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Introduction to Cordless Phones

Posted by cordless phones on December 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Cordless phones are a feature in many modern homes and workplaces, providing a huge number of benefits over their corded brethren, but also coming with a few considerations to take into account. They also come in a variety of shapes and sizes and features vary wildly depending on the brand you pick and the price you’re willing to pay. First let us establish the few basic principles which identify typical cordless phones.

Most cordless phones come with two distinct parts, firstly there is the phone handset itself which will usually resemble most telephone handsets, with a few face buttons and alphanumeric keypad and sometimes a short aerial, though modern cordless phones may not always have this feature as the aerial is integrated into the body of the handset. The second portion will be the base unit, into which the phone will slot neatly for storage and charging. The base unit itself will need mains electricity and be attached to the phone socket like a corded phone and will transmit and receive information from the phone handset using radio waves at various frequencies, depending on the manufacturer specifications. For the most part cordless phones will make the claim that they can operate up to 30 meters away from their base stations, though this will vary depending on a number of factors, not least the quality of the components used within the phone. Within the handset there will be usually rechargeable AA or AAA batteries which will build up charge when the phone is not in use and returned to the base unit, though modern phones can take time away from the base unit for a lot longer than they could in the past.

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