This phone has very good voice quality when talking and listening. We found this phone very easy to use. It has very good message quality and very good answerer ease of use. It also has an adequate 17-minute message recording time and can conference handset to handset, like an intercom.
Phone features include blocking for nuisance callers, side volume control for handset earpiece, a lighted keypad, which is essential if using the phone in a dark room, talking caller ID, auto talk (allowing you to answer a call by simply lifting the phone out of the base), 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, and is conferencing capable with an outside line. It's Energy Star compliant. Additionally, the answerer has an audible new message alert, can record answerer greeting using handset.
On the downside, phone and answerer setup are overly complicated. Answerer message had noticeable background noise and it is easy to accidentally erase unplayed messages.
