# Please recommend a cordless phone **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-cordless-phone/217021 "2003-12-04T21:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![constantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@constantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constantine)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-cordless-phone/217021/1 "2003-12-04T21:06:02Z")
I have a panasonic something or other and I don’t like it. Biggest problem: the battery runs down (and the phone starts beeping) after about an hour. This is a problem, because I work from home a lot, and often need to be on several lengthy calls throughout the day. Also, it doesn’t have a mute button. My cellphone (a Sanyo something or other) does such a great job storing phone numbers, why can’t I get a cordless phone that does the same thing? If someone calls, it’s easy to save their number and type in their name using the phone as a keypad. Maybe my cordless can do that, but if it can, I sure can’t figure out how to make it do that. So, who’s happy with their cordless phone? ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-cordless-phone/217021/2 "2003-12-04T23:33:52Z")
How old is your phone? I just replaced my Panasonic 900 Mhz with virtually the same model. My original Panasonic lasted quite a few years (I don’t remember exactly how many). It’s just a plain 900Mhz cordless phone with caller ID. I like the Panasonic because the sound quality is pretty good. I also have a Uniden that’s workable, but the sound quality is not as good.