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Summary: Pros and Cons
Review: Great Range, Good Sound, Lotsa Features.Not intuitive, Very short battery life (2 - 3 hrs talk time) 3-4 days stand by, Large footprint.
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Summary: Major disappointment
Review: I bought this phone a couple of months ago, and am going to return it. It's needlessly difficult to operate, but worse, the reception is frequently shakey when dialing -- I often have to re-dial because the phone number doesn't register. Also, the headset has a lot of static unless the connection is just right.
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Summary: Gigarange Extreme: High End Chrome Phone
Review: I bought the phone in chrome (unlike the black pictured here). I get raves from friends who come over and use my phone because it has the look and feel of a cell phone. The sound quality is good although somehow people's voices sound softer and fuzzier than other voices. Unlike other portables, leaving the phone off the headset overnight will drain it completely. The user interface is also poor. You have to hit 2 buttons to redial and the scrolling center button is not altogether intuitive if you should be hitting side-to-side buttons or up-to-down buttons to maneouver through menus. My last complaint is the cradle. Sometimes returning the phone to the cradle will not position it correctly to recharge the battery. Once you are aware of the problem it is not difficult to reposition the phone correctly but your guests may not realize it and you may find yourself with a dead phone. I know the cons seem to outweigh the phone but the aesthetic and feel of the phone are superb and I wouldn't want to trade it for anything else.
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Summary: Incredible range but a bit fuzzy
Review: I really like the look of this phone - very high tech. And the range is incredible--I walked halfway around my neighborhood looking for the lost cableman who was parked down the road, instead of at my house like he insisted--the sound was like being right next to the base unit. Unlike other reviewers, I was disappointed in the sound quality - I find it a bit fuzzy. Especially if the person you're talking to is a child and not apt to speaking clearly I sometimes can't understand what they're saying. I've tried moving the base unit around in case of interferance, but to no avail. People tell me that I sound clear, at least.
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Summary: Very Good but one item that could be better
Review: I like this phone in the kitchen and would like to mount it on the wall. With the handset standing up, this wasn't possible.
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Summary: Excellent cordless phone
Review: Having owned 4 cordless phones, this one is really superb. The sound is very clear and the handset is very straightforward in how to operate it's features, such as Caller ID. My only major gripe is that the base unit seems to take up a large amount of space for a piece of equipment that has no features on it other than to locate the handset and recharge the handset. However, the phone is very simple to set up and to use. The Handset is slightly heavier than my older cordlesses, and having owned a pair of GEs and a Sony cordless, this Panasonic is definately the best.
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Summary: A decent phone with needless flaws
Review: Cordless phones are quickly becoming the standard in active homes. The Panasonic 2.4 GHz line (2500, 2550, 2570) are among the current crop of high end cordless phones, boasting longer range and better sound quality. I personally have the 2550 (with CallerID but to Answering Machine), but the basic design is almost identical to the 2570. Here are some of the pro's and con's: Pros: - Range. In my experience, it is great. I've walked several hundred feet away from my apartment, and still had good sound. - Headset. The ability to use a headset is liberating. - Sound Quality. It is very good - since it is digital and of a high frequency, there is little room for static. - Phone Pager. The pager stays on until you find the phone. Cons: - The menus are not intuitive. I am usually a very quick study when it comes to programming electronics. However, the UI of this phone is not really user friendly. - The redial function. There is no button for redial; you need to press the function button in order to find redial. Furthermore, it only stores one previously called number. With all of the memory it has, it should have a buffer of three or four numbers. - Caller ID. Having the functionality of Caller ID right on the headset is great. For local numbers, all you have to do is bring up the entry for a number, press the "on" button, and the phone will dial the number. You should be able to do this for long distance numbers as well. Unfortunately, the phone doesn't know to add a "1" before the number. This is a needless problem. - Volume. There is a volume control for the phone. However, it does not have enough settings for handset AND headset use. - Headset Size. The trend in phones is smaller. This makes having the phone on your shoulder difficult. I guess that's why there is a headset input. All in all, it is a good phone. However, for my money I would spend it on something more user friendly. I liked the UI for the Uniden phones, but I've had problems with RF (Radio Frequency) interference. If you are looking for a 2.4 GHz phone with Caller ID, this may be the phone for you. Just wait for a sale.
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Summary: Panasonic 2.4 GHz KXTG2570 Cordless Phone
Review: I recently purchased this phone. I am not adept at following instructions, and this book was unclear from the start, but I especially liked the customer service people. The person I spoke to answered all my questions and I was actually able to program the phone for everything I needed. The phone has a very long battery life and the ability to function even when far from the base.
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Summary: Doesn't work as advertised
Review: The features were good, but the interface was very clunky and difficult to use. It offers just about everything from Caller ID to handset message retrieval, and I got about 200 yards away before being cut off. The answering machine was good. Unfortunately, the battery life is short. It claims a 14 day standby period and 8 hours talk time. Speaking only a few hours indoors, it went dead. We went on vacation for six days. We left with a full charge, and came home to a dead phone. We owned it for 4 weeks before returning it for another unit. We charged the second one fully, and it went dead after *maybe* 2 hours of talking at close range over a 3 day period. We took it back immediately. We couldn't locate it centrally in an open room like they suggest, but it was against a wall and we had little (if any) obstructions when using it. We went to it from a 25 channel Lucent model and were extremely disappointed. We recharged the Lucent once a week tops, and that was not even necessary. Maybe the battery isn't strong enough for all it offers? Performance was decent, but far from excellent. The range was great, but that was it. People said I sounded distant, and the unit is small. My wife complained she couldn't hold it on her shoulder easily and talk. Please note the unit is not wall mountable.
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Summary: Great range and quality - missing a few features
Review: I use this phone for business from my home office. The working range is about 100 yards allowing me to work around the house while I am on conference calls and so forth. It is compact with a sturdy, fixed antenna. The sound quality is always excellent. It has a handset locator page which is a must for a cordless phone. It DOES NOT have a mute key, forcing me to get a headset with a mute switch. Also, the belt clip snaps on and can get knocked off easily.
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