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Summary: Performance Review of SPP-A945
Review: Since purchasing this telephone, we have had sterling performance on most fronts. The reception is clear at both ends, the answering machine menu is very helpful and the range on the handset is reasonable. The only irritating problem is when the handset is placed on base after switching from handset to speakerphone. A very shrill sound emanates.
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Summary: Poor product all around
Review: The handset volume was too low; all conversations had to be turned up to be heard, even in a quiet room. The handset was not clear for either party. Sounds were "clipped". The recordings on the answering machine were unintelligible and had to be repeated several times. The message counter only indicated new messages, so there was no way to gage how many old messages might be on the machine without playing them. The beeping tone indicating new messages was nearly inaudible. No backup battery in base to keep settings in case of power outage. And, lastly, it was nice being able to perform any answering machine functions from the handset on my last phone; no such feature on this phone. At least the handset wasn't so small it couldn't be held or cradled between your cheek and shoulder. I returned the item to the store from which it was purchased and am awaiting a new one to try.
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Summary: Don't drop it
Review: The phone is great, but with it has one small problem. Whenever you jar the base of the handset, it drops the call and must be returned to the handset. Otherwise, it is a good value and high quality.
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Summary: phone doesn't work, not reliable, expected better from sony
Review: The phone seemed great, answering machine had problems with cutting off parts of message... after 1 week, battery just wouldn't work, even though phone had not been away from base cradle except for actual phone calls. Replacing battery at my own cost did not fix. I returned item as faulty and would not recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Save your money
Review: The quality of this phone is bad, even by Sony standards. During a call, the background noise worsens and will render most conversations inaudible. As others have noted, the answering machine will not record messages from quiet callers.Apply the cost of this phone to one of the more highly rated ones, otherwise you'll pay twice - once for this piece of junk and once for its replacement.
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Summary: The phone is excellent; the digital answering machine poor
Review: The Sony phone/answering system we purchased has the caller ID on the handset itself. The phone is the best phone we've ever had. However, the digital built in ans. machine is the worst. It is very difficult to understand what people said because it is very muffled and "digitized."
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Summary: Dropouts are a problem
Review: This is a really great phone except for two problems. (1) Occasionally when a caller leaves a message on the message machine, dropouts (no sound) will occur. This happens if the caller's voice is quiet or the connection is poor. We returned the phone because we were missing so many messages. (2) To get 18 minutes of recording, sony compresses the voice messages and so they sometimes come out garbled and difficult to hear. Also, the outgoing message isn't very loud to the caller and they frequently ignore it. Other than that, this was a really great phone.
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Summary: This Junk from Sony???
Review: We bought this phone and returned it three times for repairs within a year. Now the earpiece went to hell such that folks can hear what we're saying but we can't hear them. Perfect for the budding narciscist but good for little else. One Sony-authorized North American repair facility requires mailing the phone back and forth and results in a 4-week delay and a (Money) charge if the repair technicians can't detect or won't acknowledge the problem. How handy is this? I'm buying something else ... based more on customer ratings than brand-name...
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