People have told me that there is feedback when I put them on speaker. As a result I find myself wanting a headset option. There are some minor software problems, such as the caller id is stored without the leading 1-, so if you try to call the number back (how convenient!) it will fail . Also super lame imho is if you are using the “phone” and press the “speaker” button (or vice-versa) it thinks you are trying to conference in a new call rather than that you simply want to switch between handset mode and speaker-phone mode.

Rating: 3 / 5

This phone with spare handset has worked very well for me for a couple months now. For its price I can’t imagine a small phone that’s much better.

What really impressed me, however, is that this phone uses Nickel Metal Hydride batteries (NiMH) as opposed to the forerunner batteries, Nickel Cadmium (NiCad). The bottom line on this type of battery is that you can leave the phone in its charging base all the time if you wish and it will remain fully charged. NiCad batteries were such a pain because the user is expected to discharge them fully on a regular basis so that they will recharge better and more completely, and also increase battery life.

What’s the point of having a handy charging base if you have to deliberately leave your phone off the charger so it will discharge and then abruptly cut out on you while you’re using it.

I’ll leave it to others here to extol the virtues of this phone but for me the phone is very adequate in function and features and its batteries remain its noteworthy asset.

Thanks … Sam
Rating: 4 / 5

Phones, phones, phones…I have replaced more phones this year than I can ever remember. They just don’t last as long as they used to. I nearly bought a single phone V-tech for half the price of the two new AT and T’s, but had a change of heart. I have never owned a V-tech and was skeptical.

I have only had them a week, so I may need to update this later. Consumer Reports gave these an excellent rating. Phones seem to be made of much more flimsy materials these days and these seem a bit light and flimsy to hold, but they do seem to be nicely made.

I would have preferred that the buttons had been rubber, as I keep them out in places with hard floors and lay them flat in places where they could slip…such as on top of my washing machine. The rubber buttons have traction and these buttons are very smooth.

That said, the buttons seem very solid and easy to push. The sound quality is excellent both from the earpiece as well as from the speakerphone. Very loud…which is very important for me since I have hearing loss. It seems like a very stable phone.

I had to get rid of one older AT and T phone, because of these two. It was causing it to “search” and no longer find a dial tone. Very strange! But all of my other phones seem to have no problem with these two new ones. So who knows? I guess they had the same signal as the one I had to discard. To clarify, the phone that was being interfered with was a 2.6 that was made at least five years ago. My other phones are much newer…one is also a 2.6, but it was made in 2007. If you want to check which other phones I have that are not interfered with at all, they are all in my “other reviews”, and none of them have the problem that the older AT and T 2.6 had. See, I said all I have been doing this year is buying new phones…LOL

On the appearance side, they are very attractive looking, which is a minor asset as well, sort of white into grey, but very subtle.

The ringers respond very easily and it was quite simple to set them up. I do not use caller id and I did not program in any phone numbers to auto dial, but I could see that it would have been very uncomplicated, given my experience with the ringer adjustments, which also have to be programmed in the same way.

I would definitely recommend these phones….so far….. If I need to update, I will.
Rating: 5 / 5