|
GE Designer Series Ultra-Slim Cordless Phone - Red | 
 enlarge | Brand: General Electric
Category: CE
List Price: $67.49
Buy New: $49.99
You Save: $17.50 (26%)
New (2) from $49.99
Rating:  4 reviews
Color: Red
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0.1
MPN: 28118BE1
UPC: 044319703436
EAN: 0044319703436
ASIN: B000ZPIADO
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
| |
| Features:
| • | Cordless Telephone with Call Waiting Caller ID | | • | 2-pc. Set; Includes Cordless Handset | | • | Features: Digital Message Counter | | • | Modes: Mute | | • | Other Features: DECT 6.0 Frequency Technology | | • | 14 min. Record Time | | • | 20 Ringtones | | • | Stores Up to 40 Names and Numbers | | • | Backlit Display | | • | 28106BE1, 28106FE1 | | • | Accessories Included: AC Adapter |
|
| Accessories:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Annoying September 16, 2008
A. Hasting (New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this phone because of its looks. Shallow, I know. I thought that a phone is a phone.. how can you mess that up? I've learned my lesson.
This phone does make and receive calls without problems. That is the main positive feature. I haven't had issues with volume, but I have excellent hearing and just came off the worst cell phone on the planet. Anything would have been a step up.
The message system is where I have problems. When I got my first voice message, the answering machine would not delete it. The way to delete a message is simple in theory: push the "delete" button while the message is playing. When that didn't work, I tried to return it, but the store where I bought it wouldn't accept an opened item. I called the number in the product manual, thinking that GE is a good company and will stand by its products. It turns out that GE does not directly provide support for their products, and the company that handles technical support for this product was not helpful. They told me to unplug it and replace the batteries. That did not work. Then they told me to mail it to Texas, at my expense, where their technicians would try to fix it and send it back. If I got it back and it still didn't work, I could send it back to them (again, at my expense), and they might be able to send me a refurbished model as a replacement. That seemed like a lot of trouble when they couldn't even guarantee that I'd end up with a properly functioning model.
I figured out that you can listen to messages through the handset and delete messages that way. So basically the base unit is useless to me, except to charge the phone.
The other annoying thing about this phone is that my handset constantly says "NEW VOICE MAIL," when I have no messages. It has said that since I got the phone.
Obviously the phone is usable. But next time I'll do my homework before I buy anything, even as trivial as a phone.
 Nice product, but some points to consider... July 30, 2008
Tisiphone (Chicago, IL United States)
I purchased this phone and two expansion handsets. In the last three weeks, I have not had the problems with interference which other reviewers complain of, but every situation is unique. I was having some problems with other cordless phones because of kitchen appliances and lights that caused interference on the older bands. I find the handsets in both colors very ergonomic and attractive, and the extra features like polyphonic ring tones and remote access to the answering machine from expansion handsets are great.
A couple of concerns I do have with this phone:
There is no way to wall mount either the base station or the expansion handsets. If you don't have a piece of furniture that's next to the phone jack, don't bother. I don't know why it would have been so difficult to put a mounting bracket for a wall jack on the very slim base station. (None of the pictures on the box show the back or mention this, so buyer beware!)
Phantom handsets - has anybody else had this problem? I bought expansion handsets for my phone about a week apart each, and each time I registered a new handset, it was one number up from what it ought to have been. (I registered the second handset and it showed it was handset 3, the third, 4, etc.) I obviously de-registered everything each time, but I would like to know what is causing it. (I'm following the directions in the manual precisely.)
 Very Poor Quality Product June 5, 2008
Tommy (Baltimore,MD)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved the way this phone looked and in the end I guess that's why I bought a system of 3 of them. They have just found their way to the trash after only 3 short months.
1 handset's battery completely died (would no longer charge) after 1 month of usage. All phones had background static, audible during a call. Also the speakerphone is completely anemic. The highest setting is still very quiet and not very usable.
We replaced them with the DECT3080 series (also DECT) from Uniden and couldn't be happier. No static, loud speakerphone, clear conversation. Seems like GE forgot what people actually use phones for to begin with.
Light weight, full features April 29, 2008
K. Adams
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well designed, lightweight full featured phone. I wish the extension phones were as readily available as the base unit.
|
|
|
|
Information about prices, products, services and merchants is provided by third parties and is for informational purposes only. Electronics-vault.com does not represent or warrant the accuracy or reliability of the information and will not be liable for any errors, omissions or delays in this information or any losses, injuries or damages arising from its display or use.
|
| |
