Panasonic KXTC1703B 900MHz Cordless Phone with Caller ID (Black)

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Summary: Best phone around!
Review: This is one of the best cordless phones around. You can't go wrong with this one. It is very comfortable to use, has a pleasant ringing tone, and has some cool features. The best feature that I use all the time is the speaker phone which is in the handset. I can hear very well, and the caller can hear me just as well. Plus, I can roam about the house while using the speaker phone in the handset. It has a lot of other features that are extremely easy to use. For the price, it's a great deal. The base is small, so it doesn't take up a lot of table space. The battery charges quick, and I have not had a problem with it running down fast (as others have eluded to in their reviews). I can't say enough good things about this phone.

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Summary: Bad sound quality...
Review: This phone has the typical Panasonic characteristics: good looking, solid feeling, feature rich, and good worksmanship. However, this model uses digital transmission, probably a ADPCM-based digital vocoder, so voice will "clip" from time to time when it is hit with radio interference. Also, it takes a few seconds for the ADPCM vocoder to "adapt" to the radio interference to adjust modulation, which is to clear up voice. It's pretty irritating when part of your voice is chopped... One last thing, Panasonic removed "rapid charge" feature from the 2002 product line up, so it will take 15-17 hours to charge up a battery that lasts 5 hours.

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Summary: Bad sound quality...
Review: This phone has the typical Panasonic characteristics: good looking, solid feeling, feature rich, and good worksmanship. However, this model uses digital transmission, probably a ADPCM-based digital vocoder, so voice will "clip" from time to time when it is hit with radio interference. Also, it takes a few seconds for the ADPCM vocoder to "adapt" to the radio interference to adjust modulation, which is to clear up voice. It's pretty irritating when part of your voice is chopped... One last thing, Panasonic removed "rapid charge" feature from the 2002 product line up, so it will take 15-17 hours to charge up a battery that lasts 5 hours.

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Summary: Doesn't cut the mustard
Review: This phone is about ten times backwards from the previous model 1701B. The batteries go out quickly and the range is not even 1/4 of the older model 1701B. I replaced my previous phone(KX-TC1701B with this one because my son drowned it in water, hoping that this one KX-TC1703B would be just as good. NOT!! DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!