Panasonic KX-TS105B Integrated Business Corded Phone - Black

I needed a phone that would take my headset for work at home. The display is bigger than most for easy touch without missing when in a hurry, I like that the speaker/headset button has a flashing red so I know that it is still attached even though extremely silent. Working on the phone doing reservations it is nice to put the phone not my headset on mute, and if I have been on mute for a little bit on my headset it is easy to forget. But with the mute button having a red light on the phone as well I have no worries any more, making pause time after answering 0. That is a big thing!I also like that the flash button is easy to get to on the front so that if I forget to turn off my call waiting I can hit it twice and no more worries. The volume buttons are also easy enough to get to that they are very functional while on a call as well.But for me the best part of all is that you don't need to have any power at all to use this phone!No power cord and No batteries needed to operate. This gives me flexibilty to put it on the wall without a close by outlet as well as not worrying about the batteries dieing while on a call.The 3 AA batteries that it takes are only needed for the programming of call memory and a couple of other functions. So no worries about them dieing any quicker than the 6 months or so.I couldn't have asked for a better phone for what I do. And an excellent price!!Oh and because I have it hanging on the wall the handset allows for a great place to hang my headset when Im not using it.YES I would and will recommend this phone to many an agent here at my place o f work. Panasonic Integrated Business Phone (KX-TS105B)

I've used this phone for about a month, dislike it, and will return it. It has serious limitations, that probably all flow from the fact that it has no amplification, which is what gives it the ability to function without being plugged into your 110 AC, but you give up a lot for that feature. Limitations: (1) Unlike most speaker phones, you cannot place a call by just hitting the speakerphone button and then entering the number on the keypad. You have to lift the handset, then hit the speakerphone button. (2) To use a headphone, you have to lift the handset. The handset will be dead if the headphone is plugged in and the headphone will be live once you lift the handset. To end the call, you cannot just hang up the handset. You must also hit the speakerphone button, even though you have not been using the speakerphone function. Consequently, you will often forget to do this and your phone will be off the hook until you notice it. (3) If any other extension in the house is picked up, the speakerphone on this will not work because it is powered just by the phone line signal with no amplification, and a second extension being in use on the call bleeds off too much signal power. This is really inconvenient if you have answered the phone first on another extension and put that down to go use this phone, and wanted to use the speaker function. Scenario to show how klutzy this phone is: I keep this phone by my computer. I get a call from a customer while I'm in the kitchen. I say, hold on, I'll pick this up at the computer. I get to the computer and want to use the phone hands free so I can have both hands available to use the keyboard. I hit speakerphone, but speakerphone won't work because the kitchen extension is off the hook. So, I gotta take more time and plug in the headphone, which I can't leave plugged in all the time, because that disables the handset and the speakerphone, and that would be too inconvenient. Then, the call is over and hang up the handset, put down the headset and run back the kitchen and hang up that extension. However, this does not end the call, because I forgot you also have to hit the speakerphone button even though I was not using the speakerphone. I'm thinking I did well because I remembered to hang up the kitchen extension after the call is over. But, I still miss the next call because the next caller gets a busy signal due to my having forgotten to hit the speaker button.

This is a great basic business phone. It looks great on any desk and has lots of speed dial buttons that are easy to program. The speakerphone quality is great. The handset is reasonably comfortable. The ringer isn't too annoying. There is even a 2.5mm headset jack if you'd like to plug one in. Volume controls let you control speaker, handset, or headset volume. Hold button works as it should.It takes 3 AA batteries, but I do not find this to be too much of a drawback; they will likely last a long time. My biggest complaint is that the light-up off-hook indicator is wasted doing only that; they should have made it a message-waiting indicator for systems that indicate new voicemail messages with a stutter dialtone. I have seen other Panasonic products that do this.I am using this product on a VoIP line and it performs flawlessly. The number of oddities present in this setup further underscore how well this product is designed. It is perfect for any business or high-demand home application. It does exactly what it says and provides a great value for the money. Too many products miss this mark these days, so it is great to see something that still gets it right.