AT&T CL4940 Corded Phone with Digital Answering System, Caller ID, Large Tilt Display

I bought this land-line phone for my business and personal needs. It has caller ID, which allows me to identify unknown callers seeking to sell me stuff. The screen is easy to read and the set-up took only a few moments. Good value and a very good choice.

All features work extremely well and very reliable. It’s the perfect size for the home office desk. I use a RJ12 telephone cord. The sound quality is fantastic.

I'm using this phone right now. I like a not cordless phone for my major calling on my home phone since I was surprised when I picked up my cordless phone to hear my neighbor having a conversation on her wireless phone, and I also heard a neighbor's baby monitor (and whatever conversation was near it) on my wireless phone (years ago). I feel more secure with a wired phone so I know that my neighbors cannot accidentally hear my conversation. This phone caller ID panel lights up orange only when there is an incoming call. It makes the extra large text of the caller ID display stand out so it is easier to read. It has an "in use" bar at the top of the caller ID panel that flashes orange for an incoming call (and the phone also rings if it is set to audible ring). This "in use" bar does not light up when another extension phone is being used, but an LCD message "Line in Use" is displayed on the caller ID panel so someone knows whether an extension phone is off the hook or not to pick up the phone if someone else (or a fax machine) is using it. It has a built-in answering machine (I do not use), a good speakerphone, mute, flash, audio assist, extra large buttons that are easy to see and easy to use caller ID log list. I purchased this phone for my Mom who has macular degeneration and bought a second one for me. It was easy for me to set up. I replaced my previous phone with this one since I could not read the caller ID very well since it was totally LCD and did not display too well in daylight, and the panel for the caller ID did not tilt toward me. This phone's caller ID panel can be flat or tilt upward if you are using it on a table surface. Highly recommended!

We love this phone. Everything works great and all you have to do is connect it to the phone line and outlet. The caller ID worked right away, the answering machine works great. I would recommend this phone to everyone. Very aimple to figure out and the numbers are big enough to read.

This the best phone for senior citizens. Thank you Amazon!

Just what I wanted. Working well. Looks nice.

I bought this phone for my mother, who isn't very good with technology, is a bit hard of hearing, and doesn't see very well. I specifically bought the phone for the large LCD display with the orange background, because of its high contrast, and the hearing assist feature. The ringer can be turned up nice and loud, and the hearing assist feature amplifies the caller enough that mom can easily hear the person on the other end. She can also read the caller ID display, so this phone has met my expectations. It's also pretty easy to use. When viewing the caller ID list, if she wants to call someone back, all she needs to do is pick up the handset and the phone will dial the number. So she can use this phone even though she's not very technologically savvy. There are a few things that I don't like about the phone. - Limited Directory listings. You can only store 25 numbers into memory. These days when you may have a home phone, plus two or three mobile numbers for a family member, 25 numbers just isn't adequate. Especially if you need to take into account: Children (and spouses) grandchildren, friends, etc... 50 would be a better limitation, while 100 numbers would probably be ideal. - Directory isn't alphabetical! I can't figure this one out, as it would seem that alphabetizing your phone list would be basic functionality. However, this phone doesn't seem to think so. What this means, is that it makes it difficult to find individual phone numbers using the directory. The directory has a feature (most phones do this) that you can enter the directory, then press one of the number keys to go directly to a letter of the alphabet. In theory, this makes it easy to locate a number. Calling a name starting with a "J"? Press the 5 button and start scrolling through the "J's". With this phone though, the numbers are in the directory in the order you've added them... So, you can press the 5 button to get to the J's, but scrolling down may go J, S, B, etc... This just doesn't make any sense to me... The manual says the entries will be sorted alphabetically if you go to a letter and scroll down, but this isn't the case. No matter how I try to scroll through the directory, it isn't sorted properly. - Abridged manual. For some reason, the manual included with this phone is the abridged version. If you want the full manual, you'll need to download the .PDF from AT&T's support site. The abridged manual doesn't describe some functionality that I would consider necessary information. For example, the abridged manual tells you how to add your home area code, as well as four alternate local area codes. What it doesn't explain is what this area code is used for. In my area, the area code is required on local calls, so the phone should display 10 numbers. Thinking that adding the area code would enable this functionality, I added it as my home area code. Then I was trying to figure out why the caller ID was only showing 7 numbers. So if you tried to call a number back using the caller ID information, the call wouldn't go through because it won't dial the area code first. After trying to figure out what was going on, I noticed that the manual said it was the abridged version... What? So I went to AT&T's website and downloaded the full manual. The full manual describes that the function of adding the area code is the opposite of what I would expect. Adding your home area code to the phone will cause the caller ID data to NOT show the area code! If you need the area code to make local calls, don't add your area code... The full manual also explains how to change this data on the fly using the pound key. If a number comes through as showing only 7 digits and you need 10, you can press the pound key to add the area code to the number. Why isn't this in the abridged manual? - Audio assist is per call. You can't tell the phone to always use audio assist. You must press the audio assist button each time you are on a call. I can see how this would make sense if multiple users are going to be using the phone, but if only a single person will be using it and they are hard of hearing, it would be nice to have a way to always enable the audio assist.

This is the second time we’ve ordered this phone, the first time was in 2015. That phone lasted until last week, when it started making a funny beeping noise that nothing we did fixed. It was still operational, but we decided to just purchase another phone. We were very happy to see that this brand and model was still available for purchase on this site, so we ordered it. It is very easy to set up and has all the features we need-answering machine, call forwarding & call waiting, ability to block calls or record. Never had any issues with the first one so we would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for an easy to use phone.

Este telefone é MARAVILHOSO!!! A qualquer hora da noite ou do dia, mesmo de longe, você pode enxergar o número de telefone que está ligando, o visor do Identificador de Chamadas acende e é legível a qualquer momento.. De brinde, há um secretário eletrônico que atende as chamadas, e se é chamada de golpe, os golpistas desligam imediatamente, porque o secretário eletrônico falando em Inglês desfaz a vontade dos bandidos. AMEIIII ESTE TELEFONE !!!!!!!!

Quality product, I like it.

Este teléfono está hecho con MUCHA calidad, muy bien ensamblado, excelentes materiales y funciona MUY bien!!! Lo compré para cambiar el teléfono fijo de mi casa, habiendo comprado varios antes (de calidad regular o mala pero de precio similar), y éste es infinitamente de mejor calidad, y tiene grabadora de llamadas!!! ESTA ES LA MEJOR OPCIÓN PARA UN TELÉFONO FIJO DE CASA, sin duda!!!

Had an issue with phone, they acted professionally and resolved with issue right away. I was impressed with their communication and have no issue doing business with them again.

The Lead on this phone as it came from USA and Canada was intermittent and in the end stopped working i` have contacted the supplier awaiting a reply.