TO THE TEST: Home phones

Sunday Mirror, Jan 23, 2005

Equinox 1200 by BT, (0800 328 9654) pounds 89.99

CHUNKY set with polyphonic tones and texting. You can transfer contacts from your mobile's SIM card too.

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Gigaset SL100 by Siemens, (08457 400 700) pounds 99.99

A handset just 11cm long in chocolate & champagne colours. Includes texting, a colour screen and voice-activated dialling.

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ME4061-1, Motorola (0870 901 0555) pounds 50

GREAT value but low on style. The digital answerphone, hands-free headset and caller ID display are all useful.

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Dect 515, Philips (www. philips. co.uk/support) around pounds 100

ANSWERPHONE you control from handset or base. Groovy tactile finish and ringtones.

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KX-TCD580, Panasonic (08705 357 357) pounds 99.99

COMPACT phone and charger with hands-free headset. Polyphonic tones, texting and vibrate alert make it more like a mobile.

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850 Colour, Doro (01527 583 800) pounds 69.99,

TINY handset comes with a hands-free headset, mobile-style ringtones and stores up to 30 texts and colour display.

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Pictures: BOB POWELL Compiled by: ZENA ALLI