PHILIPSDigital Cordless Phone Handset (DECT2250G/37)

Voice quality and lack of interference are the best qualities of this phone. However, the screen has always been hard to read. Now, after less than 3 yrs of use, the characters on the display are disappearing. Philips Consumer Service folks tell me this can't be repaired. I've had digital timers where the display is still going after 15 yrs! I note at least one other reviewer has had this problem. Also, I wonder why there aren't any reviews of this product since 2007. Final problem: talk time was dropping off, so I bought new Philips brand rechargeable batteries, and talk time is still less than 45 minutes - which is quite a nuisance with conferene calls.Would I buy this phone again? Incredibly, yes. Am I naive to think that Philips may have corrected the problem by now? A replacement handset sells for only $20 today. I'll take a chance. With WiFi, I really like a cordless phone without any interference.

I've tried many cordless phones in the last 25 years, but absolutely none compare with the Philips DECT 6.0 line of cordless phones.To begin with, the line clarity is unsurpassed, which has always been my major bone of contention with other cordless phones. The ergonomic design of the handset is a big plus also. It's easy to hold. To me, both the handsets and the answering machine base unit are works of art. The handset can be set upright on any flat surface if so desired. The keypad is easy to use and the menu options are diverse.To test the range, I walked outside at least 100 feet away from the house and went behind a detached garage. To my amazement, the unit worked just as if I were standing right on top of the base unit.The battery life is excellent.The answering machine is amazingly simple to use but very effective. Other than the ease of use and compact design, one of the other things that caught my attention immediately is that I didn't have to listen to my outgoing message before hearing my incoming ones. Also, the default answering voice is different than any I had heard before. Definitely not mechanical in nature. I was very pleased with it, I believe the accent is British.I bought several expansion handsets

I have three of these. They worked great at first, with the sound being crystal clear and distance impressive. However, the first one's display started appearing jumbled, with characters missing parts. Then began the second one months later. They were never dropped and were always treated delicately. Resetting them is supposed to cause all the LCD segments to appear dark, much like in a car when you start it - all the lights come on as a test for a moment. These LCD screens do NOT show all segments becoming dark, in different patterns per phone. I then un-boxed the third spare one that was sitting in a closet for a long while and that one too, right out of the box has the same problem. (It worked at first before I stashed it away.) I searched online and this is caused by the adhesive on the LCD's ribbon cable coming apart over time and causing some of the contact points to come loose. Too late to return them now. Philips - you owe me. :S

We wanted to add a phone in a room that doesn't have a line run to it.This was the perfect way to do it since we had a main system that was upgradeable.phone has great reception even 200 feet away in our yard.One warning though, it doesn't work well in old farmhouses with 3 brick think walls. My inlaws wanted to do the same thing as we did but the reception was terrible if it had to go past more than one of their brick walls.

I ordered this phone despite the 3.5 rating because I have had two for the last 8 years. When I received it .. all the parts were not wrapped and there were even some scratch marks on the base and the instrument. All in all, I feel as if I have been scammed but I cant be bothered to return it as I dont really live in the US.

I did not read the instructions as it is not an independent gadget. However the letters are very thin difficult to read the screen.I am going to return.

I purchased four of these phones to go along with the base station and have a few mild complaints:- Full names do not display on caller ID- Updating one phone with a number DOES NOT update all phones with that numberPros:easy set upclear soundBut... beyond that, 2 weeks outside of the warranty period, all of the letters and numbers started to disappear from the display. 1 year and 2 weeks later, these phones are pretty much worthless. I highly advice against their purchase.

Lucky if they last a year even if not used. Constantly replacing batteries hoping they re-charge and last longer. Think it overcharges everything and kills the batteries... I have a bunch of them but they become worthless when the main unit dies in about a year. Pain in the ... phones.