Customer Reviews

jWIN JTP79BLK Corded Trim Style Caller ID Telephone (Black)

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For some reason it is incredibly hard to find a plain black corded phone that offers caller ID capabilities. This was one of the few we found that didn't have terrible reviews. The phone functions fine, sound quality is OK. The only real negative is the caller ID screen. Looked at from an angle, it is unreadable. You have to look at it straight on to see the number and name clearly. This means my tall husband is always bending over to see the caller ID on our wall mounted phone. Oh, and the cord provided for the phone jack is too long for a wall mount, so if you want to use this phone on the wall, you'll need to get a shorter cord somewhere else.

The first one I received was dead on arrival and I returned it. The screen is extremely difficult to read. Contrast settings are available, 1-8. It is not visible at all on the lower settings. On 7 or 8 one can see the readout but the background of rows of "8"'s also becomes darker making it very difficult to decipher the information on the screen, i.e. 888888888888888 is seen on each row. On the loudest setting the volume is only fair.

This phone works as far as I am concerned. I noticed all of my saved caller ID numbers had diasappeared mysteriously the other day. (?) I had less than 20 numbers . Batteries were good... Hmmmmm...
It rings, it works during a power outage. That's what I needed.

This phone was working for a little bit of time and then, well, the problems started happening. First I had volume drops where the person I called couldn't hear what I was saying (they would say that I sounded very faint like I was far away, kind of like when you talk through tin cans on a string). Then, I would start getting periodic static and sound pulses, kind of like that sound from the movie Contact that Jodie Foster was in. It started sounding like aliens were eavesdropping on my conversations. Finally, I decided to bite the bullet and get a new phone, and lo and behold, the problems all ended. And this phone ended up in the recycle bin. End of story.

We have only had the phone for a month but so far it works perfectly. Phones like this one are very hard to come by so I'm happy to have found this one.

jWin is not a premium brand, but they try to load a lot of features into their products. But there are some limitations with this unit such as:

- non lit caller id screen
- limited visibility of caller id screen (based on angle of viewing)
- low sound on hand set (you may have to strain your ears a bit)

The conclusion here is simple, you get what you pay for. Also there is a chance that you may end up with a defective unit (estimated probability of getting a lemon is about 5-10%).

Also, you will want to consider the shipping cost associated with this product, since this will not be refundable, if you are not satisfied.

A pretty standard house phone. Works fine except the caller ID does not work. But for the price not bad.

This piece of crap didn't work straight out of the box. Obviously quality control is not a priority for this Chinese manufacturer of trash! What else is new. Buyer Beware - You get what you pay for with this JUNK.

This phone looks nice enough. The price is very good, but you get what you pay for. The phone has a very bad echo and very sluggish delayed response for the person at the opposite end. You can hear your q&a being echoed thru the opposite side of the conversation. Makes for an awkward talk. I knew what I was purchasing when I bought it; so I'm not upset. I bought this land line phone to use with my Majik jack, and that was horrific to say the least, so I though let me plug her in to a rj45/standard home phone jack and it was worse. The only thing I could do was laugh it off. I gave it to my middle grandson to toy about with it. All in all; not a complete waste.

the id screen is not lit. need to use a flashlight when the room is dim. then, if not angled right, the readout is not legible. phone does not display caller id most of the time and instead notes a message error while ringing. i disconnect and reconnect the phone line to make it work again. this is almost a daily chore. a new, different phone is on my wish list.