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Summary: Great features, echoes if you turn volume higher
Review: I loved this phone when I first bought it from Sams Club. The version I bought included a 2nd handset w/ a color screen. Cool ringers, nice speakerphone capability and answering machine. I was thrilled, until I turned the volume up. I could hear my voice echo every time I spoke. I had to return the phone, because that was unnacceptable for this expensive of a phone. Vtech seems to be aware of the problem. I would only recommend this phone if you have excellent hearing and don't need to turn the volume louder.
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Summary: Worst Phone Yet!
Review: This phone is great for the speaker, but I would not recommend this phone for the hearing impaired. Both my husband and I agree, it's like talking to someone standing in the middle lane of a highway. The back ground noise make it very hard to hear the person on the other end. Everyone sounds like they have a cold. Just by looking at the phone, you can tell it takes up to much room.
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Summary: But I don't want a basestation sitting on a desk
Review: My requirements for a phone system was a) compatible with 802.11b network, no answering machine, message light, hideable base station.This one meets the requirements. It doesn't get 5 stars because caller id and the directory aren't shareable across the phones, but I can live with that. I have hidden the base station in the closet with the wireless router (it is sitting on top of the router and I plan on wall mounting it in the same general location) and I have had no network or phone issues from them stepping on each other. My other pet peeve is that the 5820 handset that this came with has a cool blue backlight and the other handsets I bought came with a (not so cool) green backlight. An email to VTech confirmed that some handsets have a green light and there is no way to tell from looking at the box.
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Summary: Worst Phone Yet!!!!
Review: This phone is the worst. It takes up to much room. The sound reception is like talking to someone in the center lane of the expressway. We own another Vtech phone which was a total waste too. The only best part about this phone is it has a speaker phone, but for anything else the phone isn't worth the bucks. For the hearing impaired this is your worst nightmare of a phone.
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Summary: Poor sound quality and range.
Review: I agree with other reviews stating the poor sound quality, dependant on position/room location. There is an echo and sometimes static even when one room away. And while you get more "security" with the higher frequency, you are losing a lot of range with it. A 900 MgHz is much better if you live in the country and take it up to a km away. I do like some features but not at all worth the price.
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Summary: Cordless Phone Range
Review: This isn't a review of this particular product as much as it is a comment about the range of cordless phones as it relates to the frequency at which they operate. As a general rule the higher the frequency the shorter the operating range. There are factors (like the amount of power) that could affect the range but these are closely controlled by the FCC and other agencys. The higher frequency provides the ability to provide more features but at a loss of signal range. The best illustration of this is the cars on the street that have the sound cranked up. You can hear the low (bass) sounds from a block away because they operate at a low frequency and move through objects very easily. The higher the frequency the more likely it is that it will be deflected or blocked by an object. My 900MHz v-tech phone has a range that allows me to use it over at my neighbors house which is over 150' away, while my new 2.4GHz phone won't even cross the yard between us.
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Summary: Best Cordless I ever owned.
Review: We've owned about 10 cordless phones in the past, this is the best. None are perfect but this is close. The speaker phones on the base & handset are so clear people cannot tell I'm talking on a speaker phone. I love all the features on the base & handset. I would highly recommend.
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Summary: unacceptably poor quality
Review: I agree with other reviewers that the quality of this phone in terms of being able to hear and be heard is poor enough to warrant returning it. To best describe the quality, I would say it's like talking on a speakerphone even when speaking directly into the handset. There are odd fluctuations in the volume levels of what you can hear, there is static whenever you speak, there is eerily dead silence when the conversation pauses and there is a very faint echo of everything you say. People on the other end of the call also complain about the quality. Using a headset did nothing to improve the situation. This is all too bad because the design of separating the base from the handset is perfect for me. And the fact that using the phone doesn't disconnect my wireless internet connection as my 2.4GHz phone did is great. But I guess I am willing to put up with that to return to the excellent sound quality of my 2.4GHz Uniden telphone.
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Summary: Dont buy this phone
Review: Is there a lower rate than a 1-star? This is the worst phone I ever had. I was merely 10 feet away from the base and the static was just to much to bear. I got it yesterday and I'm returning it today.
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Summary: Can't really be this bad
Review: This phone really can't be this bad. This is absolutely the worst phone I have ever used. It is worse then a cell phone in an area with poor reception. The battery cover is loose and feels like it is going to fall off. There is a constant echo on this phone and it has disconnected me 3 times in one week. I am returning this phone for an exchange to see if maybe it is just this specific phone.
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