Sony SPP-S2720 2.4 GHz Cordless Phone

PRO: DSSS, design, quality, sound, range, ease-of-use, flexibility, lighted display-keypad, handset remote, battery life

CON: No conferencing

Key Features:

* High Power Digital 2.4 GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
* Multi-Handset Capability (Up To 4 Handsets)
* Caller ID With Call Waiting With 70-Number Memory
* Center Jog Dial Control With 50-Number Dialing Directory
* Walkie Talkie Function
* EZ Access Button
* Three-Line Backlit LCD On Handset
* Lighted Display & Keypad
* Call Transfer
* Memory match ringing
* Hold

A sad but little known fact is that apparent diversity of consumer product offerings is often just branding of a relatively small number of real choices. Multi-handset 2.4 GHz cordless phones are no exception. If you look closely, you'll see that most of the current offerings: have identical (or nearly identical) feature sets; are based on FHSS (frequency hopping spread spectrum, also known as FH DSS,...Read more

j_navas, do you sell this phone or something?

Yes, the phone is full-featured. The ones I like best are the 50-number on-screen phone list (with 30+ digits each), backlighting, and optional jack-free charger.

However, the Off button hits your face while you're talking, and the shape slips out of your hand. The range is average for 2.4 GHz.

Shockingly, you cannot use multiple handsets simultaneously. That means you and your son can't talk to Grandma at the same time, a major design flaw for a multi-handset phone.

Radio Shack is currently (2/4/02) selling this for $90 including an extra handset. Still I'd think twice about getting it. Better instead to get two GE 27730s from Office Depot for $30 each.

We purchased our Sony Cordless Phone as two units sold in the same package from Sam's Warehouse. Major drawback is without reading the package closely, we assumed that both cordless units could work at the same time. We soon discovered only one works at a time. The range is decent. I have had better range with my VTech cordless phones that used DSS (digital spread spectrum) technology that is a must if you want better privacy (less vulnerable to ease droppers with scanners). The off button on the front of the phone is prone to being hit by my face and hanging up accidentally if not careful, but hasn't been that big of a issue. More annoying to me is the back of the phone piece has a built-in belt clip that I find I accidentally flip out while talking on the phone, when I push it back in while talking it is rather loud in your ear. Several times we have dropped the phone on the ground and it has survived, but nearly every the compartment lid to the battery falls off. It's...Read more