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Siemens 242 2.4 GHz White Cordless Phone with Caller ID

Siemens 242 2.4 GHz White Cordless Phone with Caller ID

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: this one's going back...
Review: This phone is quite different from other cordless phones on the market, but not necessarily in good ways. it's super small, which would seem great until trying to do the hands-free shoulder cradle thing. the design is sleek and there's no antenna sticking out, but ergonomics suffer. the biggest factor in returning this is the sound quality. it has 2.4 ghz but neither i nor my callers could tolerate all of the static. unfortunately i didn't research this enough -- after reading various product reviews, i'm going to send it back and try a sanyo or panasonic.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: EXCELLANT PHONE SYSTEM
Review: We have used this system in our home for 2 years and are very pleased with the performance. I use the intercom system several times a day and it saves many steps. I would never again buy a phone without a headset capability.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This phone eats batteries
Review: While this phone basically does what it advertises to do, it fails to impress because of a certain amount of thoughtlessness in the details.

For example, it is, in fact, imbued with a reliable caller ID service, speed dialing, and a helpful caller log. But the LED screen isn?t backlit. As a result all those neat features aren?t usable at night, when you perhaps need them most. Likewise, its small size at first seems a convenience?until you remember that comfort is more important in a home phone than portability. Bigger phones are better around the house, where you tend to want a phone you can actually rest on your shoulder.

But its bigger offenses, I think, have to do with the way it performs its most basic functions: power and reception.

It requires much more recharge time on the base than much older phones, and that charge evaporates quite quickly?even when the phone is not in active use. Worse, my particular unit?and maybe all of them--doesn?t reliably snap into the base. It?s possible to put the phone in the cradle and yet not have the contacts touch. As a result, the phone could spend hours in the cradle without recharging at all.

Its reception, too, is baffling. While does have a fair range, it seems to pick up background noise more clearly than the sound of my voice--clearly the opposite of how you want a phone to work.

I don?t mean to sound too negative, here. Most of the time it works like it?s supposed to. But I can?t help feeling if it had been tweaked with a little more market research, Seimens might have come up with a more practical product.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Good feature set marred by unexpected inconveniences
Review: While this phone basically does what it advertises to do, it fails to impress because of a certain amount of thoughtlessness in the details.

For example, it is, in fact, imbued with a reliable caller ID service, speed dialing, and a helpful caller log. But the LED screen isn't backlit. As a result all those neat features aren't usable at night, when you perhaps need them most. Likewise, its small size at first seems a convenience-until you remember that comfort is more important in a home phone than portability. Bigger phones are better around the house, where you tend to want a phone you can actually rest on your shoulder.

But its bigger offenses, I think, have to do with the way it performs its most basic functions: power and reception.

It requires much more recharge time on the base than much older phones, and that charge evaporates quite quickly-even when the phone is not in active use. Worse, my particular unit-and maybe all of them--doesn't reliably snap into the base. It's possible to put the phone in the cradle and yet not have the contacts touch. As a result, the phone could spend hours in the cradle without recharging at all.

Its reception, too, is baffling. While does have a fair range, it seems to pick up background noise more clearly than the sound of my voice--clearly the opposite of how you want a phone to work.

I don't mean to sound too negative, here. Most of the time it works like it's supposed to. But I can't help feeling if it had been tweaked with a little more market research, Seimens might have come up with a more practical product.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Telephone Magic...
Review: Words cannot express how impressed I am with this phone. My mother order this phone and to my disbelief I was able to hear perfectly clearly without static. We live around trees that are over 100 years old and we do not have proper reception. My mother purchased this phone for her house, we borrowed after i fell in love with the amazing clear reception and the light weight of the cordless phone. We are now order one more for our business line. Also, free shipping we can not say anymore.


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