Siemens 242 2.4 GHz 1-Line Cordless Phone

I bought two of these phones for two separate phone lines because I found them at an excellent price. They SHOULD work a lot better than they do. The basics are all there (Caller ID, mute. redial, etc.) But the sound quality is terribly unreliable, and...

I had a nice trusty BellSouth phone, for the past 2 years or so. I was a really nice phone although the range was not very good or the battery life. The antenna broke and it was time to get a new phone.

I bought my black Siemens 242 cordless phone on a after Thanksgiving sale spending spree in November of 2000.

Well I bought this phone to replace an ill Vtech 900Mhz digital phone that served me well for 2 years. I found this phone on clearance for $40 dollars, at that price I would highly recommend the phone, but at the retail of $80+ One may be better off...

This is my first digital SS cordless 2.4GH phone. Performance is better than my last cordless phone (900MH digital SS). The phone is smaller and does not have an antenna to get in the way, catch and poke things. The buttons on the phone are hard...