{"id":101,"date":"2004-12-17T02:05:47","date_gmt":"2004-12-17T12:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=101"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:47:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:47:36","slug":"v-tech-5821-phone-with-58-ghz-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2004\/12\/17\/v-tech-5821-phone-with-58-ghz-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: V-Tech 5821 Phone With 5.8 Ghz Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"vtech\"\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh if only my 900 Mhz cordless phone could talk, imagine the stories it could tell. <\/p>\n

All the telemarketers trying to sign me up for credit cards, companies asking me to take a survey that they say ONLY takes 15 minutes (but takes 45 minutes), arguments with my parents about getting a job, 1-900 numbers I found on various restroom walls, and the wrong numbers I got from the girls I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve met at bars, nightclubs, and bookstores.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that phone died the other week, after five long years. I think it was it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to go, but I also think it was probably tired of hearing me utter the words, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What are you wearing, baby doll?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

So I needed a new phone, but I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want something fancy (i.e. expensive). I just needed a cordless phone that can handle the rigors of excessive $3.50-for-the-first-minute-and-$1.50-for-each-additional-minute phone calls.<\/p>\n

To find that phone I went to everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s favorite small-business-destroying everyday-low-prices behemoth (shudder) and came out with the V-Tech 5821 Phone With 5.8 Ghz Technology, which has to be the most unappealing name for a product ever. <\/p>\n

Okay, not as unappealing as Anna Nicole Smith\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fat Drunken Trailer Trash Whore Kit (Now With 25% More Skank).<\/p>\n

So what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so special about a 5.8 Ghz phone? I could go into detail using whatever words \u00e2\u20ac\u0153smart science people\u00e2\u20ac\u009d use, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be boring you with big words like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153spectrum,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153frequency,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153wavelength.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Instead, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just going to say that the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153smart science people\u00e2\u20ac\u009d state that 5.8 Ghz phone technology will increase sound quality, enhanced range, and heightened security.<\/p>\n

One of the best things about the V-Tech phone is the speakerphone on the handset. It comes in pretty handy when you REALLY don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to listen to someone talk. <\/p>\n

Just place the handset on the table and let them ramble about how their boyfriend\/girlfriend sucks, how crazy the shopping malls are, how they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re addicted to every CSI show, and how Scott Peterson should be put in the electric chair, while being given a lethal injection in a gas chamber with flesh-eating beetles.<\/p>\n

While they jibber jabber, do whatever you want (eat, watch television, read blogs, or play with your Anna Nicole Smith\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fat Drunken Trailer Trash Whore Kit), but just remember to say every so often any of the following phrases. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Uh huh.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Okay.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s funny.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Say what?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153No way.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That bitch.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What are you wearing, baby doll?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Despite other great things about the phone, like the LCD screen and the buttons that light up, there were a few things that bothered me about it. For starters, the battery gets really warm while charging. Also, the sound quality isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that great because those who I talked to say I sound like I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in a hallway. <\/p>\n

Plus, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no speed dial. Instead there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a phone book feature that allows you to scroll through the various numbers saved on the phone. This has been proven to be a pain when quickly scrolling through the phone book and accidentally dialing 1-900-BIG-BLND, when I really wanted 1-900-BIG-BRUN.<\/p>\n

There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a big difference, you know.<\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> V-Tech 5821 Phone With 5.8 Ghz Technology
\nPurchase Price:<\/b> $53.72 (Everyday Low Price)
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Speakerphone on handset. LCD screen. Buttons that light up.
\nCons:<\/b> Battery gets warm when charging. When talking, it sounds like I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in a hallway. No speed dial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh if only my 900 Mhz cordless phone could talk, imagine the stories it could tell. All the telemarketers trying to sign me up for credit cards, companies asking me to take a survey that they say ONLY takes 15 minutes (but takes 45 minutes), arguments with my parents about getting a job, 1-900 numbers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1753],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-misc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":396,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2006\/09\/10\/phillips-norelco-bodygroom\/","url_meta":{"origin":101,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Phillips Norelco Bodygroom","author":"Marvo","date":"September 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Buy Philips Norelco Bodygroom Replacement Trimmer\/Shaver Foils from Amazon Just like Austin Powers, I am a sexy, hairy beast. 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