5 iDECT X3i Twin Designer Dect Phone reviews

Average Customer Review:		4/5
Handset features		8/10
Style/Design		9/10
Value for money		8/10
Sound quality		7/10
Ease of set up/use		9/10
Battery life		8/10

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful

29 Jun 2008

IDECT X3i Mr. Stewart Harrison

5/5 roll over for details

All the features this phone has combined with the price make it a must have phone. I have had digital phones for years now and this is the best phone i have ever had, and would recommend it to anyone.

Comments on this review ( 8 )

angel

19th Aug 2008

i have got the IDECT X3I AND AM VERY PLEASED WITH IT AND THE AFTER SALES HELP AS WELL

James Hoy

1st Oct 2008

I have to step in here the phone is ok but the answer machine is rubbish, it distorts no matter what the volume, i know others with this phone and they all say the same, if the answer machine is some thing you need stay well clear. i have to get a new phone now.

juliet

11th Jan 2009

have to agree with james hoy about the answer machines distortion but still a good phone for the price

raymy s

10th Mar 2009

good value the money

Sue

17th Mar 2009

I also agree with James Hoy. Great phone but answer machine part of it is rubbish. Nobody can hear as the distortion is so great. It fits in a pocket very well. Very good that it is possible to have different ringtones for different people as no need to answer if somebody you don't want to speak to calls up!

Trish

14th Apr 2010

I have had this phone for 3 months and its been horrible. All my calls are distorted, the one handset will only hold a charge for 3 hours max!! And to boot, I live in Canada, bought it here, and cant get support on the phone without calling the UK???

Ferit

21st Jun 2010

This phone is terrible!
For the first few weeks the phones worked brilliantly but now I wished we had stuck to the old ones.
The answering machine fades and distorts everything to a point where the message is incomprehensible. The phones then continued to change their rings of their own accord and lose their phone names. We continually charge them but sometimes the phones don't even ring forcing us to run to the only working phone in the house which isn't cordless! The signal on the phone is terrible you could be speaking to someone one minute and hearing them fuzzily reply "hello?" another. Untill you can't even hear eachother.. yet on the corded phone it's possible to hear them crystal clear. Do not buy this phone!

elaine

17th Aug 2010

i agree with ferit we have had nothing but trouble since we got this phone there is no light or something to tell you wether you have any messages on the answer machine and we have the same problem whereas the phone is not even ringing now wish we had never bought them

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful

23 Nov 2008

iDect X3i - pretty, but doesn't perform the most basic task required of a phone! Rajagra

2.5/5 roll over for details

Good points Looks great. Good price.

Bad points Microphone unable to pick up some voices *at all*!!!

Other thoughts

I foolishly chose these phones while browsing a high street store. They looked great and were an incredibly low price. The choice seemed to be a no-brainer.
However, a fatal flaw soon became apparent after buying. The phones would not pick up my voice! Now I'm the first to admit I don't have the clearest voice - being fairly deep and quiet - but I can be understood on most phones. Sadly not true on the X3i. One handset would not pick up my voice even if I yelled into the microphone. The other 2 would work intermittently but I was told my voice kept breaking up. Women's voices seem to work fine, but men may find these phones useless.
On top of this one handset stopped working (wouldn't power up) and another had a failed battery. Swapping the battery left me with 2 out of 3 phones working, but neither of use to me as nobody can hear me on them.
I recently bought a some Siemens Gigaset phones (SL565 and C475) to replace the X3is. They are vastly superior. Where the X3is are style over substance, the Gigasets have more features and work properly, they just ooze quality. Finally I have cordless phones that actually work as phones instead of being pretty house decorations!

And the amazing thing is that the C475 is currently cheaper than the X3i.

Go for the X3is if you must, I still think they look great, being delightfully small and attractive, but I suggest you test them thoroughly. Use the intercom feature as a test, make sure any men who are going to use the phones can be heard!

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