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Summary: All in one
Review: Amazon price was best, by as much as 50%. Cordless handset is very convenient.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: First of all this phone comes from a well renouned company, G.E. Secondly this phone has the feature that i havent seen in any other phone and that is the cordless handset and the base set with the corded handset. This allows you to hear and talk without disturbing others from the base set as well as handset also. The base has also dialpad for dialing from the base.Moreover it has all other features like, call waiting, cli, hold, intercom e.t.c (See technical details for more). And the price is well less then those other sets that are only handsets or are with a base that dosent have base pad for dialing.
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Summary: Lack of support for GE phone
Review: I have had this phone for less than a year and the remote unit stopped working. I replaced the batteries several times with no results. I tried to call the numbers listed in the User's Guide and found I will have to send the whole thing back to get it repaired, plus I could not talk to a technical person to see if there was another repair option.
I would never buy a GE phone again.
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Summary: not a keeper
Review: I thought I had found a real value with this combination phone that boasted all the features I was looking for. However; the handset, which was to be the primary phone used, proved to be worthless. The only way to get clear reception was to be in the same room as the base (how's that for defeating the purpose?) and the caller ID came up with an 'error' all too frequently. Four days after purchasing this phone, I dumped it and got a Panasonic which I'm quite happy with.
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Summary: OK Phone
Review: I wish I could find another phone like this by another manufacturer. It's an OK phone, but the little things are really beginning to bug me (after 4 months): can't read main display at night (backlight only comes on when phone is in use or phone is ringing); cordless charge doesn't last very long (a couple of days off the charger, without a lot of use, and it needs to be reacharged again); answering machine doesn't play the announcement so you can hear whether or not the announcement is working (also, other answering machines we've had stop the announcement if the caller hangs up); no good way to just view the caller-id's of the "new" calls; no way to delete "old" caller-id calls. Phone works fine, just the little things really beginning to bother me.
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Summary: Very, very good phone
Review: I've had mine for over a year now, and it's great. Good sound quality, everything works, and I really like that when the electricity goes out (and it has gone out recently) I still have phone service.
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Summary: Own This Phone For 3 years
Review: I've owned this phone for about 3 years now. For one of those years, we used it as an office phone, and it got really heavy duty usage. The only complaint I have is that the speakerphone feature gave out fairly quickly. But otherwise, this phone is flawless. Its especially great if you need a phone in another room but don't want to install another phone jack. All you have to do is put the cordless in that room.
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Summary: Everything I needed, at a great price
Review: My desktop speakerphone died some time ago, and when my cordless phone bit the dust last week, I started shopping to replace them both. I also wanted a digital answering system, since I wanted to save the monthly charges and ditch phone company voice mail. This one unit took care of all three needs, and at a very reasonable price. Both the desktop phone and the cordless handset are very sturdily built and have straightforward operation. Sound quality is very good on the cordless, and the ability to access messages on the answering system from either the desktop unit or the handheld is very nice. The manual says the speakerphone is full duplex in its operation, though I haven't used it yet. If it really is, that would make this unit even more of a value for the price. It's simple to program names and numbers for speed dial, though I haven't decided yet if it's a pro or con that the desktop phone and handset have two separate memory banks (10 speed dial memories each). You can easily page through your speed dials in the LCD display on both the main unit and the cordless, in case you forget who is assigned to which speed dial number. The answering system is easy to set up and use, and has plenty of recording time. It allows for remote message retrieval access and has a toll-saver ringer setting. You can't change your greeting by calling in, though, or do anything else except listen to, save or delete messages. The audio time stamp works accurately. GE did a very good job of integrating the main unit and cordless. It's very easy to transfer calls back and forth between the two phones, and you can even screen callers as they leave messages from the handset - then pick up the line if you decide to take the call! You can also set up a conference call with one person on the main unit and one person on the cordless, as well as page and have intercom calls between the two phones. The LCD display on the base unit is clear and easy to read with adjustable contrast; the handheld's display is trickier, as it's only really clear from a certain angle. Looking straight down at the handset display doesn't work well - you have to tilt the phone slightly away from you (which, granted, is the angle you will probably use the phone with anyway). But for seeing caller ID info when the phone rings, it's a minor annoyance, though one I am getting used to. This unit is on the "no frills" side - there aren't a lot of speed dial memory slots, and there aren't any one-touch dedicated buttons for speed dialing. The answering system is perfectly adequate but doesn't have extra bells or whistles (being able to change your greeting or ring settings remotely would be nice, for instance). But I suspect that's how GE keeps the price down, and that's fine with me. A final note: GE is ambiguous as to whether this unit is 900 mhz digital or 900 mhz analog in its transmission. It has a "digital security system" designed to prevent unauthorized access, but I've seen this unit listed as both analog and digital on various merchant websites. I assume, given the price paid, that it's essentially an analog phone, so if the higher security of digital transmission is important, I'd suggest checking this out before buying. Overall, I'm quite happy with the phone, and recommend it without hesitation to anyone who needs 2 phones in one with an answering system thrown in. For those who don't need the answering system, GE makes a hightly-reviewed (and easier to find) version without the answerer for $80.
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Summary: Okay
Review: Not a horrible phone, but not the best quality either. My two-year old broke the antenna off the portable within two weeks (our two other portables have not had this problem). We glued it back on and it still works. The speaker phone occasionally cuts out while on hold--no apparent problems while using it to talk. Sound quality is fine and no problems using the unit throughout the house (including upstairs with the base downstairs).
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Summary: Two Phones -- One Jack
Review: Replaced 3 phones and a speaker (total of 4) with a GE 26955GE1 and a GE 26958GE1 (total of 4 phones). Both GEs consist of corded phone (which does require a wall-jack) and a cordless handset (which only requires power). After reviewing dozens of other models of 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz phones, I opted for these. Wanted corded units to ensure phones remained in the kitchen and computer room, and cordless handsets to roam the house. The cordless phones don't interfere with each other and are immune to the microwave in the kitchen (many 2.4 GHz models are reportedly effected by microwaves and fight with wireless LAN networks). Having Caller-ID in both the corded base and the handset is essential -- we don't answer "Unknown caller"s. The cordless is ideal next to your bed, the handset sits upright in its charger and the Caller-ID display is backlit -- it's easy to see at night. The Caller-ID on the base is hard to see from an angle -- you've got to be over top of it, not have it pushed to the back of your desk/table. Controls are easy to use, we use the Page/Intercom button to transfer calls between the house and the yard (we usually carry a cordless out to the spa or garage) -- and also to locate wayward handsets. Both corded and cordless handsets have volume controls and ringer-off switches. Can access the answering machine functions remotely (dial-in), directly from the base, or from the cordless. We've been able to get 4 people on the 4 phones with virtually no problem. Range of cordless is fine ... can reach the front mailbox and spa out back. Quality is great too ... no static. I'm a perfectionist though, here's where are the cons:
* Caused static on my corded Sony caller-ID phone (Model #IT-ID70) ... but not on any other phone
* Can't review caller-ID log while either handset is off-hook
* Can't store numbers directly from caller-ID to the dialing directory
* Unusually loud feedback circuit -- my own voice frequently overloads my earpiece (don't know what it sounds like on the remote end).
* The white color looks good now, but will probably show wear, dirt, and make-up easily.
* Headset jack on the cordless accepts my wife's Nokia cell phone, but it doesn't work (GE wants $35 for theirs). During Christmas 2001, no literature was available on these models -- they are made by Thompson Consumer Products, part of the GE family now (Thompson CSF makes French Exocet anti-ship missiles).
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