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Saw this phone for $25 in Fry's, man, this is a DETC phone that does not interference with WiFi. All DECT phones are $60 or more; So I got one home.
When I use this phone to call my friends, the first words from them are all the same: "Can you speak louder?". I'm a singer, you know how loud my voice is.
Beside, there is always a background "shi shi..." noise.
Going to return it tomorrow. Back to my old and trusty 900MHz phones which has no interference issue at all, unlike the 2.4 and 5.8GH phones.
As another reviewer said: the CID is just a little better than nothing. The guy who designed this phone must be an idiot.
There is no re-dial button. Can you believe?
There is no headset jack.
the sound is perfect. the design is by far the best among the others. i bought it for my parents. it has the most readable and touchable keys. but, lcd look is terrible. the style on the lcd panel is very difficult to read. the volume is not enough for my parents even though i tried the highest volume. however, it is one of the best on the market with this price.
The sound quality is great, the interference is alot better but not totally eliminated. The only bad thing is the caller ID, its letters are small and hard to see, does not display the cellular number . they can do better on the caller ID screen.
We've tried several wireless phone systems and have been dissappointed. We are very satisfied with these phones by Phillips. We purchased this and an external handset as well. We're happy with the clear sound and strong signal. We are using in a home/office environment and haven't heard any interference from lots of WiFi traffic going on. Nice looking phone with a solid feel. There's a newer version available now in Europe - same technology but in a lighter color which may appeal to some.
Once again, a consumer electronics hardware maker proves that they can't develop a good software interface for their device. In terms of physical design, this is one of the best cordless phones out there. The sound quality is also quite good, and the DECT technology works on a band that keeps it free of WiFi interference. However, I had to return this phone right away because the interface is so awful. First of all, Philips really shortchanged this device by putting in a cheap LCD display that can only display 8 letters on caller ID, and then they are letters formed in barely legible block-style on the numerical display. I mean, how much more would if have cost them to put in a modern LCD display with enough pixels to show real letters? But the clincher is the poor design of this phone's Caller ID interface. Call it Caller Confusion. If you have Caller ID with Name service from your phone company, with this phone you can only see the name -- and only the first 8 letters of it! While the phone call is coming in, there is no way to scroll the display to show the phone number. You can only see that AFTER the phone has stopped ringing. What use is that? If the incoming phone call actually has a name from the phone company, this is barely OK, but for the many calls that have no name, this phone will show "CELL PHO" or "UNKNOWN" or "800 SERV". There is no way to get it to show the actual number while the phone is still ringing. If you're trying to screen calls, it's essentially useless. Whoever designed this interface just doesn't get what Caller ID is for in the first place. I would have loved to like this phone, because I think the phones from Panasonic, VTech, Motorola and others are horribly ugly, and my previous Panasonic had the worst audio quality imagnable. But this phone doesn't cut it as well. Why is the cordless phone market so devoid of good products?
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