GPOCarrington Classic Retro Push-Button Phone with Pull-Out Tray, Traditional Bell RingTone, Ringer On/Off for Home, Office, Hotels- Black

When this phone rings it will take your mind to a bygone era, old black and white classic movies, illusions of being somewhere else in time before picking up the handset to answer the call. If you buy this phone only for that evocative bell ringing sound it will be worth it.This retro type telephone is a little gem. I wanted this style of phone for my little office/study room and it looks just right with my blend of modern and old paraphernalia. The plastic material this phone is made from,I ordered it in black,is a shiny gloss finish so if you are looking for a matt finish only this may not be what you will have in mind. Mine sits proudly on my desk next to a computer screen and printer that are both in the popular shiny gloss black finish of many of today's modern electronic gadgets so it actually blends in very well with these. The style of this phone both contrasts with and compliments these present day gadgets.The phone is practical, with push button numbers in the illusory rotary dial frontpiece. The numbers seem to be set back into the rotary dial but this is only an optical illusion as on closer inspection they actually come just above the dial plate. The buttons are simple to use and you hear a touch tone sound in the ear phone when you press each number.There are star and hash buttons in the 'dial' as well so the phone is practical for all the normal calls you wish to make. Of course if you want to go the full retro experience you could always go for the more expensive rotary dial model. However, the push button one here offers a quicker and easier way of making calls so is a better practical compromise if you make a lot of calls.There is a very handy little pull out drawer in the base that you can keep a little note book or list of telephone numbers, the old fashion equivalent of memory storage on modern phones. As you will keep your phone numbers in this drawer they will not get lost compared to keeping them in a separate address/phone book.When the phone arrived in a large package I thought like another reviewer that it was lightweight. However, on unpacking and setting it up it turned out to be more substantial than I first thought and feels solid and secure on my desk, so no worries about that. The phone really was just an unpack and plug in, working straight away with no problems. The sound quality for incoming calls is fine and there are no problems with listeners hearing you speaking.You will be interested in this phone for its retro and appearance qualities. Don't expect a modern phone with all the bells and whistles. You get the bells alright! but for 'whistles' you will have to go for today's models. Well done Amazon and Royal Mail. Ordered on a Saturday, dispatched on Sunday and received on Tuesday,and this with free postage and packing. Top marks all round.

phone looks good. no calls since set up, test ring, the bell is quite quiet but i have cordless forbellowing theres a call, this sits on my desk and is loud enough when im workine to alert not alarm me. numbers drawer is handy and period. only negative, image would have been perfect had handset cord been cloth covered as per original. i am building a tardis and may get another for the phone door in that

Absolutely love this phone, it arrived in good time and on a Bank Holiday !!!!!The ring tone is authentic, and our friends comment on how nice it looks in our hall way. The only problem we have found is the ring tone, you can only set it to two settings (tone or pulse) none of them are very loud, but it does not effect the product because we still love what we have bought !!!!Easy to set up which is even better.Would recommend anyone thing about buying one go ahead you will not be disappointed, we ordered the black one.

This phone arrived this morning and it is already on its way back to Amazon.The phone looks okay but when plugged in there was a constant buzz on the line but I thought that I could live with it. However when I tried to dial out it would not work. The press button numbers registered but, at the end of dialling, the phone did not call the number.Also something else that annoyed me is the fact that the phone is set up for left handed users. By this I mean that the handset connects to the base on the left hand side (as you face the phone) and, as the handset cord is quite short, you have to place it on the phone with the mouth piece end on the left. A right handed person would normally place the handset with the mouth piece on the right so that when you pick it up with your right hand the handset is the right way up. Sounds pedantic but believe me it's annoying.Anyway, as the phone didn't work it had to go back.I've placed hundreds of orders on Amazon and this is my first ever return. However I must say that the returns process is very good.

Very good reproduction of the classic GPO phone of old.However it does have a very shiny plastic appearance and some may not like thisI have a plan to 'weather' the finish to make it look more authentic.My opinion, the pushbutton version of this phone is preferable to the dial versionIts so much easier to use and the appearance of the buttons in place of the dial holes doesnot detract from the good looks of the product.I could have spent much on Ebay for an authentic reconditioned GPO phone. But as an electronics engineerI know that this phone will be more reliable for daily use. And my wife likes it too.

The phone looks nice enough, though on closer inspection the quality is satisfactory rather than good. I like the fact that it doesn't do anything but make and receive calls (although it might; I never did read the instruction leaflet. Perhaps it has hidden secret amazing powers). I pick that bit up; I press those buttons; and if I ain't there to answer it, well, it just goes ding-a-ling all by itself in its pretty way.Although it worked fine initially, I hardly ever use my house phone so it was three or four months before I realised I couldn't make outgoing calls with it at all, and incoming calls were crackly. However when I brought this to Amazon's attention they replaced it immediately with no trouble at all, and the replacement works fine. Ding-a-ling.

Great retro phone. Looks fab on the side. Ringtone nice and loud. Cable provided wasn’t very long but we had a spare. Very happy with it but occasionally the line sounds a little crackled not sure if this is the connection or the phone.

Love it! The phone arrived beautifully packed and was plugged in and ready to roll in 5 minutes. I actually called my own number a couple of times from my mobile to wallow in the nostalgia of the sound of the ringtone. The phone is well made and seems to work very well. Definitely worth the money.