Anonymous
Does she have a cell phone of any kind? Does it have a camera? Can it connect to the internet? Does it text easily? If she doesn't have one that modern, a 5 in good working order will still be used and appreciated.
Mine's woefully out of date (a 7), but I find it does what I want it to, and once you teach your mother, hers will, too. And because it's an older model, she won't have to worry about breaking it or losing it as much, because it's far less expensive to replace it.