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This phone is afflicted with the same fatal flaw that I've seen reported with other Panasonic cordless phone - limited talk time. Don't know why or how, but it allows you to talk for maybe 45 minutes on a full charge. Have done all the right things when it comes to maximizing batter life (discharging it completely before recharging) but to no avail.

A shame too, because it had all the features I wanted -- handset speakerphone, mute, caller ID log, etc.

I have the same problem as all the other reviewers. At first I thought I was turning on the phone when I was putting it down, and coming back to find it almost dead. After more careful observation, I found out the battery goes from 3 bars (full) to dead within a matter of minutes. I follow all the procedures for recharging NiCd- even letting the battery go completely dead between recharges. The phone is now just under a year old, and I was thinking about getting a new battery, but I don't think so after reading the other reviews. I'm very dissapointed.

Like all the other reviews I have just read about this phone I have experienced a very short battery life. I have had this phone for about a year now and I spent a lot of money buying batteries to replace the original but that didn't help at all. The display on the phone shows the battery as full but after 2 minutes the phone beeps and I have to switch phone. Terrible.

The features are great. Unfortunately, this is the worst cordless phone I've ever had in terms of battery talk-time. I had to move it out of my home office and into the spare guestroom. It's useless anywhere else. I do not recommend it.

I don't understand why other reviewers have had problems with this phone! I've used it for over 9 YEARS and find the battery life, range, and especially the sound quality to be excellent. In fact, I'm here to order another one right now.