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Please, don't make the same mistake I did. I had to go out and get a different one.
Do not waste your money. Would have given it zero stars if I could (I tried, actually).
I am so disappointed. The battery on this one dies after about 20 minutes of being on the phone or a couple of hours off the charger.
I fully charged it for 24 hours before first use. I should have known - I have never had a good experience with any Philips product.
Go with VTech, always reliable and cheaper.
I was just talking to my daughter for about 5 minutes when the 'phone died--battery gone. As soon as I pressed "speakerphone" the screen went blank and that was that.I had to revert to my old Panasonic that we could leave lying on the coffee table for several days without it losing its charge.We're in the market for new 'phones. To be fair, the 'phone had been sitting on the coffee table, out of the charger, for at least 3 hours. So I picked up another handset that's been on the charger for DAYS. We're tired of the Philips. If it wasn't for the battery issues we'd be more than happy with this 'phone system.
The phone works great. If you read the user manual and learn how to use all the functionality, the phone is as good as anything you can buy at that price ($54). Most of the "flaws" that others complain about are not even issues if you learn how to use the product correctly.
There are a few good features of this phone but the bad far outweight the good. In summary, its a cool phone system with great features but its like they just invented it and threw it out on the Walmart shelves without testing it. There are 3 bars on the battery indicator.
This causes you to have to run to another room with a working handset to pick up the call. If you you use the phone for business, you better have all 4 handsets in front of you so you can keep switching phones that may have some charge left in them. Good Stuff: nice styling, adaptable, excellent sound qualityBad Stuff: When the phone rings, some of the handsets go completely blank and you can't pick up the call.
A typical 10-minutes call will take the battery down one bar. You never know which handset is going to work so it keeps you in pretty good shape and on your toes. Also, I agree with all the other reviewers that the battery life stinks.
The screen is easy to read when the backlight is off but when that bright blue back light comes on, it washes out the screen. I am very disapointed in Philips.
I was pleased with the low price and how quickly I received the Philips CD4402B/37 High Def Voice Cordless Phone I ordered from Amazon.com. I use the phones daily and am very pleased with the voice quality, the speakerphone and all the features of the phone. I plan to expand the system by buying additional handsets.
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