This phone has very good voice quality when talking and excellent when listening. We found this phone very easy to use. It has good message quality and very good answerer ease of use. It also has a generous 25-minute message recording time, and can conference handset to handset, like an intercom.
Phone features include call blocking for nuisance callers, an audio equalizer button that lets you change the treble and bass settings, a lighted keypad, which is essential if using the phone in a dark room, talking caller ID, any-key answer and voice-mail indicator. To save energy and extend battery life, the phone automatically reduces radio power when its base is nearby. It also has chain dialing (helpful if you frequently use calling cards), multilingual menus, Push-to-talk (PTT) feature and is conferencing capable with an outside line. It's Energy Star compliant. Additionally, the answerer has an audible new message alert and can record answerer greeting using handset.
On the downside, phone and answerer setup are overly complicated. Handset lacks auto talk and a headset jack, which is a useful feature for hands-free operation. Answerer lacks announce-only mode.
