AT&T TL71308 5.8GHz Digital Three Handset Cordless Telephone (Titanium and Metallic Charcoal)

by AT&T

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 4.2 x 6.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0018WTGCC
• Item model number: TL71308
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

For absolute simplicity and freedom, the phone is Headset compatible for hands-free use (headset is optional). A large, easy-to-read LCD screen on all handsets displays the Caller-ID and Call-Waiting feature. With 50 Phone Book locations and 50-number Caller ID history, you can keep track of your favorite friends and family. And you can also redial the last five numbers. You can add up to a total of 4 stations through a single phone jack. With your choice of English, Spanish, or French prompts, it's easy to set up with these phones. For your convenience, this system is table or wall mountable.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AT&T Digital Three Handset Cordless Telephone, July 28, 2008

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Patricia Moore (Iowa) - See all my reviews
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AT&T TL71308 5.8GHz Digital Three Handset Cordless Telephone (Titanium and Metallic Charcoal)

I have bought a number of cordless telephones and been unhappy with the speaker quality and the directory quality. This ATT phone has excellent speaker qualities and the directory automatically alphabetizes entries. I also like that what I do to one phone directory, I do to all, BUT I can individualize the ring tone and volume for each phone. Three handsets means three handsets, not four as pictured. When I bought mine, the picture was accurate and showed only three total handsets, one base and 2 additional hand sets.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A frustrating start with charging batteries, December 22, 2008

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Philip A.Cohen (Bay Harbor Islands, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AT&T TL71308 5.8GHz Digital Three Handset Cordless Telephone (Titanium and Metallic Charcoal) (Office Product)

I bought this cordless telephone system through a marketplace merchant(since Amazon themselves wouldn't be able to supply this model until 2 month from now)
Despite installing the batteries correctly, and trying to charge the 3 handsets for a day(with the red power indicator on, and the display reading "Charging"), two of the three handsets still indicated "Low Battery", and the third handset's display didn't display anything, despite the fact that the red power indicator is on when the handset was in the base. Ultimately, for 2 of the 3 handsets that I struggled with, it took two and a half days of charging before the handsets would illuminate and operate properly. The supplied rechargable batteries had been supplied in an extremely depleted state, despite the factory seal on the carton.

UPDATE:The 3 batteries supplied with this telephone set were bad batteries, which couldn't hold a charge for more than a day, even with the phones idle. I returned this cordless telephone set to the merchant and got a replacement set that works fine. The batteries supplied with the new set had enough power in them that the backlights illuminated immediate upon installing the batteries, and they fully charged up in less than a day.

The phone system seems simple to use, and is working fine now, despite an extremely frustrating start. I would change the number of stars awarded to 4 stars, but Amazon's system to revise my review won't permit me to.

The phones(even with the volume turned up), are not the world's loudest. they'll be fine for most people(including me), but not for my elderly mother.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simplicity & quality, July 19, 2008

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moose201 (USA) - See all my reviews

I was looking for a cordless phone that was fairly simple to use/program and that didn't have an answering machine. There is much to like about this phone. First of all, the design is attractive and tasteful. The buttons on the keypad are sized perfectly and easy to read. The buttons all have a nice, tactile feel and are laid out in a logical manner. The quality of materials is as good or better than every other phone I examined at Best Buy. So far, the sound quality has been very good and we have had no signal range problems even when using one of the handsets at the far end of the house or outside. Another plus is that the frequency of this ATT phone should not interfere with wireless devices such as computer network routers. Highly recommended.