VTech VS112-4 Bluetooth 4 Handset Cordless Phone for Home with Answering Machine, Call Blocking, Caller ID, Intercom and Connect to Cell

We used to be so inundated with robo calls and spam calls that we considered cutting the cord on our landline. But this phone puts an end to all that and once again our home is quiet and unbothered by these annoying calls. Despite the instructions being confusing, two calls to tech support answered all my questions and I was all set up to block all robo and sales calls. Callers must announce themselves and press # to be announced. Once I hear the announcement I'm told I can press "1" to answer the call, "2" to answer the call and place the caller on the safe list so next time their call goes right through with no announcement and they don't have to press #, press "3" to block the call and never hear from that caller again, or press "4" to send call to answering system. There are lots of other ways to add callers to a safe list or a block list, too, but I keep it simple.

We got this system to replace our old answering machine/phone that quit after a storm. I liked the fact that there were two phones so we could now have a phone upstairs. It also said it blocked spam and robo calls. I was happy to see that! We sometimes get 12 a day and even though we don't answer them, they still ring through. Well, not anymore! The phone just blocks them. I see on the phone that they were blocked and the number that called. Then I just clear that off of the phone. With this being an election year, the number of these calls is only going to get worse! And it's now blissfully silent at our house! This was VERY easy to set up. And I also have set up numbers that can ring through and others are given the option of announcing who is calling or going to the answering machine and leaving a message. We are glad we bought this!

Not much else to say. Four (4) after purchase, the base unit quit working, so no more ringy-dingy. I would avoid this item unless you see an update where the vendor made it right.Vtech sent a replacement unit. The base was fine, but the power cord had quit supplying power. Once I plugged in the new power cord, the original unit worked as before.

What I don’t like is that I can’t turn it off at night when I go to sleep, and I don’t understand it very well. But what I do like about this phone is that I canTake it with me from room to room, and the answerMachine will pick up any calls that I don’t want to answer.

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.

Works great as a home phone. Using my cell phone network

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.

I found this easy to set up and use. Has answer recording function. Simple but all I need.

funcionan de maravilla y cuando recibes una llamada puedes contestar y llamar de todos lados sin correr, jejej

I bought this set to replace our older Panasonic set. I love the call screening feature the best. Now only calls you want get through. No more robocalls or scam callers. It works very well. The sound quality is very clear too. We bought one more extension for downstairs and was very easy to add on. I would defenately recommend them to anyone looking for the call block features.

Su servicio es malo, no se escucha muy bien el altavoz no me agrada tanto, el lenguaje un show cambiarlo a español después de un tiempo si se descarga se vuelve al idioma original.

This is the second time we purchase VTech phones. No regrets.Long lasting and durable.

Me encanta el teléfono, tiene todo lo que dice la reseña, muy fácil su instalación y por el precio esta de maravilla, se los recomiendo, hasta ahora no me ha fallado