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This is a great phone, good audio, in and out, phone book works well, headset jack works well. A lighted window would be nice.
It used to be that corded telephones were more inexpensive than cordless ones. Soon, you hear a loud busy signal and "if you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again." If there's a trick, I haven't figured it out yet. Not anymore. This one is okay, but it doesn't hang up when you put the handset back on the cradle. But for the price, the phone is okay. If you have a home office, I would recommend spending a bit more and getting something better.
This phone had everything I wanted -- speakerphone, a headset connector, and call waiting/caller ID. Although there are two things which do bug me a bit: the phone is a bit light on the desk and the feet don't have very good grip, so as one other reviewer mentioned, it does slide around a bit if you inadvertently pull on the handset cord. Oddly enough this is a really unusual combination to find if you DON'T want an answering machine, or an AT&T model which only comes in white (at least when I was looking). The headset has a good heft, and the phone works well. Second, the caller ID screen is hard to read unless you're in a VERY bright room, and/or reading the display from directly above. If these two items were rectified, it would be five-stars all-the-way.
But I am amazed by this phone lack of a "message waiting" indicator. I bought this phone because it's one of the few desk phones on the market that (a) has a headset jack (b) does not plug into wall power. There is a red LED in the top right corner of the phone, but that's just a "ring indicator", which is useless to me because the ring is itself an indicator. The later is important because there is a lot of electrical interference in my house and other phones (with AC power) had too much static on the line.Overall I like this phone. The call quality is great. (I suppose the "ring indicator" light is useful for the hearing impaired.Anyway. if this phone has a flashing light that indicated "messages are waiting" I would have rated this a 5-star product.
This was ordered for my home office due to having a speaker phone and several good reviews I read. It reminds me of a kid's toy phone.actually a kid's toy phone is made better. After receiving it , it wouldn't work and was made very cheap. This is a very cheap product and made in china with thin plastic. Look for another phone if you want to actually talk on a phone. Bad product.
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