BT Diverse 4016

About two years ago we bought a Phillips ‘Onis Vox’ digital phone with an inclusive answering machine in the sale at The Link. It has never been a particularly easy phone to operate and of course once the guarantee period ran out things started to go wrong. Notably the ‘sticky key syndrome’, which I would have been warned about had I had the foresight to read appropriate internet reviews before I bought it. Reluctant as ever to spend any money I’ve put up with this for several weeks much to the annoyance of my wife who found it increasingly difficult to answer the ... more

Now I have a deep love of gadgets. Alas I have rather more shallow pockets! If it offers to make my life better, and seems reasonably priced, then I am interested! I have wanted a decent cordless phone for ages. Once you get used to the freedom a mobile gives you, you find it such a bind having the irritation of a cable limiting your movement as you talk! So, I finally took the plunge and purchased a used BT Synergy 2150 off eBay for a very small amount of money. It looked lovely, compact, trendy silver colour (how long before black becomes "cool" again I wonder?) and in perfect condition. And ... more

The bt div 4016 is my current house phone, infact we have to, one up stairs one down stair, as if cordless wasnt enough. the div 4016 is a rounded cordless and ariel free handset with a variation of almost polyphonic ringtones from classical to just plan stupid. It has an in built phone book, records and timer and you dont even have to be a BT customer to use it. We are ntl and have been using this phone for over a year before that we had one of its brothers. One of the only downsides to this phone is the battery time, alike to a mobile phone in the top right hand coner of the screen there is ... more