TelPal Corded Big Button Telephone for Elderly Caller ID Landline Phones for Seniors Amplified Telefonos Home Phone for Old People with Speaker and Easy to Read Numbers…

Great phone for a senior. Loud ringer, speaker and speaker phone for the hard of hearing. Large dial pad for easy viewing. Caller ID. There are some very small Asian writing next to the bolder English writing but if it bothers you, I just put a dot of Sharpie over my grandma’s. Also, there ARE English instructions of how to program autodial, etc, you just have to flip the page in the instructions. Also, it only needs 2 AA batteries even though there are 4 slots- the other two are to store extras.

1) My top criticism of the phone is that I found it searching for corded landline telephones with caller ID. This phone only shows the phone number of the calling phone, not the text caller ID showing the name that's supposed to go with it. So it can be said to show caller ID in the same way cell phones do - except it doesn't have the advantage of a cell phone directory for associating names with phone numbers that you can program and store and transmit from cell phone to cell phone. And that miserable capability wasn't what I wanted (nor what I'm paying Quest to provide me with) when I went looking for a phone with "caller ID". Although many caller ID names are basically useless these days, many callers still have useful ones and that always make the difference whether I'm willing to answer a call or let it go to voice mail. So, no, the phone doesn't "have caller ID" and it shouldn't advertise that it does.2) The manual they send you is in Chinese on one side and a worthless English translation on the other. Obviously, rather than spend a few bucks to hire a real English speaking translator, they apparently had one of their tech guys try his hand at translating from a Chinese-to-English dictionary - or maybe just employed terrible Chinese-to-English translating software. (I think it's the tech guy because I actually have trouble believing any software could be this this bad!) The results are worthless for purposes of understanding how to configure the phone and, at times, absolutely comical. Here's an example (bizarre punctuation and refusal to employ upper case when one normally expect it reproduced faithfully):"3.3.2 rainfall distribution on 10-12 volume function:"volume + : press this button to enter the time bell volume + more, each time you press the 1, up to 3 files, hands-free pick machine press the volume + key, each time you press the add 1(double quote mark); Until the third gear, handle pick machine according to the volume +, 1, each time you press the up to 3 files"The whole manual is like that. It's a nightmare!

The instruction for set-up were not easy to follow. Instructions need to be written more clearly.

Just an update to my review, the switch that is supposed to come up when you pick up the handset gets "stuck" a lot for some reason. I had to take a star off of this. That is not good quality control.This actually has many features. Some of which 99% of users probably aren't going to use (like a lockout function, or a do not disturb function). The instructions are not well written, but they are written well enough that if you try to make an attempt to understand what is written, you can probably decipher 80% of the instructions.For example, there are 2 ways to adjust the phone volume (a simple way, and a complex way using the menu), and there are also 2 ways to view who called you last, even the instructions doesn't make that clear.The interface is not intuitive, and the lcd screen is a casio calculator type lcd screen, which makes reading letters somewhat hard because it is in block style.It does not have caller id, but it does show the number of who called last, and also who is calling. And there appears to be 2 input lines coming into the phone. Maybe one line is for regular calls and the other is either for outgoing or for vip calls? Or is it a redundant input line? No instructions on what it is.No instructions on what RD/P button does either.On the positive side, you can choose maybe 15 to 18 different built-in ring tones (not sure of the number), and it is cheap. And if you don't care about the advanced features, you can simply ignore them.

Needed a phone for my dad who lives in assisted living. AT&T wanted 100 Dollars per Month for a phone line. I told my sister in-law to let me think about this a little bit. He has free WIFI so I purchased MajicJack and a wireless bridge. Tested it on my home wifi it worked so I took it to Houston so my dad would have a phone. Total Cost about 125 Dollars. It will be 40 dollars when I renew later this year.

Big number and easy use for senior citizens. Recommend!

Had to return, speaker did not work

Low-quality product, the LCD display is small and not that functional. Very difficult to set up and the instructions are terrible. The sound quality is awful with the handset...