Our new phone Gigaset C430 by Siemens.

Since a few euros had our Christmas money left, we decided to trade our already a few years old phone from the discounter to a high-quality device. The most important point in our decision should be the possibility of the answering machine not only as just being able to use this, but also the opportunity to have an announcement only function. After appropriate research on the internet we chose (and the size of the selection is not there) on a Gigaset C430 Siemens.
So fix ordered between the holidays and after two days brought us the gods (yes, believe it or not - but that can also quickly!) Our new achievement. Immediately it was time to unpack, but we had our impatience immediately curb, because before the first use of the phones have only once for about 8 hours on the charger. So we postponed the commissioning of our new phones to the next day. In the meantime, we could then deal extensively with the attached manual. Perhaps this should be the standard for future electronic devices. It just completely discharged devices with as long load times are sent. Because then is reasonably assured that customers sometimes look in the manual (and honestly, who makes the otherwise already?) And not just use their devices at once. Exhausted from all the excitement of the day and, above all, the reading of the manual, we went then to bed early.

The next morning, our first look was then our new Gigaset. The eight hours of charging time were more than fulfilled. A successful start-up therefore was no longer anything in the way. In the box you will really find all accessories, power supplies, and the corresponding electrical and telephone cables. And even in reasonably sized length. Very well done.

Commissioning and initial setup is hassle free and intuitive of the hand. Well, we had indeed been prepared in accordance with the study of the manual on the eve. Everything works instantly and flawlessly. There's really nothing to complain about. As such, a good buy and it feels somehow much better as our old Billigheimer from the discounters. And, a few small points still require a short and close consideration.

Display resolution:
128 x 160 pixels. Honestly, that's really quite pathetic. Although you can see everything well, though this is no longer appropriate. Our digital kitchen scale (by the way also the discount) has a display with a much better resolution.

Ringtones:
They are really a joke! In 1995 I got my first real PC and have first tried to coax him as many advisory tones. At the time (in the last millennium) we made use of while the Midi format. At that time, really a great job, but today? Each cheap smartphone now offers the ability to load your own sounds in mp3 format and so to individualize his phone. Our wireless doorbells for 14 euros (including batteries) has attractive ringtones!
So, in short: When choosing the ringtones you feel really set back at least the last century. If not the last millennium.

OGM only function:
This function is a joke! Unless one is limited to notes such as: ". Hello, here Müller No one there" "At the moment there is no one" or or "Please call later". If you want to announce a bit more, I watch in the tube. This feature is in my opinion completely resolved unsatisfactorily. Why they do this? Unfortunately, I must here again our Billigheimer from discounters quote. There you can for any length of note text-record!
We have now in addition to our new Gigaset telephones at a free outlet yet are the base of our old phone to use its announcement function.

Conclusion:
If you like it a little vintage, and adhere to squeaky, very old-fashioned sounding ringtones, a ridiculous announcement function that has hardly worthy of the name and a fairly simple and pixelated display does not interfere, will still have his delight on this phone. Because otherwise there is nothing wrong.