Telephone Reviews

This is the second time I've had a Uniden phone. The first one lasted just a few months. I should have known better; this one was dead on arrival. After charging for 24 hours, the handset worked, but the speaker never worked. Given the nuisance of returning defective consumer electronics, I'll stick with Panasonic in the future.

I like the lighted keypad, and the sound of the receiver seems good. One nice touch for me is that when you are done with a conversation and hang up, the time of the call remains on the receiver's display for a few seconds so that you can see how long the conversation was afterwards (as with long distance calls). Some phones I've used blank the display out as soon as you hang up, and I usually don't think of checking until it's too late. The answering machine is the weak link here. Its recording sound is not very good--too "digital" for my taste. It's recording volume also changes noticeably within a sentence, and words or numbers are sometimes distorted and hard to discern (at least for my ears). Also, though it has 30 minutes of recording time, it's only 15 minutes per phone line, even if one phone line gets more calls than the other. I would not recommend this phone if you're really picky about an answering machine's sound quality, though it may be acceptable to many.

1. Each memory location can only store up to 20 digits, not good for calling card type numbers which require about 28 or more digits. 2. Both lines can't answer incoming calls... if you get calls on both lines at the same time, answering service will only answer the first call while just ringing for the second line. 3. Spread spectrum security but only 2 digits for remote code access to the answering machine even though there is a 4 digit display... This is only from 4 days of usage. It's an OK phone.

Nice phone, good feel and clear reception. Now its in the cupboard not being used because the battery life is useless. Planning to buy new battery but based on these other reviews I dont hold much hope. I also have a 2 line panasonic, never a problem with that phone.

This 2-line cordless 900MHZ phone is a good value. The battery life is very good (be sure to fully charge the battery before first use) and the dual keypad is very handy. Biggest cons: no headset jack and it's too easy to disconnect the phone when it's craddled between head and shoulder.

This was my original 2 line cordless and the only one that has held up. Because of an active family that heavily uses phones we have 3 2 line cordless phones. 2 other brands I have tried either need continuous battery replacements, drop lines when quickly switching from one line to another or just decide not to not to work with their home stations every so often. Other reviews that suggest more humming and static than other clear channel phones confuse me, I have the opposite. I have 2 P--------s and both have terrible background noise. The 3 brand I threw away after it decided to not work more often than work. The only negative about the Toshiba, it does not have an answering machine so I have to look to other brands for that feature. That's why I'm here, trying to figure out whether to try another.

I bought this phone and another Uniden phone just over a year ago to replace two old cordless AT&T phones I have had for almost 10 years. They both worked fairly well for a few months, not as good reception as the old phones, but no complaints. Now however, most of the buttons on this one don't work anymore. I have to call from saved numbers or put the phone down and use an object to press very hard on the numbers. Also, a huge complaint...the batteries die VERY quickly. Pieces of junk. My friend who had bought a Uniden right before me recommended it to me...hers is not working well anymore either. I just bought 2 new AT&T phones...hopefully they are as good as my old ones!

I bought one new. Terrible interference when using a headset. Returned/ replaced. Terrible interence persisted. Terrible phone- stick to the 900 mhz.

It's everything a phone should be--clear, convenient, holds its charge well, etc.. I like the feel of the handset. However, the speakerphone .... It's in the base unit, so if you are dreaming of putting the handset down for hands-free use while you cook in the kitchen or whatever, dream on. Only one person can speak at a time with the speakerphone--if one person is on the handset and another on the base speakerphone (a common arrangment when my wife and I are phoning family), the speakerphone cuts off while someone else speaks. That is, you can hear them, but they can't hear you until everyone shuts up and waits a second or two for the speakerphone to turn back on.

I bought my phone about 3 months ago and have had nothing but problems with it and Uniden customer support. I sent back the original phone because charge wouldn't hold on the handset. When I recieved the replacement phone it didn't work either. The charge was holding on this one but the handset buttons wouldn't work. I thought this may have been because they sent me the wrong battery with it so I requested that they send me the correct battery for the phone. When I recieved the battery it was also the wrong one so I went to Radio Shack only to confirm that the handset really wasn't working. Needless to say I still haven't been able to use the phone and customer service wants nothing to do with it.

Less than a year after I bought it, the thing started cutting out while I was on the phone. The person on the other end of the line couldn't hear me. I sent it back for repair, they did something to it, sent it back to me..............same problem!

I have had this phone for quite a while and I am, in general, happy with my purchase. One issue that has come up over the last few months is that the buttons aren't as responsive as they used to be and sometimes need to be pushed more than once to *catch*...That said...

It has worked very well the entire time I have owned it. I have had very little difficulty with signal strength. What difficulty I have had I am fairly certain is due to needing a new battery (and that is true of all cordless phones not just this one). This isn't the first cordless I have owned but it is the best one with regards to being able to walk away from the base and not losing the call. I have left my house and walked the dog while still on the same call.

The call waiting caller ID is an excellent feature and very easy to read on this phone (not true of all phones). The caller in general is very easy to read becasue the LCD space is quite large. Very nice! There are many features on this phone that I really like. Many are available on other phones as well, they just seemed to work better on this one.

I do wish the flash button was bigger. It's one of the smaller buttons and I think it should be more prominent. But that is pretty minor. Overall, I am very happy with this purchase and glad I made it. I *am* afriad that the button issue will cause me to have to replace this phone sooner than i would like but when I have to replace this phone, I will certainly look to this company again.

Every bad thing said on htis page is true. this phone is no better than two tin cans and a spool of yarn. do not get this phone.

I bought this phone about six months ago and the only good thing I can say about it is that I have yet to get bad reception during a conversation. Other than that ... I can't stand it. The first of its many problems is that the buttons to control the Caller ID, call-waiting and other features are RIGHT where you put your hand to hold the phone. I can't tell you how many times I (and those of my friends who have used the phone) have inadvertently clicked over to the other line. Then, when you actually do want to use one of the buttons to click over or check your caller ID, the buttons are so miniscule, that it's frusterating to push them.

The second major problem is that the caller ID does NOT work for call waiting. I think it has worked one time in my six month history of owning the phone. That was my main reason for purchasing it, and it doesn't even work.

Another point of frustration with this phone is that after you click over to the other line, there is about a 2-3 second delay. You find yourself repeating, "HELLO?" over and over again until the phone actually clicks to connect the line. I can't stand it!

There isn't enough room to write every problem I have with this phone, but believe me ... do not purchase it. I use my cell phone in favor of using my own home phone because I cannot stand it that much.

I hear nothing but good things about Uniden, which I plan to get very soon. Save yourself the frustration and do the same.

what better than to have caller id on the handset of a corless phone. I used to always have to be near the caller id box if I wanted to see who was calling -- no more. The only part I dislike is not being able to scroll through the caller id list when the phone in on the headset.

I bought this about 3 weeks ago, even after reading some of the negative reviews here and thinking "they don't apply to me." I should have paid attention. I don't have a computer hooked up to this line, so there were no issues with that. Just a plain old phone line with Call Waiting Caller ID from my phone company.

My box didn't forget it had call waiting, in fact, it created its own call waiting! Often it signalled there was another call coming in while I was on the phone, and there was none. I kept clicking over to answer it and hanging up on the person I was originally talking to. This happened constantly- at least every five minutes during every phone call. And when I actually had another call coming in, it didn't even recognize it. This created a lot of confusion and a lot of disconnects on my part. I finally had family, friends, and even clients requesting I turn the box off before talking to them. Another bad thing about this unit is that it mutes out the call waiting beep when you do have another call coming in, which creates a heck of a lot of confusion. The current box I have now does not do this.

While the display was nice and bright, and very easy to read and operate, it did not do what it was supposed to do. Unless you like being confused and annoyed, this is not the product for you.

When I originally signed up for Caller ID it was before Call Waiting ID was available in my area. The original box worked fine. I particularly liked the redialing button that allowed me to call back ALL numbers that come in from the box.

However, since I now have Call Waiting ID, I obviously wanted a box that would allow me to take full advantage of that feature. I also wanted one that can store more than 50 numbers. That's why I purchased this new box by Southwestern Bell.

On a positive note, the box does display waiting calls while you are on another call. It also has an easy to read display. The blinking red new call indicator is easy to spot from a distance. But...

The redial button only works for LOCAL CALLS. I don't mind the box letting me know that a call is out of my local calling area, but I want the option to dial toll and long distance calls from the box. This box does not. This is particularly annoying to me because sometimes I check my cell phone messages from my land line phone to save airtime charges (but it's a toll call, so the redial button doesn't work). It will however, let me dial certain calls in different area codes (automatically putting the "1" in front), as long as it's "local" (non-toll).

My old box was nice in this area, because if the call was out of my area code, all I had to do was press one button before pressing "dial" to insert a "1" before the area code that was already displayed. It also gave me three dialing options (7-digit, area code with 7-digit and "1" with area code with 7-digit). This is very important because certain area codes are requiring callers to dial even your local area code due to "overlapping" area codes.

Another annoying thing about this new box is that there is no audio indication that a call is waiting. The other day I was on the phone, I didn't realize someone was calling me until I looked at the box (and that red new call indicator was shining). However, by then the person had already hung up.

I would only recommend this box for people who rarely make toll calls. Just remember to keep your eye on the box while you're on a call.

This is a nifty little device. It works well and has a nice large display. It also has a voicemail indicator if you have phone company voicemail. The nice thing about this box is that it will pick up Caller-ID from Call Waiting no matter which phone you happen to be talking on. That way you will have a record of all your calls.

Drawbacks:

1. It is very easy to hit the redial button accidently which will either dial the currently displayed number or the latest call and there is no way to abort the dialing on the unit.

2. No backlight

3. Calls are counted individually rather then uniquely. The 64 call memory actually says 68 according to mine, but these are not the last 64-68 unique calls I have received but the actual last 64-68 calls I have received. Other devices I have will keep a count of unique calls and it takes much longer to overflow their memories. This is however a good purchase if you just want to have a display that will get Call Waiting calls and you don't want to spend a lot of money.

I bought this phone and another Conair phone, and will not make the same mistake again. BOTH phones have tons of static and picked up radio stations. I dont enjoy hearing Britney Spears singing "Im a Slave 4 you" when i am on the phone with my mom......

I had been looking for a old fashion rotary phone for ever and I found this one it has a hint of old in it I loved it best phone I ever owned.

Not only is this phone incredibly cute, but I also love the sound quality. I can hear everyone clearly, and they can hear me clearly. The keypad is different, but it just requires some attention. No big deal with that. This phone is simple and stylish.

I agree with the previous review that this phone has an impressive functional capability, but I think the one that I received was released from manufacturing on Quality Assurance's day off. Fresh out of the box, all audio information changed volume level in a random manner,with no programming.This includes receive signals well asinformational beeps. At times the received signal would fade away entirely; even with the user standing next to the base unit.While programming inputs to the Directory, the "save" key began sticking. Again, the occurence was random; at times it would operate properly and at other times the key would have to be pushed from two to six times before the command would be executed.I reluctantly concluded that this puppy was not going to heal itself and that my only re course was to box it up and return it. I am getting another model Panasonic and trust that it will perform up to my expectations since I have one other Panasonic that has been flawless.

We've had the KXTC-1866 for about a year and have found it's great except for two issues. First, the battery runs down quite rapidly. We usually get about a half-hour of talk time. Second, the volume of the message payback is very poor on remote pickup, even if we set the volume to max. I am putting in a new battery in hopes that it was defective.

Sound quality is not great but passable, a headset fixes that. Reception has been great, and the handset is much more solid than the one with the AT&T phone/answerer it replaces. But, while the answering machine here is fine I miss the great features of the AT&T unit.
To do it again I'd buy an AT&T answering machine and a sep. cordless phone. Seems like you can't get the best of both worlds in one.

I agree with the previous review that this phone has an impressive functional capability, but I think the one that I received was released from manufacturing on Quality Assurance's day off. Fresh out of the box, all audio information changed volume level in a random manner,with no programming.This includes receive signals well asinformational beeps. At times the received signal would fade away entirely; even with the user standing next to the base unit.While programming inputs to the Directory, the "save" key began sticking. Again, the occurence was random; at times it would operate properly and at other times the key would have to be pushed from two to six times before the command would be executed.I reluctantly concluded that this puppy was not going to heal itself and that my only re course was to box it up and return it. I am getting another model Panasonic and trust that it will perform up to my expectations since I have one other Panasonic that has been flawless.

We've had the KXTC-1866 for about a year and have found it's great except for two issues. First, the battery runs down quite rapidly. We usually get about a half-hour of talk time. Second, the volume of the message payback is very poor on remote pickup, even if we set the volume to max. I am putting in a new battery in hopes that it was defective.

Sound quality is not great but passable, a headset fixes that. Reception has been great, and the handset is much more solid than the one with the AT&T phone/answerer it replaces. But, while the answering machine here is fine I miss the great features of the AT&T unit.
To do it again I'd buy an AT&T answering machine and a sep. cordless phone. Seems like you can't get the best of both worlds in one.

This phone works well for what I need -- but I've gone through two headsets in two years! The first one just quit working -- the second was destroyed when my son stepped on the cord and it broke off at the jack. So be sure to have a warranty or a replacement plan ... and of course, it's the headset, not the base, that's the expensive part.

Since this product is still being sold and preceding reviews were some time ago, I'll share my recent experience with the product. It's stylish and solid. The volume and tone controls are accessible and effective. Received audio (ear speaker) is clear and rich. Transmit audio (microphone)is adequate, but could use a gain control.

Disappointments: Line and mute controls are very close together, occasionally leading me to disconnect a line when I reach to mute it. No memory functions other than 'Redial', which doesn't seem to work on the second line.

GLARING INADEQUACY: The BLARING touch tones generated by dialing and navigating through interactive phone systems are way too loud, even at the lowest volume settings. Bad idea, bad design, bad Plantronics. Bad, bad, bad.

I would like have one but it is out of stocks. When
you can have it on sale. And can you ship to Taiwan?

Thanks...