Siemens Gigaset 4010 2.4 GHz - Cordless Phone

Pros: Great Battery System, lots of features good product support.
Cons: Terrible hold music, no mute function

The 4010 is one of four models of a new generation of cordless phones recently introduced by Siemens. All are single line models designed for the home and home office. The other models are 4015, 4210 and 4215. Combinations of two features distinguish...

Pros: Excellent clarity, decent range, comfortable, stylish, uses AA batteries
Cons: No handset vol control button; won't redial 1010 access nos; rebate problems-see end

If you’ve followed my reviews, you already know I’ve been on a relentless search for a quality cordless phone with good features, but more importantly it has to sound good on both ends with no voice echoing or persistent dropout. I thought I had found...

Pros: Looks, Comfort, Decent amount of Features.
Cons: Sometimes less than stellar sound quality.

I got this phone for my girlfriend as a gift. I wanted one of the more expensive ones to upgrade fro ...

Pros: Good sound quality, many features, pleasing shape, good range
Cons: Complex menu system, slow button response, area code problems

The world of cordless phones had become quite complex in the last year or so. The are 900 MHz phones, 900 MHz digital phones, dual band 2.5 GHz/900 MHz phones and pure 2.4 GHz phones, which are all digital by they way (Government regulations regarding...

Pros: Stylish, compact, good design concept, good range.
Cons: Pricey, poorly executed, answering machine quality, too quirky.

I'm a gadget freak. I love new gadgets. But I've had very bad luck finding a quality cordless with some cool new features in the past few months.

My goal was to replace my Escort cordless (best cordless I've ever owned) and my old AT&T...

Pros: excellent sound quality, digital answering machine, great looks, long battery life
Cons: base has no functionality

I finally gave up my trusted Uniden when the battery would last all of 30 minutes between recharging. Well, I actually decided to give it up, when I found the deal on the Siemens Gigaset 4210 system. Like most of my purchases, the looks of the system...

Pros: More like a cell phone than cordless; rejects 2.4gHz interferance pretty well.
Cons: Many features may be intimidating

This is an absolutely amazing phone if you are used to mobile phone functionality. I use my mobile more than my landline phone, and when I was using my old cordless (a Sony 900 mHz spread spectrum) I would miss the features I had come to expect with my...

Pros: Nice shape, internal antenna, runs on Ni-Cad/NiMH AA batt, expandable system
Cons: Poor sound quality, limited range, incomplete Caller-ID info

I had been using a Uniden EXS9960 900 MHz cordless phone (an outstanding cordless phone - read my review of it) when it inexplicably died.

During my shopping for the Uniden, I had narrowed it down to either the Uniden or a Siemens phone. I...

Pros: Great phone, fully featured, everything is relatively user friendly!
Cons: Nothing really.

Well my old 900 megahertz panasonic phone finally bit the dust one day after the talk button fell off the handset. After months of frustrations with the talk button and how hard it was becoming to turn the phone on I finally broke down and did a little...

Pros: Common sense in design and no ugly antenna
Cons: Power cord is black instead of white. Mic. Volume control is a bit tricky

When you open up the box, first thing you will notice that

there are no plastic bags to wrap the handset and base

unit. All of material is recyclable which is very unlikely

in other American or Japanese products. Here...

Pros: Quality, Looks, Address Book
Cons: Range

Overall this is a good phone. It has a few drawbacks but it has a lot of perks.

The Perks:

First off, this phone looks like it means business. It doesn't have a lot off flashy lights or cheap plastic attatched to it. Instead it...

Pros: Great phone, fully featured, everything is relatively user friendly!
Cons: Nothing really.

Well my old 900 megahertz Panasonic phone finally bit the dust one day after the talk button fell off the hand set. After months of frustrations with the talk button and how hard it was becoming to turn the phone on I finally broke down and did a little...

Pros: Nice Feature Set, Hidden Antenna. 2.4 GHz FHSS.
Cons: Slow Button Response, High Price, No wallmount. Comes with NiCDs.

I bought this phone and another 4000 to use these as a pair. Spent 160 dollars too! The packaging was extremely neat someone put a lot of time into packing this box and the overall box design. (But we dont use the box so who cares? Well.. in passing it...

Pros: Clear sound, excellent battery life, cool features, small and comfortable.
Cons: Awkward handset locator button.

This phone answers the one nagging problem I have had with all other cordless phones that I have owned: proprietary NiCd batteries that do not last long and are expensive to replace. Siemen's response to this problem is brilliant and surprisingly obvious: ...

Pros: Handset speakerphone great feature, nice looking, uses standard (cheap) rechargable batteries
Cons: Reaction time to pressing keys very very slow, keys not backlit, call-waiting doesn't work

The specs on this phone are great, it has all the right features. Unfortunately using it is really unpleasant. The little computer in it must be too slow, because you must hesitate after pressing each button before pressing the next one. This includes...