By: Ahmed Namek & Bassem badawy

During this open and fast world of ours, technological advancement has been the most effective factor in our everyday life. If you go back just five years in time, you will find that the human being’s habits have changed a lot, and your relationship with the different technological devices that surround you has radically alternated since then. How about we go back in time for ten years?

One of the devices that started to have a lesser place in our life is the home phone. Since the appearance of mobile phones and the increase in their popularity and their rate of development, the need for the home phones has decreased gradually. Mobile phones are more practical and smaller in size, and you can also take them and travel around the world while keeping in contact with every one you know in any other part of the world. However, the home phone is still an essential part of our lives. Although the mobile phone could do everything the home phone can do, the home phone is much safer to use and it has features and advantages that establish it as a crucial part of each home.

*Prices listed in this article are the ones provided at the time of its publication, and are subject to change according to the supply and demand of the market.

The old traditional home phones probably gave you a bad impression about the home phones generally. For that reason, Yaoota is going to show you the most important features to be found in a home cordless phone. In this article, we are going to help you pick the most suitable phone while showing the different models available in the market.

The home phone is safer to use. It has your name and address, which makes it easy to reach you in case of emergency. In addition, its sound quality is much better and clearer than the mobile’s, especially if your home has much noise. If you have a big family or you have a workplace and you would like to communicate with people around you without having to leave your seat, you get to use the home phone as an intercom through which you can contact others for free. Nowadays, cordless home phones are the most common and practical beside the mobile phones inside the house.

First: Important Features of a Cordless Home Phone:

There are many features that differentiate between each model. Those features determine each model’s value and price. Some of these features are:

1. LCD Screen

The LCD screen is considered one of the most important features of the cordless home phone. It shows the caller ID, their phone number and the length of the call. Moreover, it shows the battery strength, which determines whether it needs charging or not. It also shows if you have a waiting call. Additionally, the screen is used to control the voice mail messages and for choosing a certain landline if the phone supports the dual-landline feature. The screen supports all colors. 

Check out the cordless home phone with an LCD screen here.

2. Battery

Almost all cordless home phones have batteries that enable you to use the phone without the need for electricity. Some phones even come with an extra battery to be used in case the original battery runs out. To overcome that issue, some phones come with a cable that connects the handset with the phone itself. Some phones have an alkaline battery, while others use ordinary chargeable batteries like AA and AAA.

3. Multiple Handsets

Some phones come with only one cordless handset to be placed in a certain place in the house. However, if  you have a big house or you own a multi-story company, one handset would not be enough. That is why some companies manufactured home phones with more than one handset. It is like having more than one phone connected to the same landline. Each handset has its own charger and batteries, which enables you to place a handset at each story. Normally, you can only use one handset at a time to make a phone call, with the option of transferring the call from one handset to another. However, there are some developed phones which allow you to use more than one handset during the same phone call.

In addition to that, the availability of many handsets in a big place allows you to use them as an intercom for internal calls. Through this feature, you can communicate freely with your family members, friends and work colleagues as if you are using a Walkie Talkie.

4. Dual-Landline Support

Some phones can be connected to two landlines while applying a certain ringtone for each. This will be beneficial if you have a big family in your house or a small company that makes a lot of phone calls.

Check out the dual-landline cordless phone here.

5. Voicemail

Some cordless home phones support sending and receiving voicemail. Some other phones can have more than one voicemail receiving feature. That would be perfect for people who like to separate the voicemail coming for your work from the one for the family, for instance. In addition to that, some phones enable you to reach old voice messages and move easily between all the messages saved on the phone. Finally, some phones support the answering machine feature.

Check out the cordless phone with the answering machine feature here.

6. Speakerphone

Most of the available cordless phones do not have the speakerphone feature. However, a few models have a more developed base that has a microphone that can receive your voice from a distance without the need to use the handset. This feature would be very beneficial for multitasking.

Check out the cordless phone with a speaker here.

7. Headset

Some cordless phones come with a headset and a belt to hang the phone on your waist and use the handset to make your calls. It makes it easier to carry the phone and move around with it to do other things while speaking on the phone.

Check out Yaoota’s guide to pick the perfect headset here.

Check out the different models of headsets here.

8. Base Keypad

Some phones have a keypad fixed to the base other than the one placed on the handset. The additional keypad can be used to save numbers during a phone call without the need to remove the handset off your ears. Some keypads have a light to ease using the phone in the dark.

Second: Yaoota’s Recommendations

Panasonic kx-tgd310

Specifications

• Range: 300 meters.
• Handset with a keypad.
• Intercom.
• Speakerphone.
• Caller ID.
• 32 ringtones.
• Voicemail.
• Memory that can save up to 120 names and numbers.
• Black and white LCD screen.
• 2 AAA batteries (chargeable/last for 16 hours).

Check out the cordless Panasonic phone here.

Motorola T312

Specifications

• Range: 300 meters.
• Handset with a keypad.
• Intercom up to 4 different handsets.
• Speakerphone.
• Caller ID.
• Transferring calls feature.
• 5 monophonic ringtones.
• You can name each handset.
• A clock and an alarm.
• Memory that can save up to 50 names and numbers.
• Blue light screen.
• 2 AAA batteries (chargeable/last for 10 hours).

Check out the Motorola cordless phone here.

Alcatel F330

Specifications

• Range: 300 meters.
• Handset with a keypad.
• Intercom.
• Speakerphone.
• Caller ID.
• Transferring calls feature.
• Moving between inside and outside calls.
• 5 ringtones.
• Length of the call.
• Memory that can save up to 50 names and numbers.
• Blue light screen.
• 2 AAA batteries (chargeable/last for 10 hours).

Check out Alcatel cordless phone here.

Philips D1211B/90

Specifications

• Range: 300 meters.
• Handset with a keypad.
• Intercom.
• Speakerphone.
• Caller ID.
• Transferring calls feature.
• Moving between inside and outside calls.
• 10 polyphonic ringtones.
• Length of the call.
• Memory that can save up to 50 names and numbers.
• Blue light screen.
• 2 AAA batteries (chargeable/last for 10 hours).
• It takes 8 hours to fully charge.

Check out the Philips cordless phone here.

You can also check out other models of cordless phones here.

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