone that can shatter concrete. Just the sort of thing that will make your Gran popular whereever she goes.
According to the Daily Wail the phone is compatible with hearing aids, but product manager David Youngs, who has hearing difficulties himself, says many people like to be able to make calls without wearing theirs.
Instead they just prefer to push the volume up and shout at the top of their lungs.
The standard earpiece volume of the M6000 goes up to 30dB, but a 'boost' function enables it to be increased right up to 110dB - louder than a motorbike or the average thunderclap, and almost as noisy as being at a rock concert.
The handset sells at £119.99 and according to the manufacturers is compatible with all UK operators except the 3 network.
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