Thomson GE 28111EE2 DECT 6.0 Dual Handset Expandable System with Caller ID

by GE

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 3.6 x 6.7 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000HZF10W
• Item model number: 28111EE2
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

6.0 Digital Call-Waiting Caller ID

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too tinny, too lightweight, too hard to see & it doesn't work, January 21, 2007

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Amergin (Beaufort SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thomson GE 28111EE2 DECT 6.0 Dual Handset Expandable System with Caller ID (Office Product)

Went in to the local big box electronics store armed with my consumer magazine ratings to buy a digital phone for my land line and saw this model with multiple handsets. Although not shown on my ratings, this DECT 1.9GHz model from GE caught my attention and the packaging box displayed the exact feature list I was looking for.

After charging the batteries for sixteen hours, I began programming the phone with a minimum set of numbers to test. I could not get it to answer a call from my cell phone on either handset with any audible ringtone. Called tech support which advised me to turn off my household Wi-Fi (Isn't this what a DECT phone is for?). I did, and the same non-response. I returned this phone today and will choose one that is on the consumer magazine rating list.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Compared several phones - GE's audio very poor, June 5, 2007

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RickK - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thomson GE 28111EE2 DECT 6.0 Dual Handset Expandable System with Caller ID (Office Product)

I wanted a phone with the following features:

- didn't interfere with home WiFi network

- had a headset jack on the handset

- had a mute button

- had an answering machine

- could keep good quality while roaming 1 or 2 rooms away

I tried two sets of GE 6.0 phones, and both suffered from faint, tinny, clipped audio. Words that were perfectly understandable on other phones were simply not there on this one. Also, the buttons aren't actually lit - the light is a ring around each button, but not the button itself. So it actually makes it HARDER to read individual buttons in a darkened room.

I was very disappointed in this phone.

Of those I tried: GE, Uniden, Panasonic and AT&T, the Panasonic was the best. All features work, Panasonic audio is good, and the buttons and beeps are nice and responsive. Only complaint about the Panasonic is that there is no display on the base unit to show how many answering machine messages are waiting.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible sound, lightweight, lights up all the time, May 7, 2007

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T. Low (Calgary, AB, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomson GE 28111EE2 DECT 6.0 Dual Handset Expandable System with Caller ID (Office Product)

Horrible phone. It's very lightweight and feels cheap. The handsets are not comfortable against your head or in your hand. The belt clip is short and not secure. The blue backlight comes on very frequently for no reason when the phone is at rest, creating a lot of light in a dark room. Just look at it and it lights up. Also, when it's on its base, the red charge light is always blinking, and it's a large light, and the large bright blue message light is also very obtrusive. GE makes incredibly obtrusive phones in general, however. I stopped using my 2.4ghz phone because every time I put the handset on the base it confirmed connected with a very loud beep that would wake anyone sleeping in the room. You could not shut it off. The button beeps are very loud and you can't turn the Voice volume down enough. We joke that it's a special model for the hearing impaired. These new phones, then, must be for the vision impaired.

This phone has lousy sound quality. There is a lot of static and echo and it sounds like you are talking to people overseas on a cell phone. This may be inherent to this new technology, but given that it's advertized as crystal clear, I don't think so.

Due to the poor sound quality and endless light show, I've returned this phone set.

The Vtech 5858 is a superb choice. It costs more, but works very well and has a ton of features. The handsets are a great shape, they stay clipped to your belt, and they work great with a headset (some phones have lousy headset jacks so you get poor sound with even the best headset).

GE, I used to love your phones, but after a few bad sets, I've had it.

There seems to be something strange about devices with blue backlights. I have a Logitech universal remote control with a blue backlight and it comes on all the time for no reason as well. As with this phone, we had to take it out of our bedroom because of the lights going off and on. You'd be surprised how much a full blue backlight can light up a room.