Consumer Reports just looked at nearly two dozen single-line phones, including ones from market leaders such as GE and Sony. More and more people are cutting the cord. Just last year, some 40 million cordless phones were sold. And the selection is bigger than ever.
Some handsets are as small as cell phones.
But Joe Lazzaro, who oversaw the project, says that you can get a very good basic cordless phone for a lot less. A key test here is how well a conversation sounds. Testers were given a handset with the phone's identity hidden. They listen to phonetically balanced sentences in order to assess what you might hear on a cordless phone. One phone stood out in the tests, offering excellent voice quality at a low price.