For this price range, this is actually a very nice phone with a brand name that you can trust. Beside, you get to choose a color you like~black or white! This phone is perfect for use in the office, home, washroom, garage, basement, anywhere due to the fact that the style of the phone will blend nicely into the background~~choose a color that fits, and you’ll have a handy phone whenever you need it given its range using 900MHz. Indeed, Sony did a great job integrating this technology! What’s more, if you have more than one line in your house, arm the different phones with different ringers and you’ll always know which line is ringing~~ :) .Speaker works great~~you can adjust to 3 levels - H, M, and L~~(which certainly stand for High, Medium, and Low for those who still can’t figure it out) ;) many times, M is good enough, using H will always make you deaf for awhile after a brief talk on the phone~~(but surprisingly, even if the speaker is VERY loud, the speaker still perform very well with no crackling or sizzling)