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Summary: Good sound with bad usability
Review: I really wanted to like this phone. It has wall mount, digital spread spectrum, excellent sound quality, a comfortable handset, and a good feature list. After two days, I can't stand using it anymore.
- You can't dial the phone from the base if you are using the handset - defeats the whole purpose of multiple keypads.
- The caller ID won't stop blinking without picking up the handset and going through multiple menu items.
- The phone won't let you step through the names in the stored directory any faster than one per second.
- Speed dial only works on the base, not the handset.
- Speed dial and the stored directory don't work together.
- Transferring calls between the speaker phone and the handset is a tedious, noisy operation.
- No mute button.
- Too much loud beeping that you can't turn off.
In short - if you aren't a phone power user, don't pay for the extra features on this phone. If you are a power user, find a phone designed by someone with common sense. I'm still looking.
Rating:
Summary: Good sound with bad usability
Review: I really wanted to like this phone. It has wall mount, digital spread spectrum, excellent sound quality, a comfortable handset, and a good feature list. After two days, I can't stand using it anymore.
- You can't dial the phone from the base if you are using the handset - defeats the whole purpose of multiple keypads.
- The caller ID won't stop blinking without picking up the handset and going through multiple menu items.
- The phone won't let you step through the names in the stored directory any faster than one per second.
- Speed dial only works on the base, not the handset.
- Speed dial and the stored directory don't work together.
- Transferring calls between the speaker phone and the handset is a tedious, noisy operation.
- No mute button.
- Too much loud beeping that you can't turn off.
In short - if you aren't a phone power user, don't pay for the extra features on this phone. If you are a power user, find a phone designed by someone with common sense. I'm still looking.
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Summary: Short life span!
Review: I've owned this phone for a little more than a year. At first I was very satisfied not only with the features, but also with the voice quality. Unfortunately, by now the phone is barely usable and I am already looking for a replacement.First, the battery life was adequate for nearly the first year. I would get about 4 hours of talk time, which was okay. However, the standby time was not very good... If I left home for a weekend, the phone would inevitably be dead upon my return. However, after 1 year, the battery life has shortened significantly to about 2 hours of talk time. The indicator is also of very little use because it will go from 2 out of 3 bars to dead. Secondly, the main reason I am replacing this phone (I could always buy a replacement battery) is that the phone randomly cuts out all the time. At first I thought it might be interference from my home wireless network, but I noticed this was also a common complaint from other users. Frankly, the frequent dead silences are too great of an annoyance for me and for the people I am talking to. If this phone is still available for purchase, I would recommend against it.
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Summary: Short life span!
Review: I've owned this phone for a little more than a year. At first I was very satisfied not only with the features, but also with the voice quality. Unfortunately, by now the phone is barely usable and I am already looking for a replacement. First, the battery life was adequate for nearly the first year. I would get about 4 hours of talk time, which was okay. However, the standby time was not very good... If I left home for a weekend, the phone would inevitably be dead upon my return. However, after 1 year, the battery life has shortened significantly to about 2 hours of talk time. The indicator is also of very little use because it will go from 2 out of 3 bars to dead. Secondly, the main reason I am replacing this phone (I could always buy a replacement battery) is that the phone randomly cuts out all the time. At first I thought it might be interference from my home wireless network, but I noticed this was also a common complaint from other users. Frankly, the frequent dead silences are too great of an annoyance for me and for the people I am talking to. If this phone is still available for purchase, I would recommend against it.
Rating: 
Summary: handset volume a little too low
Review: the volume on the handset is too low, especially when using a headset. Too bad because it would be a great phone. It has great range.
Rating:
Summary: Good all-round phone except for one major omission
Review: This phone generally works well. The fast battery charging, caller-ID and sound quality are fine. Just one problem: there is no microphone mute! This seems to be an IMPORTANT, simple, feature lacking from most Panasonic phones. Why, I don't know. If I am in a conference call, and others are not easily heard, I have to turn the volume up to the max, and then the slightest sound (e.g. keyboard clicks) at my end engages the anti-microphony muting and I miss the next 10 second of their conversation!
Rating:
Summary: Pretty darn good, with a few exceptions
Review: Yes, the lack of mute button is annoying. I also like to turn off my ringer at night, and instead of having a switch on the phone (like my previous Panasonic cordless) you have to wade through several menus, while the thing beeps at you loudly for each menu item/choice. When my wife is sleeping while I try to set this... well, it's sort of against the whole *point* of turning the ringer off. The other annoying thing I find is the "Voicemail indicator" (blinking light), while a very nice feature, often won't go off after you've deleted your mailbox of voicemail (this is phone company type voicemail service - not built-in voicemail on the phone - which it doesn't have). And now, the thing is permanently on (blinking). I can't seem to get it to go away, even after unplugging the unit. Weird. Other than that, this phone is very nice.
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