Tech Review: Beetel CB 12000 Cordless Phone

On this Republic I finally replaced my big old Sony SPP-Q110 Cordless Phone with a brand new Beetel Cordless Phone (Black Color). After exploring the new Phone for about 2 days or so I was amused by the fact that how technology is rapidly changing & how innovative Gadget makers are becoming. You will realize this as & when you read my complete review about this model.






First of all it has a Polyphonic Base Unit with LCD Display, Dial Pad, Speaker Phone & a reciever with wires. So even if there is a Power Failure, your Cordless Phone still continues to function as a normal Phone. Wait...wait... don't worry about Power Failures as the Power Supply to this Phone as an inbuilt rechargable Battery which can be turned On or Off depending on your requirements. So if your area is severely affected by Power problems you can permanently keep this On. The Battery is only consumed during a Power Failure, else it directly operates from raw Power. The CLI is shown on the LCD Display. The CLI in the Base unit can store 29 incoming calls. The LCD Display helps you to view & change all the phone settings such has Ringtone, Date, Time, etc. You can select upto 16 different Poyphonic tones in the Base Unit. All said, now let me mention the most interesting feature of the Base Unit... the CLI system is a TALKING CALLER ID system. So I guess you have already got it... whenever there is an incoming call the Phone loudly reads out the incoming number. There is also another interesting feature associated with this Phone which is the ANTI-TAPPING feature. This feature can be both a boon & bane. Coz if this remains enabled you cannot use any of your parallel Phones at home because the Cordless Base Unit starts beeping loudly & jams the Phone line. The benefit being that your privacy is not intruded.

Now coming to the Handset, it has a pretty small form factor as compared to other Cordless Handsets avaialble in the market. It closely resembles those old Nokia 55xx Mobile Handsets. Its LCD Display shows the Date & Time & also the last 35 Incoming calls in CLI mode. The only drawback with the Handset is that it is not Polyphonic & lacks Speaker Phone feature.

Both the Base Unit & the Handset have extendible Antenna's & gives you a whopping range of 30 metres. So I could actually use my Handset from the Terrace in 8th Floor though I stay in the 2nd Floor. The INTERCOM feature allows you to talk between the Base Unit & the Handset & also allows to you transfer calls amongst each other.

All in all the Phone is an excellent one & I would rate it 4.5 on 5. Would have rated it 5 on 5 if the Handset was Polyphonic & had Speaker Phone feature.