I bought my Sony cordless phone while working for a major retail store in the United States and got a very good price on it but now knowing how great it is I would be willing to pay even more and I am wishing I had of bought two at the same time.
I have left this phone off the base for over two days at a time and had no problems with the quality at all or it needing to be recharged.
It came complete with battery and almost 2 years later I am still using the same battery.
The base has a speaker phone which is nice and you can use the phone as an intercom through out the house and talk back and forth from the base to the handset.
There are 3 mail boxes for messages and a tapeless answering machine.It of course has redial, speed calling and call screening. Every feature you could possibly want it has.
I love the slim design of the handset and just love everything about it. It is the best cordless phone I have ever had and I would highly recommend this to anyone that wants a good quality phone that will last a long time and the pick up range is wonderful. Try one and I am sure you will love it.