Vtech ia5863 - 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone w/ Digital Answering System & Caller Id

List Price: $29.95 Discount Price: $29.95

Features:

• Digital Answering System
• Caller Id / Call Waiting
• Large Lighted Display
• Enhanced 5.8 GHz Technology
• 20 Name & Number Phone Directory

Accessories:

Home Phone Tunes HPT001 Ringboxx

Customer Reviews:

Save your money !!! [Posted on 2008-02-07]
Range is HORRIBLE, and that's being nice.
I have a 3 story house and I lose reception one level away. Waste of money, very poorly constructed.

great value [Posted on 2008-02-08]
I am impressed with the little features of this phone that makes it such a good buy. I can't recall what I paid for it but I think it was around fifteen dollars--under twenty in any case. It is made of lightweight plastic--thus making it easy to handle. The buttons on the phone are large and easy to read. Buttons on the base of the phone are used to set all the functions and are also easy to read--and when you push them, the phone tells you what to do to set the function. I give nothing a perfect score as nothing I have found yet is perfect, but I really, so far, have nothing to complain about with this phone (except I do wish it had a female voice; maybe then I would give it a perfect five!)

Not happy with this vtech [Posted on 2008-03-11]
I just bought this exact phone that also came w/ an extra handset at Walmart for $44. I hate it. If I am more than 15 feet from the base it hangs up on the call. It is static all the time and very tinny sounding. Messages left are hard to understand. I don't like the buttons on the base for listening to messages you have to hold it in for like 5 seconds, then let go . .and then sometimes that doesn't work and you have to do it again and you hit delete and sometimes it deletes and sometimes it doesn't. I have call waiting with caller ID so if I'm on a call and someone else tries to call I can see who the 2nd caller is, well this phone doesn't show the # for the second caller. I am going to return it and am checking reviews here to find a brand that is more well-liked by others.

ABSOLUTE WORST PHONE... EVER!!! [Posted on 2008-06-25]
It is not often that you will find a review from me on a product, as i have little time to write them, however, i felt as though it was my duty to inform you on how horrible this phone is, so you dont waste your money by purchasing it. This phone is by far the worst phone i have ever owned, and i will never purchase an electronic device from Vtech in my life.
I purchased this phone from walmart believing that i was getting a good deal on a nice phone, and now i cannot wait to return this piece of crap. The phone has a horrible battery that doesnt hold even a decent charge compared to other phones that i have owned in the past. While vtech claims that the phone operates with 5.8 ghz, the phone looses signal once i step five feet out of my door of my room. Also, sometimes the phone will stay off of the hook when you try to hang up. The answering machine is awful and forgets the time and date every day. The worst problem that this phone has is that it has trouble recognizing when a number has been pushed when dialing a number.
PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE OR ANY OTHER PHONE FROM VTECH. lets allow vtech to continue making toys, because quite frankly,this phone is pretty much a toy.

Worst Phone I Have Ever Used [Posted on 2008-06-25]
I have had this phone for over a month now. For some reason, when you press a number button "0-9", it does not always register with the phone. The phone beeps, but if you listen into the handset, it never transmits the tone over the phone line. So when a phone number has a "2" in it for example, you have to press the "2" button one to five times before it will actually register. This also affects memory dial and causes that feature to be completely useless.

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