GE 26981GE3 900 MHz Analog Cordless Phone with Alarm Clock and Caller ID (Silver)

by General Electric

Product Details

Product Manual [732kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009OKNH
• Item model number: 26981GE3
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The compact design and generous feature set of the GE 26981GE3 900 MHz Cordless bedroom phone will reduce the clutter on your nightstand. Both of the essential bedroom appliances are now available in one stylish package. In addition to the standard cordless telephone features, this telephone includes call waiting and caller ID (require local subscription), and Crystal Clear Sound with Compandor Technology that improves sound quality by helping to reduce background noise. A lighted keypad and LCD simplify using the phone at night, and the AM/FM clock radio features both snooze and an alarm clock. With this stylish phone, you can make better use of the extra space on your nightstand.

Clock radio features

• AM/FM clock radio with presets
• Snooze
• Gradual wake
• Alarm

Product Description

900Mhz bedroom phone Silver - 900MHz cordless bedroom phone with clock, radio, and alarm- Backlit LCD- Caller ID, call waiting caller ID- 40# name and number caller ID memory- 10# memory- Battery low warning- Flash- Page/find- Handset volume control- AM/FM clock radio- Alarm function- Sleep timer- Snooze- Digital tuning- Extra large LED for clock- Silver and black with bright green accentsbattery GE-TL26506

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The model for sale here is now new & improved - please read!, January 20, 2004

By 

Janice Santa Cruz (Phoenix) - See all my reviews

This review is from: GE 26981GE3 900 MHz Analog Cordless Phone with Alarm Clock and Caller ID (Silver) (Office Product)

For those of you reading the two reviews above me, please take note that these reviews are actually for the model 26981GE2. The model for sale at Amazon.com is the new and improved model 26981GE3. (If you don't want to take my word for it check out the product specs & description on this site or go to GE's website to see all the features.)

With the newer GE3 model, the phone keypad is now lighted. And the single alarm has been changed to a dual alarm. What more could you want?

Personally, I can only wake up to music and not an annoying beeping sound of an alarm. So to eliminate clutter on my nightstand I have always had an all in one alarm clock/radio/ phone. My previous corded phone/radio/alarm clock had a manual radio turner. I got sick of waking up to the hissing of the radio not quite on the station. With the manual tuner and the bad reception in my house, every evening I had to adjust the radio to the channel to get it in clearly, but by morning the station had again faded to a hiss.

Most other alarm clock/radio/phones in the price range of this GE 26981GE3 have a manual radio tuner. Also some other models that sell for more than this model only have a manual radio tuner! With this new GE radio, the digital tuner locks the station and the FM antenna being in the power cord keeps the station clear. And with the radio preset, if my children change my radio station, I can just push a button to get it back.

As for the complaint of the large display being too bright, I prefer it. Without my glasses I am almost twice the limit of being legally blind. And it is a pain to try to find my glasses in the middle of the dark night to put them on just to see the time. Also my husband can look from across the king size bed and see the time without having to have his own clock on his nightstand. If the dimmest setting is too bright for you, take the suggestion of putting a smoky colored film over the display.

I have done a lot of research and the only other unit like this in this price range with the digital tuner and all the other features was the GE 26980GE1, but they stopped making it a year or two ago. (Just before I could buy it!) It was replaced with the 26981GE2 which is the radio reviewed in the first two reviews above me. But complaints about that model because it lacked some of the features the previous model had prompted GE to make this newer version.

Zenith makes one with a CD player included but the phone is not cordless. It does however have a triple alarm. But it sells for over $100.00! More that twice the price of this model! And when I listen to a CD, I want to listen to it on a big stereo (which I already have in my bedroom), so I choose not to have a CD player on my alarm clock.

This GE 26981GE3 is a great buy!!! But be ware, many online sites are selling the previous 26981GE2 for the same price as the improved 26981GE3! The unit looks almost identical so be sure to check the model number. Why pay the same for fewer features?

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could be better, October 1, 2003

By 

"stanman001" (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: GE 26981GE3 900 MHz Analog Cordless Phone with Alarm Clock and Caller ID (Silver) (Office Product)

This clock radio has practically all the bells and whistles you can ask for. The only shortcomings that I found was that the telephone was the old fashion 900 MHG analog instead of the 2.4 digital GHZ. This can be a small minus as the phone has 40 different channels to tune to in case of interference. The other disadvantages is that the large clock numerals gives off so much light (even in low display mode) that you can use it for a night light. If you sleep with your head at the same height as the clock radio you will have the light in your eyes each time you turn in that direction. A solution for this problem would be putting a piece of dark colored cellophane over the lighted numbers. Also, the phone does not have a lighted keypad for night viewing and clock radio doesn't have the dual alarm feature.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars sleek, easy setup and great sound, September 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: GE 26981GE3 900 MHz Analog Cordless Phone with Alarm Clock and Caller ID (Silver) (Office Product)

It took me months to find a clock radio w/ a cordless phone that had most of the features I was looking for, and at a reasonable price. I bought 2 others that I returned. One thing to keep in mind is not all clock radios w/ phones had a lighted time on them. I returned one ( by southeastern bell) after I woke up in the middle of the night and looked at my clock for the time, and it was dark. What good is a clock radio in the bedroom if you can't see it with the lights out??. I also looked at a clock radio being sold at Frontgate. It had all the features I was looking for but they wanted $99.00 plus $15.00 for shipping. This GE model has all the same features except dual alarm and a night light ( how often would you turn on a night light on your clock for $60.00 more than what this one sells for. The phone works great, and even the radio has decent sound considering it isn't a stereo. Overall, this phone is a good buy at a good price.