Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great Telephone
Comment: Love this phone. Exactly what I needed. Has all the features one would want on a phone. Love that it has a loud ringer. Also like the message light when it lights up it is very bright and you can't miss it.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great for no interference
Comment: I bought this phone for it's 900 MHz feature which doesn't interfere with our wireless network or other electronic equipment - or should I say they don't interfere with this phone. We have a 5.8 MHz Uniden that has a short range due to the wireless interference, according to the Uniden tech support I spoke to. I am not elderly but still appreciate most features.
The cons:
-No speakerphone.
-Can't use the phone when sitting on base - needs to be charged to use.
-When dialing, the tone when dialing out is very loud - painful to the ear. The audio boost feature is off.
The pros:
Large buttons, easy to push with long nails
Has a input jack to use headphones with (they don't come with phone)
Easy to change volume while in call
I had few phones to choose from in the 900 MHz range, so the only thing that would lead me to buy another 900 MHz would be if it had a speakerphone, a full featured base, and expandable handsets.
Customer Rating:
Summary: 900mhz the way to go
Comment: I bought this for my mother-in-law, with an emphasis on IN-LAW.
The problem with all the other phones, is that she could not travel around her cave, at the speed aided by a walker, without losing the signal.
Lower frequency, longer range.
ET 101.
That's it.
No more calls sayiing "Well it's nice but I can't hear when I'm"........fill in the blank.
Aside from the obvious,"Don't go there when your on the phone!" I got her the 900mhz Uniden and the calls stopped.
If you or anyone that you know is so afflicted, buy this phone, or ear plugs.
"God is in his Heaven and all is right with the world".
This phone fit the bill.
Customer Rating:
Summary: uniden cordless phone
Comment: great looking phone with big numbers and light up ringer! Would have rated it with 5 stars, but does not have a speaker phone feature.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Mediocre at Best
Comment: I bought a 900 MHz Uniden phone in '98 or so, and it was totally fine--impressive, really. It lasted a decade before I managed to destroy it (my fault--not an issue with the phone). The range was maybe half a block through housing, the signal was clear, the battery life was great, and it was a good, clean design. I liked Uniden then, so I thought I'd give them another shot.
This phone's negatives:
(1) The range is limited and the sound quality is poor, often static-filled if I'm not in the same or an adjacent room to the base station. Going into the basement one floor below the base station is problematic--never an issue with my older Uniden.
(2) There's an intense red strobe that indicates voice mail waiting. The strobe has two settings. The dimmer setting is still bright enough that the neighbors across the alley probably wonder if there's danger of some explosion in my kitchen. An LED would have been much more appropriate, and used less power.
(3) Emergency, 911, is a single button. Why place a button people will seldom use in a place where it could easily be accidentally pressed? Are they concerned that as I age I won't remember the number of the local 911 service?
(4) The ringer volume buttons are on the handset, right where someone picking the phone up would naturally place a thumb. I've had to repeatedly readjust the ringer volume just because I've picked the phone up to make a call.
(5) The phone generates much more heat than the older Uniden. It's not enough that I'm concerned about the lifetime of the phone, but it is enough that I make sure to unplug it when I leave town for a few days since it's apparently drawing considerable current.
Positives:
(1) I used to prefer mechanical ringers because they're louder. This one's plenty loud.
(2) Give me a while, and I might think of something else. OTOH, it'll probably be a negative, not a positive.
So, I bought this three months ago and still feel that I need a new phone. Good Will will get this one soon.
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