When it came to choosing a new house phone the only feature which was essential was that it was cordless. Sharing a fixed line phone with a teenager is no fun and we both needed the option to take the phone to another room to talk in private. I was planning on buying a basic phone but a Tesco Clubcard offer allowed me to buy the Phillips ID5551 in exchange for my vouchers, the price at that time was £60 but it is available cheaper now. This model is a combined phone and answering machine with a number of extra features, some of which work better than others. These include a 200 number directory, a choice of polyphonic ring tones, call management including call ...  Read the complete review

My old house phones had recently started to play up, so I decided it was time to purchase a new set. My main reason behind deciding for this set was the nice design. I opted for the silver pair with orange display. These phones are very slim and have a look of a mobile phone about them. The buttons are very simply set out which makes it very easywhen it comes to dialing numbers. It has a function to save phone numbers and names, and this makes it easier when it comes to finding a phone number to re dial it again. You simply just have to use the scroll down button and it goes down throguh all the numbers you have stored, when you find the one you want you jsut ...  Read the complete review

The ID555 phones are partof Philps "Design" range and therefore we did a bit of research to ensure that they wouldn't suffer from the age old problem of form over function. We were tired of old BT handsets which (despite having changed the rechargeable batteries) failed to retain their charge for more than five minutes and sometimes failed to work entirely - so wanted a good quality phone that would last us some time. Although comparatively expensive (we paid £80 for two handsets including the base which holds one handset as well as acting as an answering machine), we loved the design of the bases and handsets - truly glossy black - as well as the ...  Read the complete review