The answering machine sounds like a relic from the 1990s. Also the telephony sound quality, especially the microphone is located on rather low level. Actually, you would expect at a Gigaset know what due to the low price, however, is of course an exaggerated desire. Those looking for no particular demands on the voice / sound quality, makes nothing wrong. I was especially pleased that total radiation freedom (can be set). In this case, although the total Starhlungsfreiheit standby time is reduced to about 2 days, but that's perfectly OK, have the device almost always sowiese in the charging station. My smartphone is also no longer there. When "geeringer Starhlungsemission" the standby time is of course much longer.