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AT&T 1480 2.4 GHz Corded/Cordless Telephone with Caller ID and Answering System (Espresso)

AT&T 1480 2.4 GHz Corded/Cordless Telephone with Caller ID and Answering System (Espresso)

List Price: $119.99
Your Price: $94.99
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Great idea - bad product
Review: I just bought this phone for my office. The quality of the recorded outgoing message is so poor that you can barely understand it. I bought this phone because it had the built in answering machine but I have switched over to my phone company's voice mail because this phone's answering machine is just unusable.

Static is bad with the cordless phone. The receiver on the corded phone is so strangely designed that I can barely hold it up to my ear & mouth at the same time.

I do not recommend buying this phone.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I like it
Review: I purchased this phone after the more expensive Uniden model I had croaked after a year or so. This phone has worked great for me.

A lot of reviewers have complained of static. The only static I have had is when the microwave is running, since the base unit is located nearby. The instructions warn of just this problem, so I knew when I put it there to expect possible issues.

The features of this phone are really nice. You can even collect your messages by using the cordless handset. My previous phone did not do this.

The only complaint I have with this phone is that the display is a little hard to read in some lights. I deducted a star from the rating because of this.

For the user whose handset wouldn't recharge, did you try replacing the battery?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome!
Review: I used my cordless in my attic!!!! It has been wonderful in our household!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Correction: "Good features and price, but poor sound quality
Review: On my previously submitted review, please correct "corded" to "cordless" in the 2nd to last paragraph.

The unit appears to be made well and offers good features. The price is excellent for a corded/cordless phone with an answering machine. However, the sound quality is lacking.

There is noticeable background noise on the corded handset when the volume is above level two (out of four). Moving the phone to another jack where another corded phone was previously plugged in (without background noise) did not help. I bought this phone because I did not want the background noise of a cordless phone on my main phone. The noise is not awful, just annoying and surprising for a corded phone.

The cordless phone sounds fuzzy both at the phone and to the person on the other end as well. Switching channels did not help. The phone was much clearer when within 5 feet of the base set, but obviously, that defeats the purpose of having a "cordless" phone.

Although there are few alternatives in this type of phone available, I would pass on this one and keep looking.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Cordless Phone Fails the Test
Review: The idea of matching corded and cordless phones was appealing. The corded phone was excellant. The cordless phone was worthless. The cordless phone had constant static. After following the trouble shooting instructions, visiting the AT&T website and calling customer service I decided to return the phone based on AT&T's recommendation. AT&T's customer service person was hard to get to via the voice mail web. Once in contact with the service employee things went quickly. Amazon's return procedure was painless and prompt.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Good features and price, but poor sound quality
Review: The unit appears to be made well and offers good features. The price is excellent for a corded/cordless phone with an answering machine. However, the sound quality is lacking.

There is noticeable background noise on the corded handset when the volume is above level two (out of four). Moving the phone to another jack where another corded phone was previously plugged in (without background noise) did not help. I bought this phone because I did not want the background noise of a cordless phone on my main phone. The noise is not awful, just annoying and surprising for a corded phone.

The cordless phone sounds fuzzy both at the phone and to the person on the other end as well. Switching channels did not help. The phone was much clearer when within 5 feet of the base set, but obviously, that defeats the purpose of having a corded phone.

Although there are few alternatives in this type of phone available, I would pass on this one and keep looking.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Dependable and cheap
Review: This is a great product, with all features a home phone user wishes. The price could not be matched even by Amazon, a must have corded phone, by the way, its the best corded phone i ve seen recently, the cordless handset is average voice quality but worth its price two times

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Generally pleased with this phone
Review: This phone had the features I wanted: caller ID, answering system with multiple mailboxes, speakerphone and the combination base/corded phone. I am mostly satisfied, but I think there is some room for improvement: The cordless handset is significantly smaller than the one I had previously. Another annoyance is that the buttons on both phones are rather small. Also, the CIDs are not as vibrant and easy to read as they appear in the pictures. The sound quality is adequate.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: everything promised
Review: This phone has worked great for our needs, no problems with volume as compained by other reviewers. We are very happy with it

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Stopped working the 3rd Day
Review: What a shame. I had such high hopes for this system as it was inexpensive compared to others (you get what you pay for). Ordered from Amazon.com and received promptly, but on the 3rd day both the base and handset unit stopped working!

If trying to make calls, it would not connect from either units. When callers called me, I could hear the ring, but not the caller! Yuck. Next time I'll pay more attention to reviews here.


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