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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: By Avid Amazon Shopper (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: GE Dect 6.0 Digital Dual Keypad 2-Handset Black Cordless Phone with Goog-411 and Digital Answering System (28851FE2) (Office Product) UPDATE:
Well I've had this phone for 6 days now and HATE IT. The base and all its components are fine. Its the handsets. As mentioned before the lighting on the handsets are AWFUL. I tried to get used to it until I had to answer the phone at night and even make a call. YOU CAN'T SEE THE NUMBERS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE DARK, or even a little light. The blue backlight doesn't help at all. Now I know numbers on handsets have been in the same place for years but when you're used to a handset that displayed lights behind all the numbers and characters, it very hard to get used to a handset that doesn't. Several times when I meant to hit the "7", I hit the *. I totally regret buying this phone. I bought this phone at Christmas time. Amazon is the perfect place to find GREAT sales items during the holidays. The set up features are basically easy to understand. Make sure you familiarize yourself with the button names and the exact...Read more 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: By PG (East Coast) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: GE Dect 6.0 Digital Dual Keypad 2-Handset Black Cordless Phone with Goog-411 and Digital Answering System (28851FE2) (Office Product) I can hardly believe the other reviews are for this phone because I find it to be a great phone. It has a lot of impressive features that phones twice the price don't have and the sound quality is excellent...crisp and clear. I had initially ordered a Uniden Dect 6.0 cordless phone that went back the next day because it had horrible sound quality...like I was listening through a tin can. This is the phone I purchased in its place and it's head over heals better than the Uniden in sound quality and features. Even the ring tone selections are better. I especially love the Do Not Disturb (DND) feature. My last phone had it and it's one of those things that once you have there's no going back. The GOOG 411 is pretty cool too. Not only does it give you the phone number you need but it connects you. FREE. There are a few reasons I rated this phone a 4 instead of a 5. One is because the extra handset got stuck in search mode but it ended up being an easy fix by removing the battery for...Read more 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: By Video Knight "Video Knight" (New Hartford, NY USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: GE Dect 6.0 Digital Dual Keypad 2-Handset Black Cordless Phone with Goog-411 and Digital Answering System (28851FE2) (Office Product) I just re-read the six other reviews here which is what prompted me to write this. I've had this phone for over a year now and I can only assume the negative reviews on here are from a handful of units that may have been defective or the phones are in areas where there are unusual circumstances affecting their performance. I operate a small business and my telephone service is important to me. I've found this phone has functioned exactly as the manufacturer (GE) claimed it would. The sound quality is excellent and it offers an abundance of useful features including the FREE GOOGLE 411 directory assistance. The dual keypads on the base unit are very helpful and the speakerphones (on the handsets and base unit) also work well. Although the actual digits on the handset keypads are not illuminated, the illuminated outline of the keys themselves seems enough to allow dialing in low light situations. I don't think I've ever tried dialing in complete darkness with it but I've never...Read more |