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I bought the MD 470 and 3 MD 40 extension phones. They have been returned. The sound quality is poor. The hands free volume is weak and unusable. The telephone book memory is awkward to access. The tech support is non-existent. It's off shore and they "have not a clue" as to this product. Save your money, don't buy

I have had these phones for almost two years now. I really liked looking at and using these phones, they're pretty and well-designed. I did not have the volume problems, and the battery life wasn't an issue once I replaced the batteries. (grumble...)

But now the screens are getting dead horizontal lines and the keys are becoming non-functional. I've cleaned the keypads on my phones a few times, but they get dirty about once a month now, so I must give up.

I wish Motorola would get it's act together with it's consumer products.

It's more like a 3.8 out of 5. Overall I like this phone. Pros are ring tones, fast charge, ease of number storage, and speaker phone located on actual phone as well as base. Cons, batterey life is very short - about 45 minutes of talk time and it needs to recharge. Phone volume could stand some improvement (needs to go a little louder) and getting the phone to go from speaker to just the handset needs a little practice. Lost a few calls trying to turn off the speaker.

Great phone with great features. Love the intercom and hands free talking. Make sure though you buy the updated version with improved volume and the 50 number phone book storage can be alphabetized.

The speakers are lame and noisy, and it is hard to hear, and I'm not hard of hearing! People are always asking me what I just said, too. And on speaker phone, this is the pits. There are a lot of nice gizmo type features, but the phone itself is not very good. Avoid.