Hi Linda, I understand why you'd want to get the best clarity you can, but I somehow think that any Bluetooth connection only degrades the quality further. I may be wrong, but this has certainly be my experience with any Bluetooth headset I have versus a wired headset. After all, the signal coming from the iPhone is what it is and if you have a cordless phone connected via Bluetooth it simply reproduces what it receives and it would be logical to assume that the best case would be that it would reproduce the signal perfectly which means you would get the same quality, any losses and it would be worse.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lynda Ingraham Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 8:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Linking IPhone To Cordless Phone Hi Sieghard, I was thinking about trying linking my cell to a cordless for several reasons. When looking at cordless phones in general, I saw the Panasonic has some very good clarity of speech improvements. I am hearing impaired and even with my hearing aids have a difficult time with speech recognition on my Iphone 4s. Take care, Lynda If the sound was very good, I might have considered getting rid of our house phone. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 9:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Linking IPhone To Cordless Phone Hi Linda and Andy, I don't own such a cordless phone and haven't used one. However, I also have looked at such cordless phones and as far as I am concerned it is a bit of a gadget which to me doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I can just as easily answer my iPhone instead of a cordless phone. I guess one argument might be that maybe you have your iPhone plugged in and with such a cordless phone you could still answer your iPhone. However, as Andy pointed out, the connection between the cordless phone and the iPhone is just Bluetooth and no different from using any Bluetooth headset which allows you to answer your phone or, for that matter, the Jambox will let you do so except you only have speakerphone. I have used Bluetooth headsets and very good ones like the Jambox ERA which is considered to be one of the best single-ear headsets for answering calls. The fact is that even with a very good Bluetooth headset you will not get the same voice quality as you would with a wired headset. Now consider that the Jawbone ERA is $129.99 and many of these cordless phones are in that same price range, often even cheaper, sometimes maybe a bit more. I then wonder what would give me better sound quality, a dedicated Bluetooth headset made by a company that specializes in that or a cordless phone which even without the mobile phone connection feature costs already half as much as the dedicated headset. In my opinion the sound quality on such a device can only be worse than on a good Bluetooth headset. Lastly, the connection is also subject to the limitations of range associated with Bluetooth. Not a big deal if you have an apartment or smaller house, but in a larger home or one where you have multiple floors it may not be the best. Keep in mind that this is my own reasoning and opinion on this and maybe I am totally wrong and some of the cordless phones that connect to your cell phone via Bluetooth are actually fantastic. I would recommend that you find the model you want to buy and then either look it up on Amazon where you can usually find lots of reviews or google it and look for reviews. If you decide to buy such a phone I look forward to your review on the list. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
