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 Sorely disappointed January 12, 2008
Soar
36 out of 39 found this review helpful
Speaking as a loyal Panasonic phone owner for years... I'm a bit surprised by the flood of good reviews on this phone, my experience has been the opposite.
When I saw some of the negative reviews, I glanced over and then dismissed them, figuring they were just the exception based on a purchaser getting a lemon or folks that didn't understand the technology very well. The minority seems to have it right in this case.
PROBLEM:
The primary problem was an issue with the sound of my voice cutting in and out when I was on a call (your voice is fed back through the handset speaker normally). Many people may not realize that phones normally feedback your voice into the ear speaker until it ceases to work properly (as with these phones). When it happened, my first reaction was that the line had dropped and I would start saying "are you there, are you there?". When the other person invariably said "yes", I began to realize it was the phone malfunctioning. Another problem is static on the phone occurring randomly on calls. We've never had that problem until these new phones were put in.
I am returning the phones because of these two issues. However, there are some pretty glaring design issues I'd also like to draw your attention to.
DESIGN DISAPPOINTMENTS (design points that make me wonder, with lots of frustration, what Panasonic engineers were thinking):
-- Unlit keypad (I knew about this from other reviews, but seriously, previous Panasonic phones had lit keyboards, what genius decides to go backwards on a key feature like this)
-- Non-dedicated key for voicemail (yes, this phone has an answering machine, but I can't buy a non-answering machine phone anymore, thank you Panasonic... they could at least recognize that a fair amount of people will use voicemail and design with that in mind, their previous phones had that)
-- Cheap feel to the phone itself (felt and looked like a cheap plastic kids toy)
-- Clunky menus. The menus on the handset were not natural to flow through. It is not that hard to take the time to make use and flow of menus an easy and non-confusing thing. These felt like an after-thought.
The sad thing? I am going to stay with Panasonic since they still have the best quality phone in my mind, it just happens to be a phone they no longer produce and sell, the KX-TGA520M series phone. Looks like I'll be shopping eBay and Amazon marketplace.
Really disappointed with the direction Panasonic is going in with their phones.
 Great Cordless Phones June 23, 2007
Grey W. Satterfield Jr. (Oklahoma City, OK United States)
35 out of 37 found this review helpful
I recently bought these cordless phones and could not be more delighted. Their range and audio quality are in a class by themselves. At the price, they are the best value in an electronics product I have seen in some time.
Most configuration settings are automatically transferred to the other phones when entered into the first. Handy. The Phonebook can be transferred, in whole or in part, to any one or more of the other phones. Also handy. The system can accommodate up to six phones. In short, there is a lot to like and little or nothing to dislike about the Panasonic KX-TG1034S Dect 6.0 Cordless Telephone.
I bought these phones to replace Panasonic landline phones, which I bought in the `80s, but which still work perfectly. If this current group of Panasonic phones are half as satisfactory and last half as long as my old `80s model landline phones have, I will be a happy camper.
Cordless That Really Works June 26, 2007
Frederick W. McManus (Glendale, WI USA)
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
After countless "out of range" errors, and replacing handset after handset with a comparably-priced 5.8 gHz GE model, we finally broke down and replaced the whole set with the KX-TG1034S. I couldn't be happier! The set works exactly as advertised, although I wish the 5-set package (KX-TG1035S) had been available. We bought a 5th handset separately at what, I'm sure, was a higher cost than the incremental cost of the KX-TG1035S over the KX-TG1034S.
Caller ID scrolling may not be quite as intuitive as other sets, but once you've done it, you don't forget. We also appreciate the separate phonebooks, since we have no interest in our daughter's favorite numbers - and vice versa. I miss the GE's handset naming feature, since handsets tend to wander around the house, and I don't know who to yell at when three of them end up in the kitchen.
The only complaint I have is not about the product itself. Our set shipped from Beach Camera. It shipped fast, and it was nicely packed, but it was sent UPS with signature required. I don't know about most Amazon customers, but there's no one home at my house during UPS's normal business hours. Advice to Beach Camera - let the customer choose to leave a signed door tag!
Best Cordless phone on the Market May 13, 2007
Glen S. Mueller (Los Angeles, CA)
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
Panasonic did their research and finally made a phone that works great and is made for the everyday consumer.
No tiny buttons. Great sound and easy to use. I suspect this cordless will be the largest selling phone on the market shortly. I got this phone one day after it came out and it was so good, I bought 2 more extention phones directly from Pansonic, Amazon didn't have them yet. The price for this phone is also the best for all the features.
Forget the other brands, I tried Uniden and GE and returned them both for various reasons. The GE 6.0 had a very poor ring sound and a button that turned the phone off was next to your cheek, which turned off the phone all the time. Buy the Pansonic 6.0
No backlit keypad August 30, 2007
Harri Teksas (New York, NY)
23 out of 33 found this review helpful
This phone has a major flaw right out the box - the keypad does not light up at all, only the display does. I sent it back right away, so cannot comment on any other features (for me this was a fatal flaw)
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