Philips Cordless phone answer machine SE6591B

I've been waiting for a 2-line DECT phone to hit the market and this one had all of the features that I wanted with the possible exception of a Bluetooth interface.

Likes:

- There are discreet keys for speaker and mute on both the desk unit and the handset. This is much better than trying to get to these features through soft keys.

- The voice quality and handset range is excellent. The DECT technology did not interfere with any wireless network devices and there was no interference whatsoever heard on the phone.

- The speaker phone and microphone quality were very good, although the speaker phone volume is a bit weak and needs to be operated at the maximum volume level to be useful.

- Having both the deskset and handset keypads is very convenient.

- The lit key surrounds are nice.

Dislikes:

- Not having seen one in person, I was a little surprised at the size of the unit. This...Read more

I found this to be a quality product.
1) Sound quality is very good, especially with the XHD Sound feature enabled.
2) Sound volume is exceptional, especially on the handset.
3) Displays could be a little larger.
4) Response time on the base dial pad is a little slow, but not awful.
5) Response time on the handset dial pad is ok.
6) Range is good.
7) Every button on the handset lights up and the buttons have a good feel to them.

Something else I noticed that I like about this phone is that there is only one caller ID log and only one phone book. They are in the base only. The chordless handsets have access to the log and phone book on the base. This makes it easy to maintain the phone book and caller ID log since there is only one of each.

I just discovered two other features of this phone that I like.
If you subscribe to Caller ID and you receive a call from a number that you have in your phone book, the...Read more

This is a wonderful wireless phone system with excellent range, amazing features and a straight forward user guide that makes sense of the menu driven "brains" of the system. There are only a few quirks which prevent me from rating this a 5 star system.

What I like about this system:
a) Quality of appearance and design is superior. Look and feel of the base and the portables is exceptional. It is very appealing to the eye.
b) Sound quality is very good. Tends to be a bit over driven, but easily adjusted by turning down the volume. Volume range is also very good.
c) Speaker phone function at each station is a great feature.
d) Useful range is phenominal compared to my prior Panasonic 5.8 multi-line system.
e) Backlighting on handsets and the base is excellent.
f) Clock on screen of handsets is an excellent size when these stations are sitting idle.
g) One phonebook and one call history list! They are stored in the base station and...Read more