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Rating: 
Summary: Excellent for the price
Review: Although I am not a big fan of Vtech, preferring other brands instead, I may be a convert after using this phone for a few months. Reception is crystal clear and callers comment on the great sound quality. The flashing light on the base that alerts me to calls left on my phone company message minder service is a very nice feature, as is being able to dial a number and see it before turning the phone on and sending it for connection. I gave the phone 4 stars instead of 5 because the screen is impossible to read without lots of light (no backlight) and the battery is the older type that develops memory, rather than lithium ion, charging less and less each time. So the key to using this type of battery is to keep the phone off the charger once it is charged and leaving it off until it is totally depleated.
Rating: 
Summary: Small and Convenient but Too Much Static
Review: I purchased this phone because I was looking for a basic, cordless phone with caller-id. This phone is small and attractive with clear reading buttons. Unfortunately, when I used the phone, I had to turn the volume up loud to hear who I was talking to. And the louder I turned up the volume, the louder background noise and static became. I could hear static noise coming off the person's voice. It also made my voice sound louder on my end. Also, it does not appear to have the feature of memory speed dialing. You can program numbers into a phone directory and then scroll through the phone to access a number, but I didn't see where you could program speed dialing. I do have a corded V-Tech Phone, which is working fine.
Rating:
Summary: Small and Convenient but Too Much Static
Review: I purchased this phone because I was looking for a basic, cordless phone with caller-id. This phone is small and attractive with clear reading buttons. Unfortunately, when I used the phone, I had to turn the volume up loud to hear who I was talking to. And the louder I turned up the volume, the louder background noise and static became. I could hear static noise coming off the person's voice. It also made my voice sound louder on my end. Also, it does not appear to have the feature of memory speed dialing. You can program numbers into a phone directory and then scroll through the phone to access a number, but I didn't see where you could program speed dialing. I do have a corded V-Tech Phone, which is working fine.
Rating: 
Summary: Defective
Review: I wanted a cheap caller ID cordless phone. I thought this one would be great, since it was cheap and I don't need a whole lot of range. Unfortunately, once I got it home and charged it, I found that it was completely and utterly useless. I tried calling it several times from my cell phone -- the handset would display a "ringing" message, but the phone wouldn't ring, no matter what ringer setting I chose. The buttons would make noise only intermittently when pressed, and when I did receive a call, it wouldn't pick up. The most annoying thing I experienced in the twelve hours I used the phone was the fact that when I set the phone on its cradle, which was located next to my computer, the computer would *turn off*! This is despite the fact that the phone and computer were plugged into entirely different outlets and the computer is on a UPS! (No problems with the UPS, I checked). This happened several times. Other than those problems, the phone seemed OK, but when I return it I will definitely be getting a different brand or model. I don't expect much for $20, but I do expect the thing to work.
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