Luxury home dect dect phone - which one?

[IceBoy]

Hi All,

Our first world problems and all LOL.

I want to purchase a nice home phone for our newly refurbished hallway. The ability to have smartphone functions would be a nice to have but the paramount (secondary) objective has to be a really nice looking and feeling handset.

So when I search online all I can find are offerings from Siemens Gigaset, which I am a fan of but it seems these models SL400 or SL910a are 4-5 years old?

So what other options are there?

I want something beautifully crafted and looks sculptural !!

Over to you.

IceBoy

[rednotdead]

I have the Gigaset 910a - it's nice enough, interface/screen looking a bit pixelly these days as it's lo-res. It's a faff to transfer your contacts over using their clunky software. The signal reaches all over our bungalow easily. Since turned it into a VOIP phone with a linksys pap2t as I ditched the landline.

Only others I can suggest are the B&O range - lovely looking things, and nice to handle, but how fking much!

[IceBoy]

A friend has the B&O 2 phone looks wonderful but simply very old tech I believe and the keypad is just awful to use.

I really want something like the B&O phones but up to date.

Panasonic?

Siemens seems to be beautifully made, may look at the SL450 which is the latest model although not the flagship, which is the 910 or 930.

IceBoy

[C0ffin D0dger]

I'm waiting to see what the Amazon Echo Connect thingy will be able to do. If it can allow me to make and receive landline calls on my mobile + provide some sort of answering machine service then I'll finally be rid of the DECT.

[Oakey]

iDect Eclipse is 'stylish' but I don't think it has smartphone capability. Then again, how much functionality do you need in something that's probably going to just gather dust?

[IceBoy]

Oakey said:

iDect Eclipse is 'stylish' but I don't think it has smartphone capability. Then again, how much functionality do you need in something that's probably going to just gather dust?

Not really luxurious but it is stylish I guess.

What I mean is made from Aluminium, or have keys which are aluminium and have a premium feel....think back the Nokia 8800 mobile phone when they came out.....nothing came close to the quality and premium feel....even today I think.

IceBoy

[rodericb]

Beocom 2 all day! What a thing!

I have a Beocom 4 which hasn't even been even plugged in, let alone used, for ten years. Everyone talks to each other on mobile phones nowadays. Or just sends text messages via SMS, whatsapp or whatever. The only people ringing my landline are telemarketers from India at dinner time, hence no phone plugged in!

I would like a Beocom 2 to just sit their looking good.

[DSLiverpool]

The big manufacturers gave up on dect / gsm integration after the sl910. Panasonic had a premium range in John Lewis but might be dead now.
Your best bet is the Siemens / Gigaset Germany site to see what they have and maybe buy from Germany as the sexier models don’t get imported now.
Why not get a decent retro phone for the hall - you’ll never use it anyway.

[DSLiverpool]

This is old now but linked in well
https://m.johnlewis.com/panasonic-kx-prw120-premiu...

[IceBoy]

Hey Liverpool,

That is what I purchased...absolutely beautiful thing. Just what I was looking for.

Thanks.
Iceboy

[Davie_GLA]

IceBoy said:

Hey Liverpool,

That is what I purchased...absolutely beautiful thing. Just what I was looking for.

Thanks.
Iceboy

We had those very models. Lasted 6 months. The quality of the sound in the ear piece was shocking and the ringer not loud enough to be heard upstairs. Not premium.

In the end we went for the eclipse. Look great and can forgive the somewhat dated software. Barely used mind you.

[LoonyTunes]

The Home-phone market has been poorly served since the mobile phone took over everybody's lives.

Why can't your mobile simply become your landline once you enter the house/lounge? For the bedrooms etc you could then just add cheap handsets for when you leave your mobile downstairs.