GE 27907GE1 Dect 6.0 Cordless Phone for Mild Hearing Loss with Digital Answering System (White)

by RCA

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.9 x 7.7 x 8.4 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000NWHWMO
• Item model number: 27907GE1
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

GE - DECT 6.0 Cordless Big Button Phone with Digital Answering system

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best phone for dual needs (hearing and vision), August 25, 2008

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AB "ESL teacher" (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: GE 27907GE1 Dect 6.0 Cordless Phone for Mild Hearing Loss with Digital Answering System (White) (Office Product)

This 27907 phone set is the best I could find for my 91-yr-old mother, now technically challenged like many her age. It has been so successful that after a year with only the 27907, she ordered an accessory handset, so if she forgets to charge it there will be another ready and waiting, and so that an emergency phone can be put in the bathroom. One reviewer couldn't find an accessory handset; its model number is 27918, and amazon.com lists several. Nearly all the negative reviewers' issues are addressed by careful reading of the instruction booklet. It does have a lot of "bells and whistles" but Mother just disregards the unwanted ones. To avoid taking her hearing aid out, rather than putting the phone against her ear, she presses the speaker button when she answers instead of the talk button. (To disconnect, you press whichever one you last used; if you press the other it switches to that mode.) The 4 volume levels default to the last setting, and there is an additional white button against the dark handset color to boost the volume further; that this white button has to be pushed each time the phone is answered instead of defaulting to it is my only criticism. I have found that callers who are not clearly audible (1) have inferior handsets themselves, (2) are calling from remote mountain-locked areas, or (3) both. It is possible to make the phone announce aloud the numbers as you dial. The reason this review sounds like an instruction manual is that some of the reviewers objected to things that were in the booklet (available at www.thephoneresource.com if it's lost), and I believe these negative reviews have left an unjustifiably bad impression of a tool that has proven nearly ideal for an elderly person with handicapping hearing and vision problems. As hard as I searched before I bought this, I would have appreciated there being more positive ratings and detailed positive reviews; I bought 27907 with trepidation because of negative reviews, but the phone has been even better than I dared hope.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Phone for a Great Price, January 23, 2008

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One Smart Cookie (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: GE 27907GE1 Dect 6.0 Cordless Phone for Mild Hearing Loss with Digital Answering System (White) (Office Product)

Easy to use, nice big numbers. Clarity fantastic, nice booster for hard of hearing. I bought one for my 93 yr old technically challenged father-in-law, had it working in seconds. He loves it and has recommended it to several friends. He likes the one button to turn on/off the phone. His last phone had a talk and an off button, but they would always hit the wrong button and their phone would be off hook for hours. Doesn't happen with this phone because it is just one button. He also loves the light up ring. It makes it easier to find, and also a visual confirmation of an incoming call. Am buying one for myself, just wish it was offered without the answering machine, since I don't use an answering machine. No problem, just will turn off that feature.

Can't say enough how great this phone is! Why can't every company make a phone like this?

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and easy to use. Highly recommended, April 21, 2008

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George "G L Strout" (Bryan, Ohio, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GE 27907GE1 Dect 6.0 Cordless Phone for Mild Hearing Loss with Digital Answering System (White) (Office Product)

We replaced a very old phone system with a base and two portable units in this line from RCA/GE.

I am not an electronics geek but I found this system easy to program and set up was very quick. We have had it operating for two weeks and it works fine and has good sound d quality and no apparent interference with our wireless computer net work or our wireless surround sound system.

Highly recommended.

George Strout