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Summary: Worst Battery Life
Review: This phone has great reception (better than my old Sony phone). But it is a pile of garbage. The battery lasts about 15-30 minutes and then just dies!!! I bought a new battery at RadioShack thinking I had a faulty battery, wrong.Do not buy this phone.
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Summary: Bad battery or bad phone?
Review: This phone is by far one of the best cordless phones on the market as far as features and reception. But it has the worst battery life I have ever seen on a cordless headset. Battery goes out after about 15 mins. of actual take time. I'm even afraid to use the speakerphone feature most of the time because I don't want to be cut off before I finish a whole conversation. I was a big Panasonic fan before I purchased this phone, but I would not even consider buying another phone from this company.
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Summary: Speakerphone, mute button, and good sound quality
Review: This phone is exactly what I was looking for -- speaker phone in the handset, mute button, good sound quality. Very happy with it. No battery problems at all (as some have mentioned), so maybe Panasonic has fixed this.
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Summary: The best phone....period.
Review: This phone is the best there is...all the features you want and more...and its clear as a bell. No problems with wireless networks either. It costs the most but its worth it just not to have to return all the other junk phones out there.
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Summary: BAD BATTERY LIFE!!!!
Review: This was and would be an excellent phone except for one thing - the battery life is horrible!!! I run a business from my home and want to be able to talk to my customers for more than 15 minutes without the phone dying and with this phone that can't be done! I have changed batteries, I have changed types of batteries, I have even followed the advice of another reviewer who suggested placing cardboard under the battery to insure contact. (For this much money I shouldn't have to use bits of cardboard to make my phone work!!!) And no - I don't have the booster on either! None of this has worked. After throwing this out I will NOT buy another Panasonic product. I had been a happy repeat customer until now! All in all - a great idea extremely poorly executed!!! Don't bother - this one is a MUST NOT buy!!!
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Summary: There is a fix for the battery life problem
Review: We experienced the same problems everybody else is reporting about the short battery life. But it turns out that if you clean the contacts on the battery, the springs, and on the bottom of the phone with alcohol, and insert some cardboard between the non-contact end of the battery and the wall of the battery compartment (thereby pushing the battery into the springs with more force), the battery problems go away. So, it's not the battery, charger, or power-management software--it's just a mechanical problem.
With that problem fixed, this is an excellent phone system.
(By the way, we're told that Uniden phones have excellent battery life.)
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Summary: Good phone but batteries expensive to replace
Review: We purchased the Panasonic cordless phone system with 4 handsets in October 2002. Being at home all day I use all 4 handsets about equally multiple times per day. Unlike other reviewers I have not had problems with calls being jeopardised by short battery life on a regular basis but I do recharge each handset every day. However the batteries needed replacing in August 2003 and now again I have had to order new batteries after just over a year. It does get rather expensive - I have paid around $12 per battery online.
Apart from concern about the longevity of the battery I am happy with the system - answering machine works well, good call quality, no intereference, etc.
I just wonder if other (newer) technology might have better battery life.
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Summary: Poor battery performance
Review: While this review is for the KX-TG2700 - it may apply to this phone as they look exactly alike and may be using the same battery.
Okay, here's how frustrated I am - I've logged into Amazon just so that I can complain about this phone system.
I purchased this system a little over a year ago and it has had two battery issues.
The first was with the handset that came with the base station - it would not hold a charge. Panasonic support - which was good - informed me that they were aware of the problem. Apparently the battery wasn't making solid contact so Panasonic sent me two pinky-sized pads with directions to stick them on the underside of the battery compartment. These pads were devised to assist with the seating of the battery and they seemed to work.
Fast forward a year later - second issue:
The handset is no longer holding a charge more than 20 minutes nor is the phone/clock radio (KX-TGA272). Normally, this would be annoying enough - but it gets better. Both phones go dead while showing 1/3 battery life remaining. This often happens while talking to someone. But my favorite part is when the phone/clock radio goes dead - it wipes out the time and alarm settings!
So...good luck with the batteries!
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