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Delayed ringing, Delayed Caller ID ='s Missing my Calls.
This is my 3rd Panasonic phone system (they last me about 3 years), and I was happy with the previous ones, so I am truly surprised by how much I hate this one. So here are the problems in order of severity : 1)Delayed ringing - I pick up after one or two rings, and the person has hung up, or the call has gone to the phone company voicemail. When I ask the person who has hung up, why they hung up so fast, they tell me that the phone rang 5 or 6 times. I only heard 1 or 2 rings :-( 2) Delayed Caller ID - if you really want to make sure that you miss the call, try waiting for the caller ID - both the talking and the visual caller ID don't show up until the 3rd ring, and that coupled with the above described delayed ringing makes sure that the caller is long gone by the time that you pick up. With my 3 year old Panasonic the talking caller ID was right after the first ring and left me plenty of time to decide if I wanted to get the phone, find it, and answer before the 4th ring. I am shocked that the newest version is so inferior. 3) Way too much scrolling and buttons for every function - old phone allowed me to scroll through caller id, press talk, and the phone dialed. Old phone allowed me to scroll through caller ID, press erase, poof that number was gone, and the next one appeared. This new phone has way too much of "Are you sure you really want to do that? Scroll up for yes, down for no, press another button to confirm the yes or no, now press another button to exit, go back to the first button to go back into caller ID, scroll again, select a number, scroll and press another button for what you want to do with that number, "are you sure that you really want to"...yada, yada, yada 4) Terrible battery life (and I don't think it's a bad battery, because it's the same on all 3). I'm not so obsessed with battery life that I time it, but I've learned that if the phone doesn't make it to the charger overnight, without a doubt, sometime the next day the battery would die. 5) There is such a thing as too light weight - although they have not broken, they are constantly getting knocked over because it barely takes a light breeze to do so. Has anybody found one with talking caller ID in another brand that is decent? 2 months with this one, and I'm in the market for another...
November 2010 · Office Products · verified purchase
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