Like most things today, you often have to buy things with features you don't want, need and will never use. That is the case with this set of cordless telephones. So although this cordless duo has an answering machine and can identify who is calling you, I don't use either of those features, so I can't really offer an opinion on them. Nor do I use the intercom or transfer calls from one handset to another. More about these features later The Brand I chose Panasonic as the phones I was replacing were Panasonic and I had been happy with them, plus I thought that the buttons and features would be the same, so I would not have to figure out how to ...  Read the complete review