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Summary: Panasonic Phone Generally Acceptable
Review: I must say that the Panasonic KXTG2560 2.4 GHz DSS Cordless Phone with Caller ID & Dual Keypad is a step up from my previous cordless phones. It does have a couple of areas that I feel could use improvements. The claim of up to eight hours of in-use time of this phone is way overrated. It comes no where near that time for me. Secondly, I find the keypads stiff to use as well as the feature of deleting stored phone numbers. I would love for it to have backup batteries available also. I do like that fact that I can replace the headset when it goes bad and the ability to adjust the volume. Overall, it's the best one I've had so far.
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Summary: Panasonic Phone Generally Acceptable
Review: I must say that the Panasonic KXTG2560 2.4 GHz DSS Cordless Phone with Caller ID & Dual Keypad is a step up from my previous cordless phones. It does have a couple of areas that I feel could use improvements. The claim of up to eight hours of in-use time of this phone is way overrated. It comes no where near that time for me. Secondly, I find the keypads stiff to use as well as the feature of deleting stored phone numbers. I would love for it to have backup batteries available also. I do like that fact that I can replace the headset when it goes bad and the ability to adjust the volume. Overall, it's the best one I've had so far.
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Summary: Greatest Phone
Review: I own this phone and have found it to be the best cordless phone I have ever owned. The reception is great, the range is incredible, and the features are very helpful. I love the voice message waiting alert, and the one touch voice mail access button is nice. And the last thing, the battery...this phone has the most accurate on screen battery display i have seen yet and it lasts for hours.
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Summary: Underrated
Review: I think that this phone is underrated in its reviews on amazon. I think that people expect to much from phones in the present day. This phone actually works just as good as any phone and would be a good buy.
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Summary: Not bad, not perfect, but not bad.
Review: I've had this phone for a few months now, and I appreciate it for both the range and the headset jack feature. I've been able to keep talking on this phone while taking the garbage out at my apartment complex; which is just about as far as I'd reasonably take any phone. The "imperfections" of this model are as follows:a)Most of my friends say that they've always been able to hear other people clearly on their phones, but when I call they say I'm not loud enough. This is true whether I'm on the headset or on the normal handset. It's also true despite a change of location, as I've moved in the last two months. I can hear them just fine, though, with the volume control. b) The buttons on the handset controls aren't the most precise things in the world. Often I'll end up getting double digits of the same number for one push. c) Number memory is located only on the base set. So if you're going to program it, you'll have to start off the call on the base instead of the handset. This is a huge pain. (If I'm wrong about this, someone please point it out). d) Back to the headset - I use a Playtronics I bought separately. There's significant crackle if I touch or move the jack while connected to a call, but otherwise I don't have the problem that a previous reviewer had.
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Summary: Not Panasonic's best design...
Review: I've owned 5 different Panasonic cordless phones over the years and you know when this came out I just had to have it... I got the Cobalt Blue one before they were even available in stores. I loved the idea of the joystick/mouse key. I loved the look of it. 2.4 Ghz was what I wanted. When I got it, I was a little disappointed. My problems with it are based on my experience with other Panasonic and vtech cordless phones and how this one didn't quite measure up... 1. The earpiece gets really hot if you're talking for more than 20-30 mins. I have to switch phones if I'm on a long call... too hot. 2. This thing has no range... I can go really far with it, but I hear static from more than 15 feet away or if there is a wall between me and the base. I tried putting the base in a room with no electronic equipment at all and I could get 25 feet without hearing static - but once I got something inbetween me and the base - like a toaster - static again. 3. This thing doesn't hold much of a charge... it doesn't last more than a few days off the charger before I have to put it back again. 4. The menu system to set up the features is difficult to use. 5. Sometimes I can be sitting 2 feet from the base and hit talk and get nothing - I have to set it in the base so it can find itself again. 6. Wobbly - the thing falls over at the slightest bump - poor design - can't wall mount it.
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Summary: It's broken on me 3 times
Review: Panasonic service told me they have tons of problems with these models but I can't produce my receipt so it's $124 to fix. They don't care even though they know the phone sucks. The phone is now in the trash and Panasonic will not get my business again. My other friends who have similar models don't like or hate their phones as well.
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Summary: Great hardware, bad user interface
Review: The Panasonic is slim, sturdy and solid, and its NiMH battery is superior to the old NiCads. Other perks is the voice mail light on the base indicating waiting voice mail if you subscribe to that phone service. If you don't care about good user interface, I would say this is the best Gigahertz caller ID phone I've seen or tried. The buttons are convoluted. The most often used on/off button is one of the smaller buttons. There is no redial or mute buttons. In fact, you have to access redial through the confusing menu. The button labels are also confusing, shown in different fonts, and sizes, it is easy to confuse one botton from the other. For example, the word "OK" is written right above the Exit/Ch button, and thus I found myself accidentally pressing Exit/Ch when I meant to push OK. Same goes for the "Back" label right next to the "Function/Edit" button. To point out the ultimate stupidity, there is a button reserved exclusively for Pause, even though you would only use this button 5% of the time while inserting pause characters into a programmed number. Why this couldn't be a redial button or something more often used is beyond me. Speaking of directory, did you know you can't program the numbers to speed dial? So you can't put Grandma on #4. Granted, you can enter Grandma's name and number into the directory, and accesses it by pressing "Function/Edit", down-arrow to Directory, Right-arrow, and then scroll down through your number list, find Grandma, and finally hit the little tiny "on/off" button to dial. To Panasonic's credit, the voice mail button is very nice. One press and it dials. You can turn off the ringer, but you have to access the menu options again, and while hitting down-arrow to lower the ring volume, you must remember to HOLD DOWN the down-arrow for the special case of turning the volume off. Until I read the manual, I was repeatedly hitting down-arrow wondering why I couldn't turn off the ringer. I think the Uniden EXR 2460 has a much more intuitive user interface. Sadly the Uniden lacks the voice mail light, only stores 10 numbers instead of 15, and uses the old NiCad battery. On the plus side, it has a spare battery charger as part of the base which doubles as backup power in case of an outage. The Uniden is a little more boxy, but intuitive user interface is more important to me.
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Summary: Not bad on the ergonomics or features
Review: The point of buying a Panasonic item, especially a telephony-related item, is to expect and get reliable day-to-day service (but only ONCE you get it setup, which can be quite a hurdle). This phone is typically Panasonic in that it is built quite SOLID and carries on with the rubberized grip idea which extends to their new ruggedized cellphone and also a line of laptops! It operates without a hitch and is good looking to boot. Range was not a problem for me although I live in a very densely populated area, you have to watch where you place the base unit, can't have metallic or concrete obstacles. On the minus side, the setup instructions are also typically Panasonic as well (sometimes ambiguous and disorganized, but that is expected). They're alone among most other manufacturers with this 'gadgety' philosophy (in contrast with mfr's like SONY) and have been that way with their telephony products for the last fifteen years -- take it any way you like. I have at least a couple of other friends using this product since it came out and they report no problems whatsoever. The transmit/receive circuitry is supposedly pretty cutting edge, a lot of other manufacturers skimp on this area. I am sold on Panasonic cordless phones -- they are bulletproof, even the cheap ones. And yes, I've tried them all. Also this is the first time I've paid $200 for a phone/answerer and I don't regret it. In LA this phone was so popular initially that I had a hard time finding it . One word of advice, DO NOT get the rubber fascia or grips soaked in anything other than water. I tried cleaning it with Formula 409 and the rubber surface melted a bit and messed up the smooth plastic around it.
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Summary: Giga-STATIC
Review: This phone is digital at its worst. If I move while using the phone the static will interupt my conversation, even when in the same room as the base set. In addition, the base speakerphone is barely audible at full volume. I'm going back to V-Tech.
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