Uniden DECT 6.0 Cordless Phone with Caller ID & Digital Answering System - 2 Handsets, Expandable to 6, White (D3097) - Perfect for Home & Office Communication

Boy can I pick em. This is the second Wall Mountable Caller ID phone I have ordered. And I have issues with it also. The first phone was a very attractive AT&T phone that when wall mounted, the display was unreadable unless squatting down to view it from a 45 degree angle. It probably functions fine as a desk phone but was completely unusable as a wall phone. I'm still trying to get an RMA number to return it. The Amazon seller is being a pain.This phone is much more usable with a nicely back lighted display that is readable looking straight on when wall mounted. I have only had it for a few hours, so these are my initial thoughts. I will come back and edit this review if I find anything more that is note worthy.First, it is misleading to say it will work during a power outage. Maybe it will, but I took that meant it runs off of the phone companies' line power. It will not show anything without being plugged into an A/C outlet. There is an adapter that has a BLACK cord that must run up the wall. NUTS! If had known that I would NOT have ordered it. That was number one on my screening criteria list. Second was having a display that is readable when wall mounted. I would have never even thought about that before my first phone debacle. Fortunately, this one has a good display. It can be tilted up if used on the desk, or flattened down if hung on the wall. Huge improvement over the first phone I tried.My next grip is a small one, or should I say a small missing one. Where is the short 3" pigtail that is used when wall mounting a phone. This phone only came with the long wall to phone cord. I don't want the extra cord hanging from the phone, and there is just to much of it to push up under the phone. I will have to order one.My next problem is about the wall mount. There are two holes on the back of the phone for wall mounting, one top and one lower. That seems right, except they are 3.25 inches apart and will not fit the STANDARD wall mounting plate that has spacing about 5" center to center. Why have standards if no one uses them? So I have only the top hole over the post. I feared this would let the phone swing side to side, but it does not seem too. So as long as the phone does not fall off the wall, I will let this issue slide by.My next grump is about the Caller ID. Seems that you have to go through a bunch of steps to see who has called. Push menu, down arrow, down, down, down, until Caller ID is located, then push Ok, and so on. I think the Caller ID should be the default screen on the phone with simple up, down, delete buttons. How simple would that be? This CID has to many steps to be handy. I will likely use the CID on the phone in the den. This phone lives in the kitchen. Which brings me to the cord. I have seen quite a few reviews where they complained about the short cord. I thought this was stupid, but now I see the problem. I think this cord is shorter than OEM cords used to be. Guess I will have to buy one long enough to reach across the kitchen. I'm just hoping the phone will not get pulled off the wall, with only one of the mounting holes connected.Another observation is how far it sticks out from the wall. They can build a cell phone that is as thin as a book of matches, but this thing sticks out from the wall 4.4 inches. Come on now! It looks big, bulky and is fairly unattractive, especially when viewing it from the sides where it is gray and under cut. The front is completely flat with no contours at all, and the sides just drop off at a 90 degree angle for about a half inch and then cut back under. To bad they did not put more effort into the appearance of this phone. I believe it would look much better on a desk rather than on a wall.This phone does not have the big buttons that have become so popular. The phone I'm sending back was more attractive overall, and had the big buttons, but the backlight did not show through the button pads and so the backlight was for the most part worthless. The buttons on this phone are almost clear and you can really see the numbers with the backlight. When lit up, the button pads are glow yellow, just like the picture. The numbers are black and show up well. The Caller ID / Display LCD screen is lit up white. Our kitchen is a little dark in the day with the light off and the LCD screen is hard to read with the light off. I think the Display light could just stay on since it is powered by the house A/C, but is goes off quickly when not in use. There is no menu option for that, and no button I have found illuminate the display. Although, lifting the handset will turn on the back lights, but only briefly.Another poorly thought out feature, is the ability to "announce" who is calling. Sounds really cool and quite useful So I don't have to get up to see who is calling, righ?. Well, I just got a call while writing this review, and it announced that a "Wireless Caller" was calling. Really? It does not even say the number. I will end up turning this feature off (I did see it in the menu) since it is pretty much worthless and is more annoying then helpful.I have not tried the cordless phone because I'm really only interested in having a CID wall phone. And I NOT thoroughly tested all the features on this phone yet. I probably won't even use the answering machine since we all ready have one that we accustomed to using. However, if I find anything worth mentioning, I will come back and update this review. But my requirements for this phone are low because we primarily use our sell phones.Added 7July14: I found a really useful feature on this phone. You can block calls you don't want. I have completely filled the Blocked Number memory. I find this to be a very useful feature. The think I don't like is that the number will ring twice before it gets disconnected. I would prefer no ring at all. I have been thinking about about buying another phone just to be able to block more numbers.Bottom line: I plan to keep this phone because it will do what I wanted it to do, a wall phone with caller ID. If I walk over and look at the display, I can see who is calling. It does show the number of the "Wireless Caller" on the Caller ID. Added 7July14: I should mention that I got a factory refurbished phone that was just like new. I paid around $50 for it. If I had paid full price, I would probably be sending it back.