Customer Reviews

GE 27930GE3 2.4 GHz Analog Cordless Phone with Caller ID

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(22)

 

 

I bought this phone at Office Max for the same price as Amazon ($$$). The price was good and the phone felt good in the hand. I liked the antenna lighting up - it gave a visula indication that it was working, but I wonder how much extra battery-time it sucks up. The clarity was good as long as you were near the base. BUT, the volume was too low, even at the highest setting. I kept having to ask my caller to repeat what they said. I also did my usual test of going outside and seeing how far away I could go before the signal became noisy. I barely got out the door before I got all this crackling and static. The range was no where near my two other 900 MHZ phones. Back to the store for a refund with this unit. Bottom Line: Nice features, nice price, poor performance.

For such a low price (less than 1/2 of similarly equipped phones), I've been very happy with my purchase. I use a headset (purchased separately) with if often - no problems thus far. The display is easy to read (scrolling through missed calls is handy as is the auto dial feature that redials the missed call) and I like seeing the red light when the phone rings...makes it easier to find! I've had no reception problems that weren't solved by simply changing the channel. All in all, I'm quite pleased with it and just bought it again (as a gift).

Even though the reception was ok, I quickly got discouraged with this phone. I guess it's true you get what you pay for...unfortunately. First the CID screen started getting scratched up, even though it wasn't being mishandled. Then, suddenly, I noticed it would take 2 - 3 times to dial out and get a connection. At first, I thought it was the phone company or my lines on my house. Then one day I just happened to hear what was going on with it. After pressing the buttons on the phone, you hear the phone's buttons emit their tone and afterward you should hear the actual dialing out of the number for the tone dialing setting. Well some of the numbers weren't dialing out and it was random to any number at different times... i.e. #2, #5 and #7...it seems like an odd problem to me. I've had this phone for more than 6 mos at least so I guess I'm stuck with it...so buyer beware.

This is an analog phone (not digital). GE (as many others) do a sneaky job of advertising it as 2.4 GHz without touting that it is an analog phone. When checking out phones pay attention to analog vs digital. Digital is more secure and of better quality. A 900Mhz DIGITAL phone will most always be better then any 2.4 GHz ANALOG phone.
Another thing bad about this phone is they way the Caller ID screen sticks out it gets scuffed up after a short period of use. I imagine that after a year of use you will not be able to view the caller ID screen. This is just bad design.
On a good note the way I do like the way the stubby antenna lights up when the phone rings.

This phone is an excellent example of the saying "You get what you pay for." Yes, it is very affordable (and that was the driving motivation behind my buying it), but I ended up returning it after just two calls.

I value sound quality and range in a phone, and this is why I decided to replace my 900Mhz Panasonic with a 2.4Ghz item. Alas, this GE product fell flat on its face.

The first thing that I noticed was the annoying echo amplification of my voice into the earpiece. This made talking quite distracting since it seemed like my voice was drowning out the caller. Secondly, my girlfriend claimed that she could barely hear me and that when she did, I sounded "metallic and muffled." Furthermore, as soon as I moved more than 15ft away from the base station, the static started to kick in. I live in the basement, and I found the static to increase exponentially as soon as I went upstairs to the point where one couldn't hear anything while in the bathroom. By comparison, the sound on my Uniden TRU346, which I highly recommend, was crystal clear throughout my house and even out in my backyard.

The only thing that this phone has going for it is its looks. I really liked the cool design and the fact that the antenna lit up when receiving a call.

My recommendation is to spend the extra $20-30 and buy a Uniden or Vtech.

Initially, I was thrilled with this phone. After a month or so, however, the reception deteriorated. Now there is a constant popping sound, which is incredibly annoying!!! It's so bad that I'm now shopping for a new phone. Don't make the same mistake I did -- falling for cool looks and a low price. Buy a different phone and save yourself the aggravation.

I liked the looks of this phone, the attractive price and the 2.4 GHz. However, when I set up the phone and used it after the required battery charge period, I was very disappointed! The sound quality is just poor. Not just "tiny/metallic" but annoying is a better word that comes to mind. At first I couldn't hear the other person, so I turned up the volume - yes, it got louder but so did the noise. The signal to noise ratio must be incredibly bad. I originally purchased the phone so that I could carry it with me outside - at least to the back yard - yet the reception was so bad that I couldn't hear the caller. And this being only 25 yards or so... while my 900 MHz Uniden was able to receive calls a 1/4 mile away.

Poor quality, poor reception... don't buy this phone.

The model # 27930ge3-p cordless phone i purchased at k-mart in london ky just over a year ago quit working whenever i hit the talk button i get 3 beeps but no dial tone. I tried to contact GE about my prob. but that was impossible. They make you go thru some outfit called Thompsons who handles their phone products for them and you can't get thru this outfits voice mail layers to speak with a real person. After spending 15 min working my way thru their automated voice system, it finally instructed me that if I had the phone over a year it was out of warrenty and if it had quit working i should get rid of it and buy a new one. As far as I am concerned GE does not have any customer support for their phones.

This phone is horrible. The volume is so low I can't hear people and people can't hear me, even with the volume all the way up. Using a headset doesn't fix the problem either. Asking people to continually repeat themselves gets old really quick.

I bought this phone from Wal-Mart. They advertised it as having a visual voice mail indicator. It hasn't worked at all for me. Other than that, I haven't much problem with it, except that it's hard to hear other callers...even with the volume turned up.

I guess it's going back to Wal-Mart!