Panasonic Link2Cell Bluetooth Cordless Phone System with Voice Assistant, Call Blocking and Answering Machine. DECT 6.0 Expandable Cordless System - 3 Handsets - KX-TGF573S (Black/Silver Trim)

I had my doubts reading only the one and two star feedbacks, but all of the landlines seemed too pathetic to purchase. I had to replace my old Uniden because even new batteries would not hold a charge so I took a chance on this (trying desperately to overlook the price and opted for an extra receiver) and I was very pleasantly surprised. First, I'm lazy so when the box came (which was my only negative because it wasn't in an unmarked box and if someone wanted this they could easily see, from the street, what this was on my porch and steal it), I took it inside for a look see. Pretty straightforward, the receivers need included batteries and need to be plugged in - done! Then, the base, hooked it up on the wall which I couldn't do with my old Uniden so, I'm getting happier. Batteries in and charging. So, I look at the handhelds and start pushing the buttons that are clear what they do and I was able to adjust the ring and noise cancellation later after I made my first call. So, then I got more interested and found where to hook up the cell. I got to the part where it said to pair, went to my cell, put it on pair - DONE! Just that fast. I called myself and it worked perfectly. I called someone and had them call me and it worked perfectly. Then, I went to sent the time and date and found one glitch and had to pick up the "quick" manual. Found that two arrows pointing at each other was a "star" (who knewww). Set! If I do nothing else at this point - like block a call - I'm good until I die. After reading the quick guide I could see where some found the extra two codes to do other stuff, but I'm as happy as I was with my new Android phone when I tried to figure out what it could do and still haven't found all the features. So, I'm good. Tomorrow, I may even leave a message for others to hear on the phone (but, do I really need people to hear, "leave a message because I'm not there". That could signal others to stop in knowing I'm not home......So, there you go. I really like this phone. I got a call on my cell (that I rarely check at home and get so much grief from because I don't attach it to my hip) and I picked up the receiver next to the lounge chair and wallah, spoke to someone who said I hadn't returned their text. Duh! Glad I took a chance on this. Now, if I can find a good wireless thermometer station (trying going through those tidbits of feedback)........L8R

Although our old wireless Panasonic phone system worked, it was getting touchy about getting and holding a charge. So we replaced it with this model. Call blocking is easy and wonderful! It already has blocked calls after just a few days. We have been getting many unwanted calls for years, but with this system we hope to reduce that number. It has a call block button, so no scrolling through a menu to get it blocked. You can disable the first ring, so the first thing you hear is the voice announcement about the call. You can also assign a certain ring to friends and family (with a number of choices) a feature we had with the old phone and liked very much. I read about the latest model that didnt have the call block button nor did it have the dedicated ring numbers - if you want these features get this model. You also can pick up the phone and it will or wont answer depending on how you set it up; it is easy to read who is calling - letters are large and bold, and then decide to answer it (or not if that is what you want.. It can be set up to access your voice mail, even remotely. And, this a WOW, you can hook your bluetooth smartphone to link with this so you dont have to keep two phones next to you - you can answer either the cell or landline from this phone - or make calls from either. If you no longer have a landline you can also use this just to answer your cell phone only. Quality of sound is fine, we dont experience any static or poor quality sound (we do have DSL filters - you may need these) the usual stuff like ringer on or off or louder, speaker phone, etc. Oh yeah, we still have the old phones in other places that we dont use as often - we just had to turn off the ringers on these to have that skip first ring feature, but both work just fine for our land line without any incompatibility - they just dont have all the features of course.

I purchased this phone to replace my old Panasonic phone. It came with all the features I liked about my previous phone such as talking caller ID and Call Block. I liked this style as it had some silver in it and not just plain black. I did read in the reviews that the speaker volume was not as high, but since I, nor anyone in my family is hearing impaired I figured it should still be ok. Turns out it's a bigger problem than I thought. First of all listening to my voicemail from the handset, even on the highest level, is a strain on the ears unless it's absolutely quiet. I find I need to focus more, instead of multi-tasking, which is a pain, and I've begun listening to voicemail on the base speaker which is louder. But not always so convenient to be stuck in one location.Secondly, as we are still in midst of a pandemic, my kids' schools are still juggling between live and remote learning. Sometimes this means teleconferencing. Today my 2nd grader had such a hard time listening to his teacher on the handset- it's challenging enough to pay attention via phone!- that I had to switch it to the base again. Which made it more difficult for him to respond during the session, being as it was not right near him, but up on the wall. Also this is not always convenient if my child/ren want to move to a different room to follow their lessons.So now, I am not sure yet whether to replace the whole phone, or order another handset with amplified features. I don't think this should have been necessary, and it is a pain to deal with. Not to mention extra cost. I am disappointed in Panasonic for slacking off on this feature. Again, I have perfectly good hearing- sometimes my kids say TOO good!- and this should not have been the issue it has become. Other than that the phone seems to work fine.