If you are shopping for a new phone, this one will exceed ALL your expectations. This phone could be easily sold in [higher monitary]range and still beat any competitors.For [money]it's a STEAL. PLUS you get Voice Activation and Digital Answering Machine for FREE.Honestly, to fully utilize the potential of this phone you need to get familiar with rather thick product manual. But most operations are intuitive.Before I purchased this phone I did quite a bit of a research on top of the line models from Panasonic, Sony, etc.This Siemens 4215 won with a large gap after all comparisons.When I received this phone I was OVERWHELMED with all the futures as wel as design and built quality.I must note that this phone uses AA rechargable batteries which gives you:Pros: Cheap to replace and easy to find.Cons: Batteries do not last long on one charge and require often recharging.Again, I Strongly Recommend this wonderful unit from Siemens.