Home > Consumer Reviews > Panasonic KX-TG2237S 2.4 GHz Digital Cordless Speakerphone with Caller ID

Panasonic makes some of the best cordless phones available. This phone is no exception. The clarity is great, and the menu is easy to navigate. The speakerphone on the handset works surprisingly well, the people i have talked to could not even tell I was on a speaker phone. It works great with voicemail, which is one of my main reasons for getting it in the first place. Great phone, you can't go wrong

Like the features of the telephone, however, talk time is MAYBE 20 minutes before the battery says recharge and dies. I was careful to charge the full 15 hours, and went beyond that, to make sure it had a full charge before first usage. It gradually quit holding charge after less than 6 mos. Went back to where I bought it and they said they could send it back for possible repair or I could buy another battery. Decided to fork out the ($$$) for another battery only to find out they didn't have a battery for it in stock. Was referred to 2 other stores in the area, no battery, finally ordered one from a major supplier, only to find out, after waiting a week for delivery, that it is not in stock and they don't know when it will be available! Very frustrated! Now I read that other people have experienced the same problem with the battery failing to maintain a charge. I am taking the phone back to the store today, I want another model of telephone that lasts longer than 6 mos with parts that are readily available!

I ordered this phone without reading the very poor reviews concerning the battery staying charged. Once I read the reviews, I became extremely nervous - to the point of wanting to cancel my order. Unfortunately, it had already shipped by that time, so I was stuck with the phone or else I would have to pay to return it. I decided to try it out and see how it worked.

The first charge took around 15 hours. I was excited to see 3 clicks (the full charge) and I made sure that nobody in the house put the phone back on the base so that it would run all the way out. The next day there was still a full charge, but then the day after it went down to two clicks and then, within a couple of hours, it said it needed to be recharged. "That's it," I thought, "This phone is going back." But, alas, I gave it one last try.

I charged the phone overnight until it had a full charge. I then took it off the base and the phone lasted a week! Unbelievable!! Since then I haven't had any problems at all. I guess I was lucky and got a phone that's not a problem. As most others have mentioned, I love the phone features, although I am a little disappointed in the "digital duplex" speakerphone (I was hoping for a full-duplex speakerphone, it's really more of a half-duplex with extra sensitivity - fortunately we never use the speakerphone, anyway). I absolutely love the blinking light and note on the handset when we have a voicemail, and it's now so easy to check our voicemail after programming the voicemail number and password into the phone. We just hit the voicemail button, it dials the numbers, waits, hits pound and our password and we're in. All in all, I'm extremely pleased with the phone and happy that I was unable to cancel the order.

I had a great Panasonic 900mhz cordless phone that worked great before I bought this one. The only reason I had to get rid of it was because I wore the buttons out.

I was stoked when I saw all the great features this phone had. Too bad the phone sucks though. Since this is a 2.4 Ghz I figured it would be clear as day but as another reviewer mentioned the phone has this terrible buzzing sound/high pitch tone that never goes away, even if you change channels or if you're 2 feet from the base. Second, the battery sucks. I'll go to work with the charge saying full and come home to a dead phone. This is after only 2-4 months of use. My old phone lasted for days and would give me an accurate reading of when it needed to be recharged. Third, the battery itself is too loose. I would put the phone down it would totally turn itself off and loose connection with the base. I fixed this by adding some foam inside the battery compartment to make it more snug. I even returned it and the new phone had the same problems minus the loose battery.

The only thing that I like with this phone is the fact you can use speakerphone with the headset. Other than that it is a crappy piece of equipment. Panasonic has lost me as a loyalist.

Don't buy if you can help it.

The battery life is so poor (<20 min) that nothing else need be known about this phone. Avoid it.