Dragonfly's idea is best, try Ageuk they really are very helpful.
I am 83 and have a PAYG phone and I do not use it for anything other than as a telephone for emergencies, not for chatting as I did on my landline. I am exactly like I was as a child when we first got a phone in the house.
I was TERRIFIED of it.
My grandson once connected it to the Internet and it ran away with all my credit so when I came to use it - it was DEAD.
Make sure you don't overload him with apps he doesn't want or need, to him its just a phone, not a camera and certainly not a link to the wwide web and I bet it frightens him too.
Would it be possible to go into a local phone shop and pick the brains of one of their wiz-kids, then leave to 'think about it'? They should have a better idea of what's available.
For old people who are IT savvy mobiles are wonderful, but not for people like me. Or your FIL by the sound of things.
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