Crosley CR62-BK Kettle Classic Corded Desk Phone, Black

My 97 year old grandmother was having problems with her digital phone. She never could get used to pushing a button to answer the phone and pushing a button to hang up the phone. It became a safety issue when we'd try calling and couldn't get through to her and she would try calling and would get frustrated because it "didn't work". When I would visit she would comment about the "broken phone" and want me to call the phone company to fix the line. Finally I decided to do a little Amazon research and found this Kettle Classic desk phone. It's perfect and just what she needed. No buttons to push to answer or hang up. Not only that but she loves the color. It's an almost gold like finish that matches with her living room furniture (picture included). She told me that it makes her feel like a Rockefeller with her fancy phone. Every time I go over she asks me if I've seen her new phone. I always act surprised and impressed. It makes me happy that she loves it, and relieved that it's easy for her to use. An excellent product that I recommend for anyone, but particularly recommend this for those of us with seniors in our lives who have problems with the tiny little buttons on the overly complicated digital phones. I also purchased the Black Kettle classic desk phone for her bedroom nightstand and that one is awesome too. Great product. Either color. Both beautiful AND functional. P.S. The color is not a brushed chrome. It's more like a muted gold color, as you can see in the photo. Regardless it's still awesome! Terrific phone. But you might want to change the color description.

Everything about this phone is pretty cool. I have the brushed chrome version and I like the well built feel of it. I plugged it right into our cable provided voice over internet phone lines and it worked form the first moment. The sound quality is good and the buttons and redial feature work just fine. It looks good on the desk and it enables us to provide a phone number for all sorts of things without always having unwanted calls come to our cell phones. Update: March 3,2013 Well I have had the phone a couple of months or so now and we use it everyday. Again, using it on a VOIP Cable Internet connection and not one single problem with dropped calls, scratchy calls, etc.... The only annoying thing is that sometimes there is a slight delay when you pick up the phone and say hello (this is not the phones fault, it is lag time over an internet connection). The only thing we have found that we do not like about the phone is that the handset does not sit evenly in the cradle. The button that serves as the switch hook directly in the center of the cradle is a little tall and so the handset does not sit all the way down into the cradle. No effect on operation, just simply an anoyance.

Oh this phone is just adorable! And it rings with a bell -- OK, a digital recording of a bell -- but makes me smile every time I hear it. It has basic features -- redial, flash, pulse or tone, soft or loud ring, and the ring can be turned off. If you need call waiting, voice mail, other special features, you'll have to get them from your land-line provider. It's heavy enough to feel like the real thing in my hand, and the voice quality is excellent. I'm a child of WW2 and have it in my old-time-themed bedroom with a faux Tiffany lamp, antique case pieces, a wood desk chair from around 1910, and a 100+ year old mantel clock -- fits right in. A very good price for a very good phone. UPDATE: The above was all true until about an hour ago, when the unit ceased to function. I've checked everything -- no joy, Was hoping to enjoy this phone for several years....ain't gonna happen. Shoulda taken the product warranty for $5 more. Too late to return.....

This is the second old fashioned phone that I have purchased in the last year. The last one broke in about a year from the cheap plastic, with taking care of the phone. This one, I like the looks of and I have checked it out. The phone functions with incoming and outgoing calls as supposed to. The volume is about the same, turned up or down, very low ring. The voice one the receiver is clear with moderate volume. The casing is made of a hard cheap plastic, that's " a waiting for it to break " when hanging up the receiver. As of right now, I like the phone, it functions as it is supposed to do. Only big concern, is the plastic being in a place where it should be made stronger. For 45 dollars, it is worth taking a chance...

This is a very attractive phone to which I put a lot of effort into finding this style. It's location in my home is one where it is not used very often. In 3 months it was used less than half a dozen times. I was shocked and extremely disappointed to try to answer a call recently and hear nothing on the other end. The other caller was able to hear me. There was no dial tone. Even trying different lines and phone jacks did not help. There is no damage to the phone. I have been trying to contact the seller: Northstar Electronics, but have been unable to get through on the phone number listed on Amazon or receive a reply via their e-mail contact. Even if I decide to try to have the phone replaced/repaired by the original manufacture, I will be out another $20 for shipping costs they require. This has been a complete waste of money and a total disappointment! Update: 5/2008-Almost a year later and I never heard back from Northstar Electronics despite many attempts to contact them. I hope the new seller listed on this page is more helpful! I did end up sending the phone to the manufacture (Crosley). It cost me $20, but I did promptly receive a replacement phone which is still working. However, it is not used often and I keep waiting to hear nothing the next time I pick up the receiver. Good luck if you choose to buy.

This phone looks good but does not function well. I was hoping to have an old style phone with new technology. The ringer sound is so low that my hearing challenged father cannot hear it at all, neither can any resident at the assisted living facility. i thought an old style phone will be pleasing. Too bad. Old phones were built extremely well (by ATT) and had the best acoustics and sound quality as well as crisp long rings. Looks can be deceiving.

I bought this phone for a European styled bedroom, and it looks just right with the rest of the decor. It has an old-fashioned ring that was a pleasant surprise the first time I heard it. The push-buttons are easy to read and use, and the sound through the handset is crystal clear. I like the fact that the volume control for the earpiece can just adjusted quite a lot; I have a slight hearing impairment and have a terrible time trying to hear on our cordless phones, even when the volume is turned all the way up. I can easily hear everyone with this phone. The handset is heavier on the mouthpiece end, so you can't balance it on your shoulder to free both hands; one hand has to hold it.

We really like it, we've had the silver model CR62-BC desk phone a few months now. It works well. Love the ring, old fashioned. I've turned the ringers off of most our handset models that we have in other parts of the house. There are 3 buttons hidden on the bottom; one to turn the ringer on/off, one to go from pulse/ring and the other for the ringer to be high/low. It has a hefty weight to it like really were old. Our home has an art deco influence, it fits well. The price didn't seem outrageous, based on some other folks comments though I did buy the Amazon warrant on it for a few bucks.

Read many mixed reviews about the phone. That said I didn’t exactly expect something earth shattering. The phone is perfectly functional, super cute, sounds great and has a fabulous retro look to it. Taper your expectations and enjoy it. For an extra phone with a really cool antique vibe, this phone is perfect and fairly priced. It’s not designed for your company’s reception switchboard but for a cute conversation piece that works well in a home... it’s perfect !

Nice antique phone. Chrome color. Very shiny. 😊

I love my new shiny chrome phone, has an old ring tone which is unique.

Nice weight and style. Easy Directions

a bit too pricey for a chinese product