Cingular Go Phone: Philips CD6452B/37 DECT 6.0 Dual Phone Bundle Review

I prefer cordless phones so I have had a number of different ones over the years. This one is in the top half in ranking.

PROS: It looks more like a cellphone than a cordless. I have had many compliments from people about how sharp it looks and how much it looks like a cellphone since installing the Philips system. The color screen is very impressive. It even has a couple of games on it just like cellphones do. The sound is much better than my previous phone system, a Uniden system.
The answering machine system is easier to use and is accessible from any phone. The phonebook holds a huge number of phone numbers, 250, which is about 4-5 times as many as the Uniden system did. Tranferring phonebook entries between individual phones is very easy too, since the menu system is much easier.
There is a ring silencer button so when you don't want to answer but instead let the answering machine pick it up you hit the button and it silences the ring on all phones in the system.

CONS: My major beef with the Philips system is its very small number of ringtones available. The Uniden system has many more ringtones available and they could be individually assigned to particular phonebook entries. So you would know who was calling without having to read the caller ID. I am particularly upset that there is no "silent ring" that can be assigned to phonebook entries. With the Uniden, you could add an entry to the phonebook and assign it not to ring. This saves from having to pay the phone company for their "do not ring" service which is so limited (10 numbers) that it isn't worth having.
This could have been the banner feature of the Philips system if it had it because the Philips system allows you to assign phone numbers from your phonebook to one of three groups or allow them to be unassigned. Each group has the ability to have a different ringtone assigned to it so you could take one of the three and assign it silent ring if they had this and dump all of your 1-800 repeated sales calls or bill collectors to that group. Right now I try to find the quietest ringtone they have and assign that one to the third group and dump those numbers into that group but it still does ring.
The other cons are minor. The batteries are not that strong, using two AAA 750's I dumped those right away and put in 1000's, which last twice as long.
The screensavers are nice to look at but you can't add additional ones, or if you can I can't find out how.
The last negative point is that it is a little tedious removing calls from the caller ID list unless you want to remove all of them at once. In that case it is much easier than the Uniden since it is a single menu selection to wipe them all out. It was a little easier with the Uniden system to remove individual entries, though the capacity to store previous calls is larger with the Philips. Adding calls from the caller ID list to the phonebook feature is easier with the Philips, unless you want to change something about the name to be displayed. With the Uniden you could edit the name easier than with the Philips but adding the entry is easier with the Philips system.

So the bottom line is that if you have only a few people you want to store in your phonebook and don't care that much about sound quality, go with the Uniden system. If you have a lot of numbers to store and want super sound quality, but don't mind 800 numbers ringing you all day then go with the Philips.
I just hope they come out with a version with the silent ringer feature that Uniden has.

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Product Description:
Philips CD6452B/37 DECT 6.0 Dual Phone Bundle. Philips CD6452B, High Def Voice Cordless Phone with dual handsets has a voice clarity as clear as a face to face conversation. The CD4 series puts the emotion back into a call. HD sound brings people and their feelings closer together. Hands free mode uses a built in loudspeaker to amplify the voice of the caller, allowing you to speak and listen during a call without holding the phone to your ear. This is especially useful if you want to share the call with others or take notes during a call. The unique acoustic design provides a high quality, rich communication experience. A best in class system designed for superb call clarity. Thanks to an advanced digital technology, calls are undisturbed by interferences from other devices. Enjoy high quality conversation, with a level of clarity rarely heard before. Thanks to a high quality speaker and to a real acoustic chamber, the audio spectrum reaches for beyond whats normally heard on a telephone. System will accept up to 5 handsets. There is a message counter on the base and the answering machine has up to 30 minute recording time.