AT&T - 2940 Corded Phone with Caller ID/Call Waiting - Black

Perfect phone for elderly (and others too)! Over the past few years we have bought three of these phones - One for the kitchen, one for the La-Z-Boy chair, and one for the bedroom) for our elderly father who uses hearing aids and has lost his sight, and he uses the speakerphone feature and the speed dial feature, and they work great! For some speed dial numbers, we have attached tactile dots or bumps to certain numbers so that he knows which buttons to press.

I was disappointed that the display is not backlit like my similar AT&T phone with answering system, and is much harder to read in dim light. This phone also requires batteries instead of a power cord like my other phone. These items are not readily evident at all in the on-line advertisement for this phone. I would not have ordered this phone if I had known it didn't have a lighted display, so I am not happy with it.

Phone was simple in all aspects, right out of the box. Large numbers for dialing, all the memory features that one would expect, and the speaker is outstanding. Volume of the ringer is adjustable, and phone handset volume as well. Caller ID and missed call log display. The quality is excellent, as you would expect from at&t. I was not disappointed.

I have the previous version CL2939 and find they changed the quality of the speaker phone on this the CL2940. -At first the sound went off and on skipping some words. It has improved. The older version also can be louder w/o distortion. This one has push buttons to change the volume, the older one has a slider. Please go back to the old technology for the speaker part. I am keeping the one I bought in the store. I had two others (one bought online and one also bought in store) and they both had the same problem with the speaker that the older one does not even though I used the same cords. I know it is the 2940 changes. It is a great phone and especially enjoyable for the low cost. Other reviews complain about the info screen being too light but do not mention whether or not they adjusted it. Make sure you read the instruction booklet about the features and how to adjust them. I hope someone at ATT sees this and returns the speaker design back to what it was in the CL2939!.

I ordered this for my 79-year-old mother. Not only is it a great value for the low price, it meets her needs perfectly. I cannot speak to long-term durability (she tends to drop things A LOT) but after a week, we couldn't be happier.