Corded and Dect 6.0 Combo Phon
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$59.99
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- $48.80
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Product Info
- Brand: Motorola
- EAN: 0899705002002
- Manufacturer: Motorola
Features
- DECT 6.0 Cordless Telephone with Corded Base
- 15 Minute Digital Answering System on Base
- 9 Speed Dial Presets
- Handsfree Speakerphone on Base and Handset
- 60 Name and Number Phonebook
Editorial Reviews:
PHONE, COMBINATION CORDED/CORDLESS
Spotlight customer reviews:
- Customer Rating:
- Summary: 4 1/2 STARS - Details you might like to know
- Comment: First, I want to say that I love this phone (set). It just works, feels good in the hand and by the ear and doesn't weigh 5 pounds.
Some people have made good reviews already of this phone set but there were a couple things I thought to add or suggest.
The corded phone w/ answering system and speaker phone - for me, has too short of a cord. I bought a long black one @ Radio Shack which works better. The corded phone does indeed ring and take/send calls when there is a power outage. We had a big storm and the power went out and sure enough, it was the only phone that rang (a call to see if we were alright :). The speakerphone works about 'average' - my older Panasonic (and much more expensive) speakerphone performs much better. But for use on my desk, the Motorola is sufficient for a speakerphone. I like the style of these phones, they look smartly constructed (but not heavy).
One thing to note on the ANSWERING MACHINE - if you do have a power outage or even some kind of interruption on your phone line, then go and check if the answering machine reset to not recording messages. I found this to be the case. For example, I have DSL internet here and the tech. guy upgraded my TV/cable signal (thru phone line) and though no power went out or anything, the action still turned the answering system off. The little 'new message icon' is a bit small (another reviewer stated this with some ferocity) BUT if you do have new messages, it will state this in words on the panel saying like, "2 new messages". So no worries there. I did find it easy to listen to the messages from the cordless phone which is a nice feature. I like the feel of the keypad. OH, and this is a bonus - the answering machine voice is a FEMALE, so I used that instead of recording my own. (finally!) All the other phones I've had in the past had male voices, so this was nice as I'm a woman and don't always want my own voice on the recording. That was a pleasant surprise, not a biggie, but a plus.
The cordless phone is lightweight, has good reception about what most phones have, performs without any problems. There is not a clip on the back of the phone (like many of my other cordless phones have had) and I confess I miss that. But it's not a big deal. I just got used to sliding the phone (with a clip) on to my pants/trousers, whatever, when I wanted to be hands-free but needed to carry the phone with me (like outside). The footprint of the cordless phone in the charger is small which is great. Doesn't take up much room at all. The battery seems to last a long time, I haven't worn it out yet and I've had some long phone calls and left it off the charger. So the battery life is good. Better than average.
Four and a half stars for the less important notes I left here otherwise it's a complete winner for me. 50 bucks is an excellent value, really for all you get. I had an AT&T similar setup and didn't like it. It was only several months old. The older Panasonic cordless phone/anwering/speaker phone I still have, (was real expensive in the day), but I have that in the kitchen because the speakerphone is superb. I can walk to the pantry and can still talk and be heard. amazing. (they don't make 'em like they used to). But I digress..
This Motorola combo phone set was exactly what I was looking for. I wanted a corded phone that would work in power outages, had an answering machine and speaker phone, looks nice, and is easy to use on my desk. The cordless has good clear reception, long battery life, easy to use and feels good in the hand (which is a big deal) and I use that everywhere else.
I added a few pics for your review so you can see what the phone(s) look like when not appearing like an advertising graphic. Also, the color of the screen when it lights up is not so yellow gold as in the ad photos, so I took a pic of that. It's more yellow orange, in case you'd like to know.
I highly recommend this phone set if what you're looking for is anything like what I found.
- Customer Rating:
- Summary: Tricky to use but a nice combo phone
- Comment: This phone combo is nice and feels expensive. Setting it up and using is not that intuitive. I haven't had it for very long so hopefully it will get easier with time but there seems to be a lot of button pressing and menus and it's not easy to navigate or use. It's also annoying that if you enter a phonebook entry on the base, it won't be duplicated on the cordless handset and you have to enter it again and vice versa. Some phones just do it automatically. But it sure does look good and the sound quality is great. The answering machine also seems to work very well but again setting it up was hard. Maybe I'm just slow. The range is good but the battery on the cordless seems to loose charge pretty quickly, maybe I got a wonky one but after a short conversation the top bar on the battery indicator is gone. There's some customizing you can do, there's eleven different ringer types, some of them are pretty nice musical numbers, and you can change the message continually displayed on the handset and base, and can tell it to beep for all sorts of things like low battery or out of range. I haven't tried the speaker phone on the base or handset, only to listen to voicemails on my cell phone, so I don't know how well the mic works, I predict quite well telling by the quality of the rest of the phone.
- Customer Rating:
- Summary: Love this phone!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Comment: I love this phone. The previous phone I had which was a Phillips which to me was severely overpriced, got it's butt whomped by this phone. It's user friendly and I love the fact that I can retrieve my voicemail, from the base phone. Granted some may hate on the corded part of the phone, how the buttons are hard to push. That feature didn't bother me. It's a minor flaw on a phone which overall was very well made.
- Customer Rating:
- Summary: new telephone
- Comment: I had been wanting to purchase a new telephone for several months and found exactly what I was looking for on Amazon.com. The telephone had all the qualities I was looking for; one cordless phone, caller ID, digital readout, and the smaller size. It was exactly what I wanted. But, I still think some of the instructions, just like other telephone, are more complicated then they need to be.
- Customer Rating:
- Summary: Don't waste your $$
- Comment: This is a clear case of all fluff and no substance. The only good thing about this phone is it's appearence. Stupid chioce of ring tones, very difficult to navigate, no back light on key pad. In fact this phone is so poor that I wont waste any more of my time writting about it.
