Customer Reviews

VTech LS6215-2 DECT 6.0 Cordless Phone, Black/White, 2 Handsets

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The VTech LS6215-2 comes with 2 cordless phones and has expansion capability up to 12 phones (I found the expansion phones are available by clicking the Accessories tab at [...]). Apparently, the older VTech LS6115 lacks expansion and intercom features.

This model does not include an answering machine--I prefer using my phone service provider's voicemail system. There is a voicemail indicator, which works well with my phone service provider's voicemail system--I use Vonage.

Reception, clarity and range for these DECT 6.0 phones (which operate at 1.9 GHz) are excellent. My previous 5.8 GHz cordless phones had too much frequency interference and had static or no signal. The volume adjusts from Mute to quite loud, with several settings between. The speakerphone is loud and clear on both ends of the line (the speakerphone button is an icon at the bottom left of the LCD screen). The range is also quite good--tried outside my house, about 100 feet from the base.

You can store 50 names/numbers, using the Menu/Select button--it's similar to saving numbers on your cell phone. Then, select a saved number by clicking the VOL up button and press TALK. Or call back missed/received numbers by clicking the VOL down button and press TALK.

The design is sleek, compact and intuitive. As an example, the intercom feature works great for calling the other handset--just press "INT", and it automatically dials the other handset. Also, the base has a "Find Handset" button, which when pressed, beeps both handsets. The phone buttons are also unobtrusive and give good tactile feedback. And the phones are easy to clean. Incidentally, the color scheme of the phones and phone bases is black/silver, not black/white.

Very impressive execution.

Hope this review helps.

P.S. - I received a comment on my review--thank you--and learned that DECT 6.0 operates at the 1.9 GHz frequency, so I've corrected that in my review above.

The phone looks very nice, very slim design looks GREAT.

The voice reception is very clear, the speaker phone works as advice. Only one cons so far. NO HANDSFREE JACK !!! The extension phone works very good with a long range. No wireless interference.

In conclusion:

Very Good.

Sorry for those with bad luck.

After much research on phones the bottom line is this: AT&T, Panasonic and V-Tech seem to be the top of the line phones. This unit is very light weight and portable. The key to charging any battery is to allow the unit to run down so the battery has a "memory" in which to recharge to a better (longer) state. The buttons are nice, and the background color is nice. A great change from the larger more bulky phones. I bought a 3 phone kit and just bought two more single units as "add ons" - Overall very happy with this phone!

I already owned an older Uniden 5.8 GHz phone, but with a recent switch to AT&T's U-Verse Voice service, I was ready for something that offered a voicemail indicator, as well as better range than 5.8 GHz technology can provide, while not sacrificing sound quality. This phone delivered on those requirements.

It makes sense that the industry switched to a lower frequency band (1.9 GHz) since lower frequencies travel better through obstacles. Higher-is-better does not apply in this case. My 5.8 GHz analog phones had great sound quality, but the range was the pits. I could not talk at the opposite end of the house from the base. With this new Vtech, dead spots are a thing of the past.

Sound quality is very good, which is an accomplishment considering how thin the handsets are. They are so thin and light, they are almost toy-like. My favorite feature, however, is the voicemail indicator which integrates perfectly with U-Verse's messaging system. At least one reviewer (may have been another model) complained they had to reset the voicemail-waiting indicators regularly. But I suspect their issue is with the phone company and not the phone since it's your phone company's system that sends the on/off signal to trigger the indicators. A fun - but yes I admit geeky - test I tried was to log into U-Verse's voicemail web interface which allows you to play your messages on your computer (say, when you're at work). I had a new voicemail, so I logged into the web portal and clicked on the play button for my new message. The second I clicked on "play" with the mouse, the voicemail indicators on the phone base and handsets cleared. Very well done U-Verse!

Enough babbling, here are the pros and cons:

Pros:
* very good sound quality (both listening and talking)
* voicemail indicators on handsets and base work well
* extremely light, thin handsets
* phonebook entries made on one handset automatically copy to the other
* if someone in your phonebook list calls, the handsets will display the name you assigned them (ie. "Mom & Dad", not the caller ID version). Many cell phones do this, and it's nice to see the feature on a cordless phone.
* excellent range, as you would expect with DECT 6.0 technology

Cons (sort of):
A $50 phone doesn't get you a whole lot of fancy features. True, you're not paying for an answering machine... why would you if you have free voicemail?
* the LCD screen is pretty basic (although the blue backlight is nice)
* the menus are clunky (but usable)
* the ring tones are nothing to write home about
* there's no distinctive ring feature
* it lacks auto-answer (although any-key answer is there at least)
* no wall mount (but it's pretty compact and won't take up much counter/table space)

Overall, this is a great phone for the money. The handsets are sleek and look much more expensive than they are, and provide good sound quality. It should integrate perfectly with your phone company's voicemail service, and the range is excellent.

When I first saw these phones, I fell in love with them! They are sleek and fit in the hand so nicely. Also the feature layout on the phone is easy to read and find. I like the intercom feature, that works very easily. Voice quality is excellent and the phones work very well. I chose the version without answering machine, as I have free voicemail with my phone company. The only complaint I had is that there is no direct dial button for voicemail. So what I did was type in the access number, followed by the mailbox number and the password. Separating the numbers with a pause, which is really easy to do. I then stored the number in the directory, so when I have a voicemail, I just hit the directory button, then the key with the v on it (v for voicemail) and it dials right in that way.

I studied all the features of all the cordless phones on the new DECT 6.0 technology and found this set to the best for layout and access of the features. They also are the slimmest sleekest! The look great and perform great. Even my wife who is technologically challenged loves them.

I just needed any old phone right away to plug into my home office line because the old phone died; I just ran out to get a phone and (extremely rare for me) did absolutely no research at all. I grabbed the first one off the shelf that looked reasonable.

I've only had it for a day, but so far:
- Love the sleek design
- Love the comfortable handsets
- Love the generously sized buttons
- Love the intuitive menu system
- Love that there are several ring tone options
- Love that it can tell me if I've got a voice mail without dialing in
- Love that it's on a new set of frequencies and doesn't interfere with existing home phone system

BUT. I hate that you cannot rename the handsets. This is the 3rd expandable style phone system we've purchased. The other two (much older one died, current one still in use) had the ability to name each handset for the rooms in which they belong. VERY handy, essentially a necessity if you have a lot of them in a big house, and something I assumed would be a standard feature for any expandable phone system.

If I had bought 8 of them for the entire house (and I like everything else about it enough I was tempted to) I would have taken them right back because of this.

The other important feature this phone lacks (and our previous systems did have) is a universal phone book. It's absurd that I have to enter the same phone numbers into each handset.

If I'm wrong, I'll gladly revise the review and take direction on how to enable these features. But the user manual makes no mention of either, so I'm not optimistic.

this is a great phone, the first cordless phone I've had with no static interference. Its features are useful and easy to figure out even for a non-tech like me. I would buy it again and have recommended it to friends.

So far the wireless phones are working well. We had a small problem, but calling their tech support, the problem was fixed. The problem was we didn't know how to "register" each wireless phone. We have had these phones for about two months and everything is working okay. In fact, I ordered another single wireless phone in case something happened to any of the other two wireless phones, so now we have three wireless phones. We can move around quite a distance from the base without any difficulties. We don't need an answering machine as our phone system is Verizon who supplies us with an answering system as part of the FIOS installation.

Its nothing special if you ask me. I love the looks of it. really sleek and cool looking. you can probably get a better phone at walmart or target cheaper than this.

ok. it has you basic functions. caller id, stores 50 numbers. speakerphone. intercom between handsets. works really well with your phone providers voice mail service, yadda yadda yadda.

no headset jack is one thing that is missing.

like i said. save yourself some money. get something else. this is a pretty basic dual cordless phone setup for about $10-$20 more than what you could buy elsewhere including here on amazon. if you want the looks of the phone... i dont know if there is one better. its is HOT ! i mistake it for my TV remote alot...lol.

Looks great, feels a bit light and cheap on the ear. However, the call quality is fantastic, the speaker phone from the handsets is really impressive, and its range is amazing. This makes it a fantastic phone for home conference calls and such. Additionally, the battery life is impressive. I couldn't be happier, especially since it is one of the few you can find anymore without an answering machine (because really, who really wants an answering machine anymore.