VTech VS112-2 DECT 6.0 Bluetooth 2 Handset Cordless Phone for Home with Answering Machine, Call Blocking, Caller ID, Intercom and Connect to Cell (Silver & Black)

We live in Leland NC which has been growing at a very fast rate . With that being said , Verizon Wireless has been extremely slow to respond to the growth so has all of the other companies which brings me to our dilemma . Even though we installed a Verizon provided extender which did help in the house our service is NOT acceptable , dropped calls & at times poor quality (can you hear me now) . So because of the cellphone issues & not much help other then the extender plus 2 emails to the state agency about bad service did we install a landline . Hence the purchase of these phones . We've had Vtech phones in the past & bought these due to past experience . A big screen because of older eyes plus enough features & an answering machine is all we needed . The sound quality is very good , too plus blue tooth capable .

I can not believe how well the spam blocker works on this answering machine. Couldn't be more pleased with the seller and the shipping.

This was my original 1 star review: My 90 year old Dad had an earlier VTech phone system that had a problem where periodically the audio would stop working. My Dad would make a call and he could hear the other person but the called person could not hear him. VTech advised us to unplug the main unit and then disconnect the battery in each of the handsets, wait a couple of minutes, and then plug everything back in. That was kind of annoying so we bought a new set of VTech phones for him, this time the VTECH VS112-3. Unfortunately this system periodically does the exact same thing! Every other month or so the audio stops working and we have to unplug the main unit and disconnect the battery in each handset. After plugging everything back in the audio works fine. VTech tech support told us that they have never heard of this problem with this model. They had us send them the system so they could study the problem. They sent us a replacement system and it has the exact same problem! Every couple of months the audio stops working and my 90 year old dad has to go through the reset steps described above. It is really not acceptable. We should have returned them when it first happened. Why did I upgrade it to 4 stars? Vtech customer service escalated the issue and replaced the phone system. So far no problems. hopefully it keeps working.

Before we install this VTech phone, we were getting three to four spam calls a day, sometimes more. We are on the Do Not Call List but the spammers are finding new ways around this. Installation was easy. There's even a voice feature that will walk you through setup. The calls stopped immediately. You will only get calls you add to your white list. Unsolicited callers get a prompt that asks them to press pound and leave a message. Robot spammers can't do this. There was one problem we had initially. I noticed we were getting a call every 30 minutes (which did not ring) but there was no CID information. We tried to resolve this through the very patient VTech support but nothing was working. We were also getting strange readings from our home alarm system. I decided to pack up the phone and send it back. At the 11th hour, before return the phone, we figured out what happened. We recently had a new fiber transceiver installed to the house. Also, we do not have messaging service through our phone provider because this phone has an answering machine. What happened is the new fiber box turned on messaging. The messaging service sends a signal every 30 minutes to your phone. Therefore, the VTech was showing a call every 30 minutes. Problem solved. We kept the phone and it has been blissfully quiet ever since.

I got this set to move away from one with soft buttons which inevitably break over time. Boy, was I wrong. The design of this set seems purposefully done to torture the user as much as possible. Cons: * The handsets are SLOW to react to user input (e.g. when you scroll through the missed calls, it's slower than one per second). This is by far the worst point, since it affects everything else. * When you enter a number, then pause for a few seconds without dialing (e.g. to look for something), the handset decides it waited long enough for you and erases everything you typed, without any way to get it back other than typing the number again. This might seem like a small thing until you are trying to call a number as you hear the digits from somewhere, and then quickly stop to write down some info you will need in the call. * The missed calls obscure voice messages, so until you clear all the missed calls you won't know whether you have any messages. * There is no way to look just at missed calls, so if you missed one a while ago you have no choice but to _slowly_ scroll one entry at a time through the call log until you find the culprit. * It doesn't have voice announcement. Until now, I didn't realize how useful this was to hear who is calling without interrupting your work to look. * Only a couple of years down the road, the microphones on the handsets mysteriously stopped working. In the darkness of your home, nobody can hear you scream. * No clip to hang it to your shirt while talking and working around the house. Pros: you can use it for basic function, sometimes.

I bought these phones for my Mom to be able to screen calls as she was getting scam calls All day The screening feature is very easy to operate especially for a 90 yr old it has eliminated ALL scam calls I highly recommend this phone

8/29/23 Update: Now when I have multiple voicemails I can't simply delete the whole lot by hitting the delete key twice. I have to go each message and delete them individually. This was not the case until yesterday. This phone system is absolutely the most regrettable purchase I've ever made! 7/23/23 Update: I would not wish this phone onto my worst enemy!!! It is horrible beyond anything. I am now going to waste money throwing this garbage out and go back to using my old Panasonic set which the only reason I was getting rid of was the short battery life. Unfortunately, this brand new VTech set has even shorter battery life and a host of many, many other issues. The Panasonic set still works perfectly, I just have to recharge the handsets every day. I bought this set to replace our previous Panasonic set that also had the ability to connect cell phones to it. The older set's batteries started to go so I bought this VTech set. At first all was fine but in the last couple of months of using it (I've only been using it for 4 months), the battery life on the handsets is horrible. We barely use the phone and get perhaps 4-6 junk calls daily. Based on that we are recharging the batteries every couple of days. That is pretty bad for a brand new phone. Periodically we will go make a call and the handset will tell us that its not connected to the base, even though we are within 15 feet of the base. For this I usually swap out the handset with the one that is sitting on the base. Today we experienced a new problem. Went to make a call and no dial tone. Tried another handset and same thing. I attached out wired phone and did get dial one so confirmed that the issue was not with the phone service but with the VTech base unit. I unplugged it for 30 seconds, plugged it back in and let it "boot" up. After that we had dialtone. I really would stay clear from this phone set.

V Tech is a great phone. This replaced an older version for Bluetooth connect to cellphone and ability to block unwanted calls. Poor cell service (1-2 bars) in one room at home but with cellphone Bluetooth connection to VTECH provided phone service throughout home. Landline service or cellphone sound clear. Simple setup and easy to use. Great value, highly recommend.