What I wanted1. Land-line. Living in rural Hawaii, I need both a cellular and a land-line for maximum reliability2. Long cords so I can walk & talk without having to buy extra extensions. This came with 7′ of line3. Bigger keys on the keypad4. Touch-tone capable as well as pulse5. Receiver not too heavy6. Good loud ring-tone with softer options7. Really loud option for incoming voices also with softer settings8. Clear sending & receiving, no burbles or static9. Sit flat on night-table10. Simple operation11. Inexpensive: I dislike paying for unneeded optionsThe AT&T 210 is all of this and more. In addition to my essential eleven qualities, the phone offers other features:12. Lighted numbers13. Mute option14. Up to ten fast dial numbers15 Plus fast dial icons for medical, fire, and police (nice safety feature)16 Wall install (flip an insert to keep receiver in cradle for wall mount)17 Instructions are detailed and written in clear correct English18 Design is simple, attractive, nice black finish that looks new after use. Size is 9″ long, 4″ tall, and 3 l/2 ” wide.19 The AT&T help number connects to AT&T customer service and works. I checked this out when I got the phone & just checked again.ANY USER ALERTS?* This is a simple, basic phone, not a full-featured phone that will fold the laundry and do conference calls.* Be careful! The instructions state the phone will not function well if other phones are hooked up on the same land-line. Reviewers who found the sound wasn’t the best may have been using multiple phones on their land-line. If you want multiple phones and excellent sound on all, this may not be the top choice for your needs.* The base is light-weight which would not be a big issue for a wall-mount but think about location* Not actually an AT&T product made in USA. The phone is a product of a company called Advanced American Telephones licensed by AT&T to use the logo and name. The phone is manufactured in China and the customer service is by Advanced American telephones. I do not know if this could be a future issue re service or not.For what I wanted, I love this phone! This may not be for the best phone for every user’s needs but it works for me: the price is right (under $10 for me including shipping), the performance good and the features are fine.

Our home had become littered with the invisible weeds of modern technological convenience: three wifi routers (2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands, their powerful signals pumping out radio signals day and night), a few “repeaters” that picked the signal up and boosted it to the far corners of our home, an AppleTV, video baby monitors (2), and our old cordless 5Ghz phones we’ve had since the dawn of home wifi. The old phones worked beautifully as standalone beacons of communication until their signals became entangled, snared, choked by the growing noise and interference of the newer toys that promised richer communication.I tried switching channels on the wifi routers, moving the video cameras of the baby’s rooms to different corners that were farther away, keeping the use of our land-line based cordless phones to a bare minimum to spare ourselves and anyone unfortunate enough to be on the other end of that line the ear splitting bray and crackle of static that I was determined to alleviate somehow, some way.Then, one day the solution presented itself to me in brilliant, shining, pure simplicity. Eureka! That’s it! We’ll retrograde our land-line communication to The Way It Was, the ways of my childhood, my parents childhood, and their parents…..well, not childhood but at least early adulthood. I was excited to announce my creative, revolutionary idea to my wife.”Babe, I’ve got it. Are you sitting down?””What? I can’t hear you. Static.””BABE, I’VE GOT IT. ARE YOU SITTING DOWN? WE’RE GOING TO BUY CORDED PHONES! OUR LONG, FAMILY NIGHTMARE OF STATIC FILLED LANDLINE CALLS HAS ENDED!””What? We’re going to buy buttered scones?””Nevermind. I’ll tell you when I get home.”I was eager to begin my research. (That’s what I do, I research tech-y things online. It’s like a hobby. A sad, pathetic, obsessive hobby based in consumerist Want and the filling of holes with Stuff….but that’s a review for another thing I’ll probably buy later this week). What differed about this research was profound: for the first time, maybe EVER, I was not looking for the most advanced iThing, the sparkliest techno-gadget, the most powerful thingamabob. Nay, I was searching for the antithesis of that. The most simple form of long distance communication device available. By “long distance” I mean farther away than the end of my driveway…who wants to actually GO OUTSIDE to talk to anyone these days?. Then, as I searched corded phones, I saw it.The AT&T 210 Corded (yes CorDED) Phone, Black.Yes, yes! YES! That’s it. That’s The One. I even think my family may have had one very similar if not exactly like one of these back in ancient times, back in my high school years, that nostalgic time when life was new and opportunity a-plenty: the 1980’s. And? Could it be? No, that must be a typo. No way could such a simple, pure, elegant communications interface be….$9.34 with my Amazon Prime membership! No, certainly that must be a typo.Dear reader, it was not. It was true. I could hardly continue my review of this wondrous discovery through the tears of joy blurring my screen and setting my heart alight. Oh, what joy! Why buy just one? Why not by a half dozen of the little buggers? They’re so..cute! So simple! I’d put them in every room.No, no. That would be wrong. I don’t NEED six land line phones (both my wife and I have iPhones, for goodness sakes). Let’s not get crazy.But two. Yes. Two. That’s the perfect amount. One upstairs, one downstairs in the kitchen. My wife and I could recreate that long-lost practice of yelling upstairs to the other “Pick up the phone! It’s your Dad!”, then hearing the clunks and thunks as the handset is lifted from its cradle, then balanced on the shoulder. Yes, that’s it! Two. What a pure number, what a perfect end to a truly fruitful and satisfying research session.The End.PSOh, as far as how the phone actually works? PERFECTLY. Clear, crisp, and – best of all! – provides the ability to execute that long-lost satisfying slam of the phone when hanging up on robocalls, rude telemarketers, and the like. SLAM! Oh, so much more satisfying than tapping the glass screen of my phone, or pressing the tiny OFF button of our old cordless phones. SLAM! So wonderful, so satisfying. SLAM!!!Maybe I should have bought six after all.

For tabletop or wall. Works perfectly for me. Even has some features that my old phone didn’t have.

Good for

For the price, which included Free SuperSaver Shipping, one would have a hard time finding a better deal. It is a solid little phone (did not quite expect the “heft” to it that it has), appears to be well-put-together, rings fine and has a good sound quality (not tinny or with interference as one might expect for a phone for this price ~ I’ve had “cheap” phones before and “sound quality” is just not something I would expect to find at this price ~ under $13). The white color and sleek modern styling go well with our post-modern decor.We needed an inexpensive corded phone with no added features (the 13-Number Memoy feature is something we will never use) as we live in an area which occasionally experiences untility outages due to severe weather. The phone service usually stays intact during these periods, however anything requiring electric is dead until the power is restored. Cell phone coverage here is also very sporadic and hard to come by, so a corded phone was essential to our well-being.This phone fit the bill perfectly for our needs. The only thing I didn’t particularly care for was that it comes with a “favorite phone numbers” paper label stuck on the base (under the handset). There is no plastic covering for this and I can see where it will eventually get “dirty-looking” or unsightly with regular cleaning.I would have preferred receiving the label separately as something I had the option (or not) of placing there myself. That is no big deal and did not affect my overall rating as I will just remove it eventually (carefully, as the base cannot be immersed, however have found the blue D**n dishwashing liquid on a coarse cloth is perfect for removing sticky substances such as labels, etc.).I suppose if someone wished to use this label to write their “favorite numbers” on, they could place transparent packing tape over it so it would not get dirty and/or wear with regular cleaning. But again, for the money, even this inveterate bargain-hunter could not find a better deal.I must say I am a little amazed at some of the reviews on here which portray a sort of “shock” that this is made in China. It is very hard to find products NOT made there these days and current and past administrations are to blame for this ~ NOT Amazon (although I do wish Amazon would place the Country of Origin on ALL of their product descriptions). I would have been “shocked” if it WASN’T made in China or some other overseas location ~ although my family does try to search out American-made products (however they are increasingly harder to find).Amazon itself, as they have been with every order I have placed with them, was wonderful and had it on my doorstep within four days of ordering (along with two other items in the order). It was packed well in its own box and packed by Amazon Fulfillment quite adequately.I love sitting at home in my pajamas searching for great deals on Amazon and not having to run from store to store looking (and not having the benefit also of others’ reviews) and then having my chosen item(s) on my doorstep within a few days. That benefit alone is, well, ——> Price-less!