AT&T 265 - Trimline Telephone with Caller ID & Call Waiting by AT&T
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Digital camera reviews of AT&T 265 - Trimline Telephone with Caller ID & Call Waiting
Digital camera Review: Badly designed
Summary: 1 Stars
I've always had AT&T phones and have always been really happy with them. Until now. I needed a replacement for my corded kitchen wall phone (AT&T trimline without caller ID or anything else) and wanted one that had caller ID. Good luck finding anything decent that isn't huge and looking like an CEO's desk phone! Found this, thrilled it was AT&T, and bought it. Mistake.
The sound quality is horrendous - constant static. (And no, it's not my phone line - none of the other phones in the house have a static sound.) But worse, and what made me take it off the wall after just about a month, is that I'm sick of hanging up on people every time I move my hand on the thing. The buttons on the outside of the receiver are SO badly placed that you are forever hitting one or more of them either cutting you off your call, or it acting like "Flash" does. Infuriating. Maybe it's just where I hold my hand or something, but I'm quite sure I'm not the only one this is happening to, and I've no intention of relearning where and how I hold a phone to accommodate a static-y, cheap, badly designed phone.
Bleh. I'm so disappointed in AT&T for this one.
Digital camera Review: Caller ID, no adapter block, great near a computer!
Summary: 5 Stars
This phone is great. Someone wrote that they could not see the screen display. Possibly because they did not read the manual to see that you have to install 4 AA batteries in the base? I did not see the display and read. Problem gone. The placement of the buttons are a small problem IF you are not careful about holding the phone, but they are low profile to make it less likely you hit them. The display for caller ID had to be on the top of a Trimline phone or it would not be trim, would it? Why? So you can see it before you pick up the ear piece, ergo, the programming buttons for the display are there also. It's a trade off. Maybe it could have been designed better, maybe not, but the phone has the 2 advantages I wanted: no adaptor block, so I can keep it by computer equipment that is loaded with blocks, and caller ID. Added advantages include phone number dialing. 3 one touch, 10 two touch.
Some advice to shoppers. Shopping online is not the easy game it once was. Amazon is usually good on prices with free delivery for items over $25. But prices online are for many sellers are not always great and shipping is getting to be a profit center for some, like ink cartridges for printer sellers. I balked at the $30 plus cost of the 3rd party sellers for this phone on Amazon, and googled. There were several vendors, most lower, some higher, but this phone was not in stock at any of them. I went to an online store not included in the roundup from Google: the much maligned W_ _-M_ _ _ chain, and got the phone via their internet store (not available in-store) and they delivered it to a local store I designated for pickup within days. No shipping charge to the store, only if delivered to your front door. Slight inconvenience, but the price was $20 plus change including tax.
I note, the image and my search refers to ATT 265, but the box actually says TR1909 - an updated product? And Amazon is selling a black version for $14.95 from Amazon.
Digital camera Review: Decent Phone
Summary: 3 Stars
I think this phone is acceptable. The LCD for the screen is hard to read unless you are at just the right angle. The phone seems too thick. When wall mounted, it hangs up and the hook that keeps the receiver on is not too sturdy - a little bump of the cord will send it crashing to the floor.
The sound and call quality is perfect, though.
Digital camera Review: Does the Job.
Summary: 4 Stars
This phone mounts well on our kitchen wall and works fine. Only negative so far is that the hook that keeps the phone handset connected to the base seems pretty cheap.Digital camera Review: Excellent corded phone at very reasonable price
Summary: 5 Stars
I would recommend this corded phone. I purchased two of these phones so I would have a good reliable land-line phone with a caller ID and a hang-up button on the phone. Finding a good land-line phone is not the easiest thing to find nowadays. Additionally, it has quite a few other whistles and bells for the price. I hung one phone on a wall (it has been no problem falling off the hook) and the other phone was hooked-up on another floor and placed on an endtable. I did find it necessary to purchase longer curly cords especially for the wall phone.