Accessories

The best phone I've ever had!
I had been researching phones for a few days when I found this one. This phone is a great value for the price. The sound is very clear, even on the speakerphone which is on both of the handsets and on the base. It has extensive features including a lighted keypad on both handsets so you can dial in the dark if necessary. The answering machine lights up when you have a message instead of some annoying beep. You can easily screen your calls! I have had this phone for a month now and I just love it, even my friend and boyfriend want one now!

Good performance in a low priced setup.
After purchasing several other cordless phones and having to return them due to their lousy performance, I finally looked online at ratings, found this product, found the best price to be Amazon (at least at places I was willing to shop) and ordered it. So far it has performed well, and I am very happy with it.

Short Distance
Every positive reviewer was on the spot - except for the distance from which the handset can be away from the base.

I can only go about 25 feet before the signal makes the call break up, as experienced when the call quality on a cell phone is bad with missing syllables, words, etc.

I lose the call completely at 40 feet.

I might as well have a corded phone with a long cord.

learn to use it
it has many features, and once yoou use them it is a breeze. first you have too set up he phone's area code so it will dial back without hitting "1" everytime you return a call using caller ID, guess most dont like to pick up the book, global settings and phone setting to get started with, it so easy once you take the time, my uniden has lasted 3 years so far, battery life depend on how you first charge them, do not charge them for less than 24 hours before use once again read!! uniden makes the #One cordles phone lines on the market< be sure to get the waterproof one for the bath or around the pool< left this thing outside in one hundred degree day and rain and it still works great!

Clunky user interface
I bought this phone for its full feature set. Everything is functional, though the batteries on the handset tend to discharge faster than I would like. However, the phone scores extremely poorly on usability.

The address book functionality and its interaction with the caller-id feature makes for a very painful user experience. When entering names or numbers, you cannot use the cursor keys to move back and make any corrections. You have to delete every character before the cursor to get to the character you need to change. This might not seem a huge deal, but here comes the clincher: The Caller-id numbers show up as 10 digits. You cannot hit the "talk" button to call the number back because you need to dial the "1" prefix before the 10-digit number. The phone should be smart enough to add that for you. If you try to save the number to the address book, it will save the 10-digit number. Because of the crippled editing feature, you cannot go to the beginning to insert the "1". You have to delete the entire number and key it in once again. This means you have to either remember or write the entire 10-digit number down, defeating the purpose of being able to save the C-id number directly to the address book. This poor user interface should not be inflicted on any one. It is not too difficult to fix and Uniden should do so at once.