GE 27980GE3 2.4 GHz Cordless Phone with Bedroom Clock Radio Alarm

by GE

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5 x 6.2 inches ; 3.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• ASIN: B000MT0ICY
• Item model number: 27980GE3
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,198 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 7, 2003

Product Description

2.4 GHZ TECHNOLOGY WITH AM/FM DUAL SNOOZE ALARM CLOCK RADIO 30-NAME/NUMBER CALLER ID MEMORY 3-LINE LCD DISPLAY CLOCK RADIO INCLUDES STEREO SPEAKERS 5 RADIO PRESETS & MP3 INPUT JACK

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, HUGE design flaw, May 4, 2007

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Marc Harris - See all my reviews

Having a compact combination clock radio and cordless phone together is a GREAT idea and this GE model certainly looks very nice sitting on the nightstand. The handset feels nicely ergonomic and lightweight, with lighted buttons and display, handy for night time calls, although situating it on the base can be a bit unwieldy due to it only going back in one direction. The radio station preset buttons are a nice touch although pushing on the smaller buttons tends to make the whole unit move. This phone has a really oddball ringtone, kind've a slow, alternating two pitch sound, weird. It has a handy red LED that flickers to let you know you've received a call when your out and the caller ID displayed on both the handset and base is a nice feature. Now to the absolute deal breaker on this phone....the base unit's LCD display. On the highest setting, this thing is so bright it could steer a ship in from the fog! It's like nightlight on steroids, not something you want 10 inches from your head at night lol...there are 3 dimmer settings, the next lowest is better, but still way too bright especially if light bothers you at night, as it does me...the lowest setting is nearly tolerable, but then the numbers and text are so dim you have to squint to see them unless your really close to it. Even on the lowest setting, I have to prop the manual up in front of the display to keep the light out! LCD background light is just not a good idea for a bedside display. If they'd skipped the hip looking blue background lighting, and just used blue, green or red LED's for the numbers and text, this would be so much more practical.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GE Cordless Phone is great!, August 15, 2008

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Pam (South Bend, IN USA) - See all my reviews

I read all the reviews on Amazon before choosing this particular phone/clock. Previously I had a ge bedroom phone/clock that recently was struck by lightening so I had to find a replacement. I didn't really want a radio alarm but there was no other choice. Many previous reviewers didn't like the brightness of the led face on this clock but it has 3 dimmer settings that are great. True - if you don't dim it down it lights the room up at night but on the dimmest setting you can still see the clock in the dark. I didn't have a cordless phone before and I'm really liking that feature. The phone itself is very clear to talk on. All in all I'm very happy with my choice here - I would definitly recommend it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, February 21, 2007

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Vicki B. Pruett - See all my reviews
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This item is terrible for the bedroom! It lights up the whole bedroom unless you turn the blue background down and then you can't even see the numbers. It is also very difficult to set the alarm, radio station for the alarm, etc. Not user friendly at all! We will be moving it to a bedroom that is not used. Money wasted.