AT&T EL42208 5.8GHz Cordless Phone

AT&T EL42208 5.8GHz Cordless Phone
alaAverage 1.6

9 reviews

May, 2013

We have collected and analyzed 9 user reviews from international sources. Users rate it 31/100. The average review date is Apr 18, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 92237 reviews from other Cordless Phones. Last update: May 25, 2013.

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(Based on 9 reviews)

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broken after 1 year

 

broken after 1 year

I bought this phone about a year ago. It was solid until about a week ago, when it totally broke. When someone calls me now, the phone constantly rings - there is no pause between rings. The answering machine doesn't work now, likely because it...

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Horrible!!

 

Horrible!!

I paid a lot of money for this phone a year ago - way more than it is going for now and it is a horrible phone. I agree with all other reviews - really poor reception and the answering machine has failed after less than a year! You can not understand...

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Battery Failure

 

Battery Failure

I bought this phone almost a year ago now to replace a Vtech I had had for a number of years. I thought a newer phone would be a nice upgrade... I was wrong. Within the first 3 months of use, the phone's batteries would drain quickly. I use one...

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Answering machine sound quality is awful

 

Answering machine sound quality is awful

This phone performs well enough, but the answering machine on my unit is horrible. You literally cannot understand what the messages say unless the person has perfect diction, a crystal clear connection, and speaks slowly. A relative gave this to me...

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Privacy for the paranoid - laughable if not so pathetically flawed.

 

Luckily I have a receipt and can return it. I got it for my folks so that all 3 of us could chat at the same time. What in the world were they thinking when they made this phone to allow only one handset at a time to be used? Privacy? I guess... I...

good sound (over 2 week test)

inability to use both handsets simultaneously.

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Great if you're paranoid about someone eavesdropping on other handset

 

Great if you're paranoid about someone eavesdropping on other handset

I wish I had read Stephen's review first. Fortunately I have a receipt and can return it. I got it for my folks so that we could have long distance 3-way conversations. What in the world were they thinking when they made this phone to allow only one...

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One Handset at a time?!?

 

One Handset at a time?!?

Be warned: not until I unpacked and charged the phones did I come to find out that you can only use ONE handset at a time! This is confirmed on page 14 of the user manual which states, "Only one cordless handset can be on a call at a time. When one of...

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Lousy phone

 

Lousy phone

This phone had lousy reception and no range. If I got more then a dozen yards away from the base the static was overwhelming.

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some nice features, one fatal flaw

 

some nice features, one fatal flaw

We bought this phone because we wanted to be able to disable the ringers on our phones but still receive calls. We're able to do that with this system, so thats cool. But its fundamentally flawed since you can use one handset at a time with the base...

Product Specifications

Features: * 5.8 GHz Analog Technology * Dual Handset System (use both handsets through a single phone jack) * Call Transfer * 30 Name/Number Phonebook Directory * Lighted Keypad on Handset * Large Lighted Display on Handset * Handset Volume Control * Ringer Volume Control * Any Key Answer * 9 Number Speed Dial * English/Spanish/French Setup Menu * On-Hook Dialing * Auto Off * Mute * Last 5 Number Redial * Table/Wall Mountable Caller ID/Call Waiting Features: * Caller ID/Call Waiting Capability* * 30 Name/Number Caller ID History * New Call Indicator * Missed Call Indicator * Display Dial Digital Answering System Features: * 11 Minutes of Digital Recording Time * Call Screening/Intercept * Remote Access * Message Time/Day Stamp * Voice Prompts Replacement Battery: AT&T Model 23402
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