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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
GE 29460 phone (a user's review)
By Scooter Libby
I bought this phone a few days ago. I was VERY impressed with the intelligent layout of its features. Total learning time was less than 20 minutes. Someone put a lot of thought into making it easy to use. Of the many excellent features this phone offers, I did find several disappointed me (but not enough to return it!). These are:1) On the first and only 2-line conference call I initiated, niether party could hear the other. Conferencing with 'home' quality phones always provides low level sound for the other parties. But this phone produced no sound for these particular parties.2) The speaker phone's output volume is quite low, even on its maximum setting. With my computer's fans, it's only minimally acceptable. The receiving party said my voice quality wasn't bad, but similar to any other speaker phone, quite echo-e.3) The headset feature is great, but, get this, the handset is dead while the headset jack is plugged-in. You must remove it to return use of the handset. You can switch to the speaker phone though while removing the jack, but, sheesh.4) The Flash feature switches to the call waiting line just fine. But, I couldn't find a way to conference the call waiting person with the other party on the same line, as I could with my Sony phone. I kinda miss that ability, though maybe I haven't discovered how to do it yet (no mention of it in the manual).
Overall though, this is a premium phone with wonderful clarity and a solid sounding handset microphone (not 'tinny' like some phones). I really investigated alternative phones and this was in a class for twice its ... cost. Even with these particular disappointments, I'm impressed with the phone.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
Decent Phone
By Donald Allen
I recently bought this phone for a home office environment. I tend to agree with some of the other posters in that the phone could be better. The LCD display is hard to read, and the quality of the speaker phone and the handset audio could be much better as well.Most of we consumers only think of AT&T, GE (now marketed with the RCA brand on some phones), Panasonic, as well as other typical consumer brands when it comes time to add a new phone. Obviously, it "is" easier to run down to Best Buy, Circuit City, Office Depot, Office Max, or Staples. But, do some searching online, and you will find that commercial-grade phones are available which are of much higher quality, and not too much more expensive.For example, the ITT Cortelco Colleague-series phones are of exceptional quality, and they even have a line-powered model. No AC adapter or batteries are required - just like the old-fashioned Western Electric phones when "Ma Bell" was still around! Plus, they include every feature that all of the consumer-grade phones do - and, sometimes more. Another brand is Scitec, which supplies commercial phones to colleges and hotels. They, too, are available through online distributors. There are other commercial brands available as well; just do some searching and you will find better options at prices equal to or less than $100 for an excellent quality multi-line phone.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
This is a great 2-line Caller-ID Corded Phone!
By A Customer
I have searched for a long time to find a phone with this set of features: Corded, 2 lines, caller-ID, Voice Mail light, Data Port on line 2 for my computer. I was thrilled to find it in a GE phone, because I have owned GE phones in the past and their quality has been superb. Other features that I like are: 2-line conferencing; volume controls for handset, speaker, and headset; Lighted voice mail button that is programmable with voice mail access number; great display w/scrolling; 16 memory locations + 99 line directory; and the data port is programmable for either line - saving me some phone re-wiring. There are many more features too.
I don't like the ring tone, and wish it was programmable to my liking, but it's a small price to pay for the combination of features.
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