DECT phones: the good, the bad and the just plain sad

Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by Rob in Cuttings, Gadgets, TechRadar, Technology

Don’t buy a new DECT phone until you’ve read this. You’ll be glad you did

TechRadar has just published a round-up of six sub-£100 DECT phones, written by yours truly.

What surprised me was just how old-fashioned most of the phones on test were, with user interfaces that wouldn’t look out of place on 1990s’ mobiles – and some of them were even more appalling than that, throwing up all kinds of usability and build quality issues. Luckily I also managed to find some pearls among the swine… so click on the links below to find out more:

BT Stratus 1500 review

BT Granite review

Motorola D1100 review

Panasonic KX-TG7321EG review

Philips ID555 review

Sagem D16T review