Customer Reviews

AT&T 9400 900 MHz Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Phone

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(13)

 

 

I run a small hotel. As a result I am not in the office very much and am always out doing something else. The phone system installed in the hotel allows me to transfer all incoming and internal calls to a particular phone extension. As a result I get lots of calls and this phone gets lots of use. I have had many kinds of 900mghz phones in the past and for the money this one has been the best. I bought two of them at the same time so that when the battery runs out of one I start using the other. The battery lasts usually about 4 days. It has been dropped, abused and used quite a lot. The only problem I have had is breaking the belt clip. I would like to get two more belt clips but am unsure where to find them. I have been very satisfied with the phones.

When the battery is charging on this phone it beeps constantly. This is a very annoying feature, that we could find no way to turn off. The range and static free signal is excellent. This does not make up for the warning low power feature.

We live in a area with frequest power outages, during which the phone runs out of stand-by power. When the power comes back up, the phone begins to beep every 1/2 to 1 minute until it is rechagred (8 to 12 hours). We tried replacing the battery, the phone proceeded to beep for 3 full days. Our final solution was to buy a new phone (with out the low power notification).

If you tend to run the power down on your phone I would caution you against this particular model.

I have used this phone now for about a month. Not entirely sure where people are getting this whole thing of the phone's battery being short lived. I used the phone and left it off the base for a week at a time and it still performs like a champ. Range is unreal and clarity is great. The only thing that is a little bad is the fact that it is slightly hard to cradle on your neck, but for the price, you are getting a superior phone for sure!

The phone clarity is okay, but not great. Sounds as if I am talking in an echo chamber which is very disappointing. Distance is good though and I do not get a significant degradation as I leave the base. This is important since I go to my neighbor's house a lot. One problem - though it fits in my pocket, it is too easy to depress the talk button, causing the darn thing to turn on all the time.

I bought this phone at the local Office store and it worked great for about a month, then all of a sudden it stopped. It did nothing but beep, no dial tone, nothing... tried everything, the phone still wouldn't work.

Went back and exchanged it for the new Power Advantage 4.0 AT&T 9520, it's everything this phone wasn't. Much greater range, very light and compact, fully recharges in only 4 hours and comes with a spare battery, highly recommended. It definitely restored my faith in AT&T.

I ordered one of these phones from Amazon, thinking it was a great deal. It was...a great deal of hassle! It would not charge, or function in any way, so I emailed Amazon, and they sent me a replacement. But the replacement also didn't work, having the exact same problem. I went through the symptoms with people on the manufacturer's 800# trouble shooting line, and they said I had got defective units. But two in a row is too much. Needless to say I am returning the phone.I should have stuck with my old brand, Panasonic.It just shows you get what you pay for.

Also, I must mention that I thought that the service I got from Amazon was great. They replied very quickly to my emails, and solved the problem (to the extent they could).

Like others, mine died when its internal recharger soon refused to recharge its battery. This phone worked for 1 week. I won't buy another from AT&T. I liked the small size and appearance, but not the range either. I have been using the Escort 9600 spread spectrum digital with up to a 3/4 mile range! Its even smaller; pocketable. I take it home from my office (1/2 mile away) and still receive business calls while I'm goofing off. If you live in a real small town, you don't need a cell phone with the Escort. Sound quality is good too. The AT&T wouldn't do that. You can add a basestation antenna extension on the roof if you need more distance... but few people do. So... take your chances... but realize that for this cheap a price you don't get quality control or reliability even though you might get a decent value.

This is the most worthless phone I've owned by ATT. Not as clear as I had hoped. There is an annoying beep. So please listen to other peoples warnings about this phone. What clarity? I had better clarity in my old 25 channel cordless.

I thought this phone was so great I had other family members buy it (BIG MISTAKE!) It's got great range and sound quality but unplug the base or start having low battery problems or a power outage and the phone quickly becomes a bad buy. It's difficult to correct the incessant beeping and even after a call to Lucent to get a new battery we still had difficulties.

There are too many other good products on the market to deal with a crazy maker like this! If you actually buy this phone you gotta be asking yourself "Do you feel lucky....well do ya?"

This phone is pretty good. The range is absolutly incredible! Sound quality is also very good. One small problem, the battery does not last for more then a couple hours of use. Its also very small and sleek, it's shorter then my cell phone.

I also wanted to correct the electronics enthusiast from the Boston area, who stated this phone beeps when the power goes out, with no way of stopping it. This statement is infact untrue, to stop the beeping you simply pick up the handset and turn the power switch to "off." It does this because it cannot make contact with the base while the power is out, and therefore thinks the base is out of range.