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Just went and bought this phone today after considerable research. And so far it is meeting expectations. My needs in order of priority: 1. No electrical hookup - should run off phone line, like all old analog phones 2. Need speaker phone for occasional conference calls 3. Need Caller ID to screen calls. 4. Nice to have - programmable phone number bank 5. Ringer control - should be able to turn off ringer or make it go to visual 6. Should be able to put caller on hold or mute. 7. No answering machine needed Needless to say - this was the only phone I found which could meet all of the above. The need to have one phone in the house which can be used if the electricity is off just made all the other phones miss out in some other aspects in the list above. Mostly they wouldnt have caller ID. All these features in this phone work on 4 -AA batteries and we will see how the consumption rate on that is. It was easy to setup, though the wall mount , did have an issue with the hook for the handset. It just wouldnt slide out.... had to bring the screw driver and pry it loose. Next, I will programme the frequently dialed numbers and see how that goes. It seems fairly easy from the instruction book. So far I have tested the speakerphone and the handset - the sound quality is great! Our previous phone was introducing a lot of static in the calls, so this is a good replacement and I am happy with the price. ANd we have freed up one of the electrical sockets as this needs no electric connection!!