... This telephone set come with a warning not to use them in the bathrooms
So off I went to my local BT shop and selected BT Freestyle 350 Twin Cordless Handset because priced at £80 for two phones they looked simple to use and the main thing is that there was an answering machine which is ... Read review
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I get flashed at for moving too much!!
Advantages: Easy to use, lots of options Disadvantages: None as yet
...I went to my local BT shop and selected BT Freestyle 350 Twin Cordless Handset because priced at £80 for two phones they looked simple to use and the main thing is that there was an answering machine which is what I had been wanting for quite a long time so that people could leave me messages when I'm not home, a rarity that it is.
The BT Freestyle telephones are both cordless which is something I was definitely looking for and they ... ...the handset there is a BT Button which gives you quicker access to the services from BT, not a button I have ever used admittedly but it is there if I need it,
3) From these telephones I cans end and receive SMS messages, although I personally prefer to use my mobile telephone. In order to send am SMS message you would have to subscribe to this option through BT,
4) It comes with an answering machine as I have already ... more
I am not really a gadgets person if I am honest, the simpler the better for me. I am not going to sit down and read a manual to find out how something works. I like to plug it in, press an on button and away we go.
I was in desperate need of a new house telephone, not only was mine a little dated and by that I mean it wasn't even cordless, but it had begun to made this horrific cracking sound whenever I tried to speak to people, so I decided that I needed something cheap, efficient and if possible cordless so I could walk around the house and talk on the telephone instead of being routed to the sofa. Instead all the wires you need are to plug it into the wall where your previous phone line was and the adaptor into the plug socket on the wall and that is it. This telephone set come with a warning not to use them in the bathrooms
So off I went to my local BT shop and selected BT Freestyle 350 Twin Cordless Handset because priced at £80 for two phones they looked simple to use and the main thing is that there was an answering machine which is what I had been wanting for quite a long time so that people could leave me messages when I'm not home, a rarity that it is.
The BT Freestyle telephones are both cordless which is something I was definitely looking for and they both come with their own bases to sit them in. The bases themselves are very sturdy; the main telephone is housed on the base which incorporates the answering machine. The telephone handsets look very similar to a mobile telephone in my view, they are quite slim in size and are alphanumerical buttons which make it easier to access your stored information or send a text message as you would normally. The buttons themselves are quite small in size, so if you are like me and have small hands and fingers it is perfect but you have big hands then you may have some difficulty with the buttons. There is a red and green telephone button which is for answering and ending calls which is commonplace with most telephones and a menu to allow you to scroll through the telephone options to change the ring tone, volume of the ringer, your SMS messages and so on.
When I bought my handsets within the box I got two bases, two telephones, all of the wires I needed and the user manual which I haven't even begun to read properly yet, but it is set out with picture diagrams so that I don't have to sit confused trying to figure out how something works.
So what features do these phones possess?
1) There is a quite a large directory which allows me to store up to 100 names and numbers for easy dialling and also because im quite forgetful it comes in very handy. It is easy to programme all of the numbers into your telephone as well which is also very helpful. Another feature of this telephone is that if someone calls you and you don't have their number you can save it to your directory direct from the telephone,
2) On the handset there is a BT Button which gives you quicker access to the services from BT, not a button I have ever used admittedly but it is there if I need it,
3) From these telephones I cans end and receive SMS messages, although I personally prefer to use my mobile telephone. In order to send am SMS message you would have to subscribe to this option through BT,
4) It comes with an answering machine as I have already stated and the answer machine can be access and operated by the telephone base, by the handset or from another telephone using remote access. Whenever my machine is flashing to tell me I have a message I have only ever to date pressed the play button to listen to my messages. The answering machine is digital and allows a 15 minute recording time which is perfect for my mother who likes to leave long messages and usually gets cut off half way through *evil grin*,
5) The telephones have a full colour screen and you can change the wallpaper on them, there is a choice of 8 different ones to choose from and you can also give your handset a name,
6) They have 300m range outdoor call clarity and 50m inside, so I can go outside and peg out the washing whilst talking on the telephone and I can hear the other person crystal clear and they can also hear me too. On the telephone itself there is a little icon which will flash if you are moving out of range and it will begin to beep until you move back to within the speaking distance.
7) There is also a caller display option which I find very helpful and there is also an option to have call waiting on your telephone so that when you are on a call if someone else tries to call you they know already that you are on the telephone. I did activate this function but it irritated me by beeping in my ear when someone was trying to get through so I deactivated it.
8) The final thing about this telephone which I find useful is that it can be used hands free and you don't have to have a telephone stuck to your ear to chat to people. The sound quality when doing this is really good and very clear and it something I opt to do quite a lot when the telephone rings.
The final feature of this phone which I am going to mention and believe me for someone who isn't into gadgets this phone has an awful lot of them is the 'callme' feature. If like me you sometimes spend nights away from home working or going on conferences and you know someone is going to call you at home, you can set your telephone to contact your mobile telephone whenever you are called, much like a divert option.
Since purchasing this telephone set I have been really happy with it, the sound quality is brilliant and the fact I can leave the sofa to talk to people whilst washing up or doing something else is amazing for me, I stuck too long with my old telephone when it really wasn't necessary and I am definitely not looking back.
Advantages: Easy to set up, easy to use, packed with features Disadvantages: I've not found any so far.
...I've had my BT Freestyle Quad phone for 3 weeks now and am so delighted with their performance felt I had to write my first review. Straight out of the box and after the initial charging period it was all systems go. There was no setting each phone to the base unit and all the ardous getting ready procedures I'd had to endure before. It was all so easy.
The clarity of calls is crystal clear and I'm very impressed by the fact that there is no difference ... ...is simple and straightforward. The messages are clear and, of course, date stamped. I've not tried the text messaging service yet but anticipate that it would be just a good as all the other features.
Thank you BT for a quality, feature packed digital phone. ...
Sooner 30.08.2007
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Advantages: Good clarity of sound, excellent range without degradation of quality, light Disadvantages: Bulky, poor selection of ringtones, ringtones are too quiet, poor loudspeaker
We've fancied a new telephone for a while now, and the move from the old-fashioned corded phone to a more sleek model seemed an obvious thing to do. We searched for a while and came accross the Freestyle 350 model in the Argos catalogue. The triple was chosen because of the number of rooms in our home.
The first thing I noticed about the handset was that it is far more bulky and bigger than I expected, or than was represented in the pictures I had ... ...light-weight and rechargeable, with an excellent battery life even if you do not regularly 'dock' the handset in its respective cradle.
Another major positive is that you only require one telephone socket for this to work, regardless of the number of handsets you choose. The main handset is plugged into the phone socket, but the other two only require a power socket to maintain their charge.
The range of the handsets is also very good - I live ...
jgyphion 03.07.2007
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Advantages: Good range and clarity of sound Disadvantages: Software and styling - basically difficult to use
Bit of a disappointment really. It works well as a basic phone, but oh, who syled it, and who wrote the software - obviously not a user!
It was easy to set up: plug in to a 13A and phone sockets, remove tabs from the batteries, and wait 16 hours to charge. Sound quality is very good during calls, and the range more than adequate all round our thick-walled house. However all other functions are disappointing:
Phone book entries have to be separately ... ...like me, will want all three handsets to be the same, it is bizarre that they cannot be copied. This is quite fiddly to do as the keying in process is not particularly intuitive (for example the software assumes that when entering names you are more likely to want one of several currency symbols or "@" than the "&". The keys don't light up, so in poor light it is hard to use. (The cheapest mobile phone has illuminated keys, and this phone was not ...
JDavidJ 19.08.2007
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Advantages: Audio is great and loudspeak is nice and clear Disadvantages: Shoddy build quality with a useless display
A pretty good set of phones which do the job they say they will but fall down on a couple of areas.
Sound quality is good on normal calls and on speaker phone and the ringer could be heard from the moon so no qualms there. If you have your broadband and phone on the same line make sure you have a good filter or the audio will drop off on calls to a whisper.
The answer phone is also great and can be turned on or off at the touch of a button, there ... ...leave it in the kitchen cupboard etc.
Build quality and interface are the biggest issues, it feels like a lump of plastic held together with sticky tape and when dropped spreads its insides across the room like a fragmentation grenade. The screen is tiny and despite having the option of changing settings like backgrounds and display it is pointless as it has what looks like 24 pixels across.
Phonebook is good and if you have caller recognition ...
joerearden 15.06.2008
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Advantages: great audio quality Disadvantages: none
Sound quality is good on normal calls and on speaker phone and the ringer could be heard from the moon so no qualms there. If you have your broadband and phone on the same line make sure you have a good filter or the audio will drop off on calls to a whisper. The answer phone is also great and can be turned on or off at the touch of a button, there is also a button for locating the phone when you leave it in the kitchen cupboard etc. Build quality ... ...lump of plastic held together with sticky tape and when dropped spreads its insides across the room like a fragmentation grenade. The screen is tiny and despite having the option of changing settings like backgrounds and display it is pointless as it has what looks like 24 pixels across. Phonebook is good and if you have caller recognition on this works really well too. All in all a great phone when it comes to calls but leave the txt message option ...
srikanth1045 19.02.2009
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