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Residential Phones are Here to Stay

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Residential Phones

The need to be available most of the time for any kind of communication (official or personal) has led us to remain equipped with a phone connection at all times. While a lot of us feel comfortable and satisfied using the new age gadgets known as cellphones, many have started to question the requirement of the existing landlines at our homes. But we need to check if it is time yet, to bid adieu to our age old residential phones.

Residential phones have stayed with us for many years now; they are tried and tested. While we move ahead embracing newer technologies, we know certain things about landlines that no one can replace.

  • Unparalleled reliability: We are all familiar with the problem of an important call getting dropped, mid-sentence, due to a poor cellphone signal. Home phones do not leave you talking to yourself like that because they do not rely on a wireless connection. The clarity is irreplaceable and connectivity is always unquestionable with landlines.
  • Local help and tracking: If a call is made from a residential phone to an emergency service, the dispatch centers can find the exact address where landline calls originated. The problem seems small on the surface but actually is not. In situations where someone needs assistance because they are having a medical emergency in their apartment, even if the dispatch center nails their cellphone’s location, it won’t make out which floor the patient was calling from, much less which apartment.
  • No charging required: You know your mobile handset needs charging but you might not get the opportunity to do so and, your device ditches you right when you need it the most. The reason is lack of time in our hectic schedules, or availability of a power source. No matter how dear we hold our cellphones as a staple in our bags, pockets, and purses, the fact remains that they aren’t necessarily ready to take the responsibility of being our sole means of communication.

So, if you’re seriously entertaining the idea of going solely mobile, remember that you may be giving up something that isn’t just a redundant phone.

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Combining Style and Superior Specs, Home Phones Hit Back

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Home Phones Hit Back

 

Home phones are no longer the poor old relative of communications technology. With high-specifications and stylish models now available in the market, landlines are quickly coming up the curve and are set to win hearts, yet again.

As more of us shun the landline in favor of our increasing dependency on mobiles, many seem to assume that there isn’t much scope left for innovation in the home phone arena. However, companies selling these phones are adding a zing to the telephone sets and bringing them back in style.

In one such move, Uniden has recently released its stylish Modro series of residential phones. Created for those who love a little vintage design at their fingertips, Uniden’s new Modro range is a throwback to the classic rotary dial telephone. A lightweight and portable unit with a pop of color, the phone has all the essential features and styling required for a modern home or office landline.

The new Modro range includes cordless and corded options with push-button digits arranged in a traditional circular style. The phones sport a smart LCD and Caller ID display as well as a digital duplex speaker phone to facilitate effortless, hands-free conversations. The Modro also incorporates a digital time and date display. Both phones have built-in answering machines with pre-recorded “we’re not home” messages, also offering the facility to record your own. The Modro can store 50 phonebook entries allowing you to keep your most frequently used contacts handy just like a cellular phone does.

All in all, we can expect the new Uniden landline sets to offer at least some of the basic features of mobile handsets, of course without the hassles of charging phone batteries. Also, with the level of reliability and voice quality that a cellphone can’t match, these stylish landline phones are sure to appeal people in their own way.