GE Cordless 5.8 GHz Digital 28041EE1 Phone with Color LCD, Picture Caller ID and Digital Answering System

We got this phone when our old one broke. 5.8gHz is great because it doesn't interfere with our wireless network. The best feature is the "do not disturb" button. It completely silences the system including the incoming message. Helps keep the phone from waking the baby up. ALso, the ability to upload photos and attach them to specific phone numbers is great too because it allows us to put our photos and grandma's photos as well as the polic and fire depts on the phone so if our daughter ever has an emergency and needs to use the phone to call for help, she can do it just by toggling through the pictures and hitting the enter key. Really some nice innovations. PLus, you can record ringtones and assign them to certain numbers and know who's calling just by the tone. Also awesome for avoiding calls from parents, bosses, in-laws etc...

One reviewer stated this phone will not hold a charge after a few phone calls. I dont think she let it charge for 16hrs before use. This phone has a lot going on for the price. I have my kids photo on the display and it has the abilty to link pictures to the person calling you. You can even have your own music placed on this phone. Great phone for the price. Other phones with a lcd cost at least an additional 20 dollors or more.

The most important thing it doesn't do is have a volume option for the ringer. (There's only volume for someone's voice on the other end.) I can sit one foot away from the phone, have music playing at a normal level, and not hear it ring. Only when the answering machine kicks in do I hear someone's voice and realized I had missed all the rings! If I'm in the next room (the kitchen) and have the microwave on or running water at the sink I won't hear the phone. It is so ridiculous how soft sounding this phone is. My old phone, I could watch TV and the phone ringing would disrupt me from hearing my program, this phone I don't even hear. I'm young and have excellent hearing, I assure you it's not me.

Sometimes this phone has a bad connection, I'll hear an echo when I speak. Or the person I'm speaking to will think there's someone in the room with me speaking. A couple times I've been disconnected from calls. I also bought this phone for my mother and she's had the same...Read more