Rating: Summary: Spend money on another phone Review: I purchased this phone about 9 months ago and have been very dissatisfied from the beginning. I will list the pros and cons of this phone.Pro's- 1. Compact design is very ergonomic. 2. Large easy to read display. Con's 1. Long pause between the time you hit talk and you hear a dial tone or the person on the other line. 2. Tone sounds are very loud! This becomes very annoying. 3. The menu options are extremely confusing. The phone has many great customizable options, yet they are to complicated to make them very functional. 4. Many problems even getting a dial tone or answering calls. From day one sometimes the phone will say it is out of range even when I am within inches of the base. This becomes very annoying when trying to answer a phone call and I cant. I ended up having to buy a corded phone to place right next to the ATT 900mhz so that I could be sure to answer it. 5. The Page function only pages the phone with one quick short beep. This makes this function almost useless. You need two people to make this work, one person to continue pressing page and the other to search for it. Conclusion- Obviously my problems with the out of range message are a manufacturing defect. Maybe others have better luck. Yet, all other problems I find with the phone came standard. I think my next phone will be a Panasonic
Rating: Summary: Don't buy this phone Review: I was very disappointed by this phone. I've bought AT&T phones before & liked them, but this one stinks. Most importantly, the ring detect on the phone isn't nearly sensitive enough. The phone doesn't ring on incomming calls to my house. I was told that the wires in my house were probably too long -- yet 2 other phones (from Sony & Siemens) work just fine. Additionally, the menu structure just isn't intuitive. There are too many keystrokes for most simple operations, and adding a phone directory is incredibly frustrating. The directory isn't even alphabetized -- the phone prompts you for the numerical 'slots' in the directory for the number you want -- stupid design. The only thing that saved this phone from a single star was the nice physical design. The phone does feel well-built and comfortble in your hand. Bottom Line - It doesn't ring & it's too hard to use.
Rating: Summary: Don't buy this phone Review: I was very disappointed by this phone. I've bought AT&T phones before & liked them, but this one stinks. Most importantly, the ring detect on the phone isn't nearly sensitive enough. The phone doesn't ring on incomming calls to my house. I was told that the wires in my house were probably too long -- yet 2 other phones (from Sony & Siemens) work just fine. Additionally, the menu structure just isn't intuitive. There are too many keystrokes for most simple operations, and adding a phone directory is incredibly frustrating. The directory isn't even alphabetized -- the phone prompts you for the numerical 'slots' in the directory for the number you want -- stupid design. The only thing that saved this phone from a single star was the nice physical design. The phone does feel well-built and comfortble in your hand. Bottom Line - It doesn't ring & it's too hard to use.
Rating: Summary: Works fine for my purposes Review: Just bought this phone a couple days ago and I think it works just fine for what I need it for. I do agree that the phone sometimes does not ring immediately, as there is a delay. This doesn't bother me too much because it is not the only phone on this line (I also use a corded phone which rings immediately). It has good range and I use it with a headset, which is very handy for talking on the phone and doing other things at the same time. There is a slight delay when pressing the 'Phone' button before it actually allows you to talk, but I found this to be the case with other cordless phones that I have used in the past, so it doesn't bother me.
Rating: Summary: Agreed- Do Not Buy This Phone! Review: Last night after almost 1 year of frustration I took out a big hammer and set about to destroy this phone. It fails just often enough to drive me crazy!! I have missed important calls, been unable to make a call at important times, and spent an incredible amount of time fussing with it to get it working. In case you're stuck with one of these, I found that "rebooting" it by unplugging the base helps...
Rating: Summary: Agreed- Do Not Buy This Phone! Review: Last night after almost 1 year of frustration I took out a big hammer and set about to destroy this phone. It fails just often enough to drive me crazy!! I have missed important calls, been unable to make a call at important times, and spent an incredible amount of time fussing with it to get it working. In case you're stuck with one of these, I found that "rebooting" it by unplugging the base helps...
Rating: Summary: This phone does not ring Review: That's the problem. I've missed countless calls. I'm going to have to return this phone. Choose another!
Rating: Summary: Buggy product - SKIP THIS ITEM! Review: These phones seem to have a problem where the ringer fails intermittently, even when on the base! If you feel compelled to buy this lousy phone, be sure you have an answering machine!
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