Telephone Reviews

I bought this phone about 2 years ago. My main problem is that this phone is so slow. You dial a number, you hear the phone dial the number and then a minute later the phone begins to ring. Also I am not sure why but this phone will not let you perform touchtone tasks with any automated service. I would not recommend this phone.

I love GE phones because I find them easy to use. The answering machine on this phone worked great. However I couldn't get the handset to work. I charged the battery for at least 24 hours. From about day two I could not place outgoing calls. After I dialed I would hear the ring tone as if it were calling out, and then it would disconnect (presumably when the other person picked up the phone). Then after about a week, I couldn't answer incoming calls either because the phone would disconnect. Very frustrating.

The caller id feature on the handset is fabulous, because I can see who is calling no matter where the phone is. The answering machine works good, though it is a bit fuzzy. Reception on the phone is excellent, getting far better and far more distance than previous cordless phones I have had.

Like the features of the telephone, however, talk time is MAYBE 20 minutes before the battery says recharge and dies. I was careful to charge the full 15 hours, and went beyond that, to make sure it had a full charge before first usage. It gradually quit holding charge after less than 6 mos. Went back to where I bought it and they said they could send it back for possible repair or I could buy another battery. Decided to fork out the ($$$) for another battery only to find out they didn't have a battery for it in stock. Was referred to 2 other stores in the area, no battery, finally ordered one from a major supplier, only to find out, after waiting a week for delivery, that it is not in stock and they don't know when it will be available! Very frustrated! Now I read that other people have experienced the same problem with the battery failing to maintain a charge. I am taking the phone back to the store today, I want another model of telephone that lasts longer than 6 mos with parts that are readily available!

I ordered this phone without reading the very poor reviews concerning the battery staying charged. Once I read the reviews, I became extremely nervous - to the point of wanting to cancel my order. Unfortunately, it had already shipped by that time, so I was stuck with the phone or else I would have to pay to return it. I decided to try it out and see how it worked.

The first charge took around 15 hours. I was excited to see 3 clicks (the full charge) and I made sure that nobody in the house put the phone back on the base so that it would run all the way out. The next day there was still a full charge, but then the day after it went down to two clicks and then, within a couple of hours, it said it needed to be recharged. "That's it," I thought, "This phone is going back." But, alas, I gave it one last try.

I charged the phone overnight until it had a full charge. I then took it off the base and the phone lasted a week! Unbelievable!! Since then I haven't had any problems at all. I guess I was lucky and got a phone that's not a problem. As most others have mentioned, I love the phone features, although I am a little disappointed in the "digital duplex" speakerphone (I was hoping for a full-duplex speakerphone, it's really more of a half-duplex with extra sensitivity - fortunately we never use the speakerphone, anyway). I absolutely love the blinking light and note on the handset when we have a voicemail, and it's now so easy to check our voicemail after programming the voicemail number and password into the phone. We just hit the voicemail button, it dials the numbers, waits, hits pound and our password and we're in. All in all, I'm extremely pleased with the phone and happy that I was unable to cancel the order.

I'm very surprised by all the negative comments. We bought this phone a month ago and think it's great. No battery problems at all. We find the phone is user friendly and intuitive to use. The features are 100% what we wanted and work perfectly. If there is a better phone with these features, I'd like to know what it is.

Just like the other people the BATTERY on this phone is he worst I have ever seen. I have been a cell. phone user for years but never come across a phone with a battery problem such as this model.

Battery lasts only 5-10 minutes when the unit was completely charged. I finally trashed this unit.

I was looking for a good deal on a decent 2.4GHz phone with caller ID but without an answering machine. There are cheaper ones out there for almost the same features as this one, but I've used Panasonic phones before and I've come to trust them a lot. This one certainly has certainly boosted my confidence in Panasonic even more!
Here are the pros of this phone:
1) The quality of the sound is absolutely great, no one would ever know you're using a cordless phone. Even the speakerphone is really good. I use it quite often - it's very handy carrying the phone around with you everywhere and not having to put it by your ear all the time.
2) The range is super (I've tested my unit at least a 100 feet away from the house, and it was crystal clear!).
3) I've had no problems at all with battery life. (I'm just mentioning this based on other reviews I've seen about this phone).
4) The phone has 2 ringer volumes (low and high) and 6 different tunes - this was important to me since I was going to keep the phone in the bedroom and didn't want a loud or annoying ring to wake me up. I ended up choosing a low ringer volume with a nice melodious tune and I simply love it! I don't wake up grumpy anymore when the phone rings and wakes me up!
Here are the cons of this phone:
1) When reviewing the caller ID list, there's no 'CLEAR ALL' - so you have to go through all the calls one by one and clear them as you go along. Although, it does group together the same phone number and just lists that number once and tells you how many times that number called you. For instance if someone called you 16 times from the same phone number, the caller ID list would show that number only once, followed by 'x16'. Still, a 'clear all' would have been nice!

So overall, I think the phone is a little on the expensive side, but certainly worth the money. The speakerphone on the handset and the different ringer tunes are (in my opinion) two of the best features of this phone!

I was looking for a good deal on a decent 2.4GHz phone with caller ID but without an answering machine. There are cheaper ones out there for almost the same features as this one, but I've used Panasonic phones before and I've come to trust them a lot. This one certainly has certainly boosted my confidence in Panasonic even more!
Here are the pros of this phone:
1) The quality of the sound is absolutely great, no one would ever know you're using a cordless phone. Even the speakerphone is really good. I use it quite often - it's very handy carrying the phone around with you everywhere and not having to put it by your ear all the time.
2) The range is super (I've tested my unit at least a 100 feet away from the house, and it was crystal clear!).
3) I've had no problems at all with battery life. (I'm just mentioning this based on other reviews I've seen about this phone).
4) The phone has 2 ringer volumes (low and high) and 6 different tunes - this was important to me since I was going to keep the phone in the bedroom and didn't want a loud or annoying ring to wake me up. I ended up choosing a low ringer volume with a nice melodious tune and I simply love it! I don't wake up grumpy anymore when the phone rings and wakes me up!
5) For the caller id, the phone groups together the same phone number and just lists that number once and tells you how many times that number called you. For instance if someone called you 16 times from the same phone number, the caller ID list would show that number only once, followed by 'x16'. Thought that was pretty cool.
Here are the cons of this phone:
1) When reviewing the caller id list, if you delete the numbers one by one, it takes very long for a single deletion. Deleting all the numbers one by one takes forever. You can 'clear all', but obviously you can't use that if you'd like to keep one or two numbers (which is what I typically like to do).

So overall, I think the phone is a little on the expensive side, but certainly worth the money. The speakerphone on the handset and the different ringer tunes are (in my opinion) two of the best features of this phone!

I have always had a GE phone and appreciated the quality and ease of use. This one has everything I wanted...digital answering machine, call waiting caller id, corded...and the am radio reception I didn't want. I can hear the local traffic and weather as well as the person on the other end. I exchanged it for the same brand thinking I had gotten a lemon...no luck. This one is exactly the same. So, it's back to searching for me. A few reviews mention the SW Bell, so I will try to locate one of those. Too bad GE lost a loyal customer:-(

I bought this phone because I wanted an inexpensive SpeakerPhone and guess what I got? A cheap unusable SpeakerPhone. The rest of the telephone seems to work ok, good contrast adjustment, Caller ID seems to work ok, voice clarity is ok. If you want a SpeakerPhone this one is not for you, if you want a decent corded Caller ID phone then it might work for you.

We have had this item for less than a year. The answerer stopped working. Trouble shooting tips says, "Unplug power cord from the outlet and plug it back in". Simply, that doesn't correct the problem. Calling the 1-800 number does not give satisfactory information. It gives you a regular phone number to call for additonal help. That could be expensive. Over all, without usable trouble shooting advice, it's unsatisfactory.

The battery life is just bad. The phone goes dead after about 20 minutes. I advise you not to make an important call on this phone. You have to store phone numbers twice. Once for the base and again for the phone, too time consuming. I have charged the battery for 10 hours already and it's still in the first bar. Just bad.

I bought this product on the strength of good reviews from Consumer Reports. It had poor reception right out of the box (our other cordless phones are crisp and clear at the same jack). It alternated between sounding like a cell phone with a weak signal and sounding like I was having a phone conversation in an echo chamber. Within weeks the battery would not hold a charge through a single 5 minute call. Took the phone back to Best Buy, which declined to exchange or refund because an extended warranty was not purchased. We left it in a heap on the counter at Best Buy and said good riddance (to the phone and Best Buy).

This phone is great, all the features, the speakerphone built into the handset, etc. The biggest drawback is the battery. THe battery doesnt hold the charge well, or maybe the phone draws to much from it. Ive had numerous cordless phones over the years, but this one takes the cake. We always have to put it back on the charger, it never lasts more than a few hours off the charger.

Make sure when you hang it up for a recharge that the phone is faced toward the base, meaning it charges more quickly that way, the only drawback is that you cant see the caller ID screen that way.

This phone cannot hold a charge and is constantly cutting off, despite good batteries, etc. The answering machine messages are often completely inaudible and if the caller speaks softly, the machine automatically stops recording mid-message. The date and time are always losing time and are difficult to reset after a power outage, etc. I would not recommend this phone at all.

I purchased the FIRST one and it had so much static. so as per the manufacturer's instr. I placed it in different area's of the house. Still loud and sometimes painful static! so I exchanged it TWO more times w/ the exact same results! I have two other 900mhz phones w/ not a single problem. I don't no if the answering machine made it bad or what. But I highly suggest you don't buy it!

I too am disappointed by the poor design features of this phone.

1. The phone unit is too small and is not comfortable to hold or to have resting on your shoulder. If you have big ears and hands, this phone will be intolerable.

2. On several occasions, I'd dial a number and as soon as the other party picks up my phone would shut off. I shouldn't be having these problems.

3. I can't use the phone and answering machine at the same time. Sometimes when I get a message, I like to dial the number as it comes off the machine. At other times it's important for me to share messages with others. This phone does not allow for either use.

4. One good feature is that even if your electricity goes out, your messages are saved and can be retrieved later on. During a power failure, however, this phone does not work.

Unfortunately, I don't recommend the purchase of this phone.

I hope Lucent Tech/ATT product designers read these reviews so that they could come up with better products.

I bought this product last month without operation manual,
you can give me a hand.

thanks.

pmpchina@vip.sina.com

This phone has more extras than the average. I really like the talking caller ID, 2 message boxes and the speaker facility.

'cause, I've had excellent service with this telephone. I purchased the unit over three years ago at Sears for $99. The voice is clear, the messages are clear, the range is good, callers hear me the instanst I answer the phone, and it has been very durable. I have a (now) 4 year old, so this phone has been dropped NUMEROUS times on hardwood floors, and has even fallen off the base a couple of times, which is 5 feet off the floor. (And yes, my wife and I have dropped it a few times, as well)

With all that abuse, it is beginning to show problems after 3 years. Thinking seriously about keeping the answering system (base), retiring the handset, and buying a new cordless without an answering syetm.

This unit has been discontinued. You see it is listed for half of retail.Maybe I was lucky, maybe I wasn't, but I must say this phone has been a very good one.

Very cheap phone, horriable reception, poor quality. Worst AT&T phone ever

This phone was bad from the start. It had an ecoh sound and the range was only 50 feet before it started to have really bad audio. It refused to connect with the base often (BEEP BEEP). The power plug would spark when plugged in to the base. Then it would refuse to charge. I charged the battery manually for a while but now it won't come on at all, it just gives it's familiar "beep beep" error sound. I spent [alot of money] on this thing new and I'm [mad].

I purchased this phone when Amazon. com was running a rebate special--the phone's final price was ($$$). Well, the phone is worth about ($$$)! It does have some nice features such as digital spread and speed dial. Plus, the design is rather compact. However, the sound is not too clear and calls get dropped. Furthermore, this phone constantly caused my phone line to stop working (granted, I also had a computer and answering machine hooked up). After a few months, I decided to buy a Michael Graves phone from Target (also available through Amazon)--that phone works perfectly and my phone line is in tact!

I bought a Gigaset 2420 2 line cordless phone from Siemens two years ago and have had endless problems with the 3 handsets that I have for the system. My problems started soon after the purchase. I turned one off and it wouldn't turn on again when the power button was pressed. I dropped another one soon after a VERY VERY short distance and it went dead.

I called Siemens to see about getting replacements since I was still in warranty and was told that the Gigaset 2420 was a new product and they didn't have their replacement process setup yet and I should call back sometime in the future. What the...! So, I replaced those two handsets with my own money. And then the buttons slowly started failing on two of the handsets that I use most often. I had to press the number buttons a certain way to get them to work. It was a major pain when dialing a number.

I called the support center again. I'd had the phone for 13 or so months at that point. The support people told me that they'd had a lot of problems with the durability of the handsets. They acknowledged reported cases where the phone had been turned off and would not turn back on. They didn't seem too surprised about my buttons failing. They offered to replace my current handsets with refurbished ones.

That was about a year ago. In the last few months I noticed the buttons are failing again on the 2 main handsets. It's getting harder and harder to dial a number. One of the handsets also seems to have a worsening reception problem that sounds like I'm getting interference from a microwave but that's not it. The other handsets don't have this problem.

I called the support group the other day and was told that my product was out of warranty since I'd had it for 2 years. I told them that I respect warranties but this is a defect problem. I expect a handset to last longer than one year before it starts to fail. They told me to basically take a hike. I moved up the ladder looking for someone that would even care to listen to my story but all I got was the company line that they had no authority to authorize a replacement out of warranty.

So, I'm now posting my experience everywhere on the web that I can find. Letting people know that Siemens does not make quality phone handsets and they don't stand behind their product. Does this apply to all the handsets on all Siemens cordless phones? Don't know - but I wouldn't buy another Siemens phone to find out. My advice is to NOT buy from Siemens and instead buy from one of their competitors.

This is my 3rd choice of phone. Not all great. I am not sure how an actually 2.4GHz phone sounds like. This phone I got sounds abit too clear. I hear sounds on the other line aswell as sounds around me. At times I am unable to hear the other party due to the "clearity" of my surroundings.

The buttons like all the other views are correct. It can be sensitive at times and it can be non-sentitive. I find myslef having to push the buttons couple of times. At prolong talk, the speaker gets hot for the ears.

I maybe too picky on phones I purchase. This phone works; however, I do not feel comfortable with the features it have. Siemens could have built a more better low value phone quality, particular this model.

This phone is a great idea from Siemens. For those who do not need the extra features of the other Siemens cordless phones but want the same essential 2.4 GHz range & technology this phone is awsome. The first phone I received was defective. I received a very prompt exchange for a new phone...at the recommendation of Siemens helpful tech support. The service after the sale is there if you need it. If you can live without built in caller-ID & LCD display, answering machine, 500 extra buttons and the need to add extra handsets to the same base buy this phone. I was pleased to learn Siemens builds this phone in the United States. Wonderful minimalist phone with solid technology.

I bought a Gigaset 2420 2 line cordless phone from Siemens two years ago and have had endless problems with the 3 handsets that I have for the system. My problems started soon after the purchase. I turned one off and it wouldn't turn on again when the power button was pressed. I dropped another one soon after a VERY VERY short distance and it went dead.

I called Siemens to see about getting replacements since I was still in warranty and was told that the Gigaset 2420 was a new product and they didn't have their replacement process setup yet and I should call back sometime in the future. What the...! So, I replaced those two handsets with my own money. And then the buttons slowly started failing on two of the handsets that I use most often. I had to press the number buttons a certain way to get them to work. It was a major pain when dialing a number.

I called the support center again. I'd had the phone for 13 or so months at that point. The support people told me that they'd had a lot of problems with the durability of the handsets. They acknowledged reported cases where the phone had been turned off and would not turn back on. They didn't seem too surprised about my buttons failing. They offered to replace my current handsets with refurbished ones.

That was about a year ago. In the last few months I noticed the buttons are failing again on the 2 main handsets. It's getting harder and harder to dial a number. One of the handsets also seems to have a worsening reception problem that sounds like I'm getting interference from a microwave but that's not it. The other handsets don't have this problem.

I called the support group the other day and was told that my product was out of warranty since I'd had it for 2 years. I told them that I respect warranties but this is a defect problem. I expect a handset to last longer than one year before it starts to fail. They told me to basically take a hike. I moved up the ladder looking for someone that would even care to listen to my story but all I got was the company line that they had no authority to authorize a replacement out of warranty.

So, I'm now posting my experience everywhere on the web that I can find. Letting people know that Siemens does not make quality phone handsets and they don't stand behind their product. Does this apply to all the handsets on all Siemens cordless phones? Don't know - but I wouldn't buy another Siemens phone to find out. My advice is to NOT buy from Siemens and instead buy from one of their competitors.

This is my 3rd choice of phone. Not all great. I am not sure how an actually 2.4GHz phone sounds like. This phone I got sounds abit too clear. I hear sounds on the other line aswell as sounds around me. At times I am unable to hear the other party due to the "clearity" of my surroundings.

The buttons like all the other views are correct. It can be sensitive at times and it can be non-sentitive. I find myslef having to push the buttons couple of times. At prolong talk, the speaker gets hot for the ears.

I maybe too picky on phones I purchase. This phone works; however, I do not feel comfortable with the features it have. Siemens could have built a more better low value phone quality, particular this model.

This phone is a great idea from Siemens. For those who do not need the extra features of the other Siemens cordless phones but want the same essential 2.4 GHz range & technology this phone is awsome. The first phone I received was defective. I received a very prompt exchange for a new phone...at the recommendation of Siemens helpful tech support. The service after the sale is there if you need it. If you can live without built in caller-ID & LCD display, answering machine, 500 extra buttons and the need to add extra handsets to the same base buy this phone. I was pleased to learn Siemens builds this phone in the United States. Wonderful minimalist phone with solid technology.