I was told that this phone can perform conference calls? However, there's nothing in the manual, and I have NO idea how to activate it without reading it...does anyone know?
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When on a call, press SEND to get a dial tone and you can call another number. Press SEND again to join them in and you have a conference call. Pressing SEND yet again will disconnect the 3rd party, while pressing END terminates the entire call.
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thanks!! do you know if this is possible with any skype solutions?? my wife loves her regular little corded handset phone and I was looking at switching to skype but need this abillity to use a regular corded phone? thanks so much
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I wish I could help you. I think being able to ask questions of someone who already uses a particular product is great. Unfortunately I no longer have or use this product. I remember really liking it. I bought another phone that allowed me to sync with my cell phone and have my cell calls ring on my home phone. Sounded great but had issues so I disabled that feature. It's been a while but I think another issue I ran into was this phone stopped holding a charge and replacing the battery was expensive. Good luck getting your question answered.
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Hi Maria. You have go get someone on the phone from Verizon that knows which phone you are talking about. It might take a long time (it did for me), but ask for someone who has been there for awhile and they will know which phone you are talking about. They will walk you through and give you a ton of special instructions to get the phone activated. You have to be patient. I wish I wrote the steps down, but I didn't.
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If you are on the system phones, only one person can be on that line. However, if you have other phones not on the system with the same line, then two of you can be. If the call is for person A and person B answers it, put on hold and answer on other line. Reading the other messages, I didn't see the conference button. Good advice. I read about the speaker phone issues and I haven't had a problem with that.
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Since I only needed this phone on a temporary basis I used Verizon's pre-paid service but it still worked fine. I didn't have a number that I had to keep but I do know that if you already have an active number and are trying to either switch phone services or are simply switching phones that the company representative you are speaking with will ask you if you would like to keep your old phone number or switch to another available one. I don't think this phone comes with a charger, so just make sure you have one that will work with this phone before you get it because I don't think it comes charged... Good luck and hope these comments help! Since I only needed this phone on a temporary basis I used Verizon's pre-paid service but it still worked fine. I didn't have a number that I had to keep but I do know that if you already have an active number and are trying to either switch phone services or are simply switching phones that the company representative you are speaking with will ask you if you would like to keep your old phone number or switch to another available one. I don't think this phone comes with a charger, so just make sure you have one that will work with this phone before you get it because I don't think it comes... » Read More Since I only needed this phone on a temporary basis I used Verizon's pre-paid service but it still worked fine. I didn't have a number that I had to keep but I do know that if you already have an active number and are trying to either switch phone services or are simply switching phones that the company representative you are speaking with will ask you if you would like to keep your old phone number or switch to another available one. I don't think this phone comes with a charger, so just make sure you have one that will work with this phone before you get it because I don't think it comes charged... Good luck and hope these comments help! « Show Less
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The guy I sold mine to asked me to call Sprint and ensure that he could get it activated. The rep mentioned being able to see account history. I hated this phone, btw. Never got 4G working on it and several systems were broken. S5 is supposedly better. I went back to LG and have no problems anymore.
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I know this is an old post, but I figured I would throw the answer out there. Due to Verizon's desire to screw their customers over at every opportunity, this phone is not able to be activated on a contract plan immediately after purchasing it here. Sure, you could go to Verizon and pay the full MSRP on these lumps of crap, or you could buy it here for a somewhat reasonable price. If you buy it here, though, you must wait for 6 months before the phone can be activated on a contract account. To put it differently, the phone, as you would purchase it from this very product page, would absolutely work on the contract plan, but Verizon will not allow it until 6 months have elapsed from the date of purchase.
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I know that 'Straight Talk' phones can be activated on Verizon (a friend did it) but the other direction, I don't know. Verizon phones are 'locked' and A Cell phone repair shop might be able to 'unlock' it and it should work....
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You can answer/disconnect phone calls on the unit itself. Used it successfully with a LG G3 and Galaxy Note 3 in that respect. I don't think you can initiate a phone call though.
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I personally did not, but had to call and talk to an actual person to activate it (versus doint the #228 auto activation). However, this phone is awful... it is not user friendly. Also, I had two of these and both would shut off randomly; many technical problems. You will likely regret having this phone.
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It's a sprint phone. Take it to the closest sprint store and they can activate it for free. It comes with a charger, it didn't work to well for me. I went and got a new one and my phone charged normally. It wasn't in the original box.
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Yes you can. In fact when you pick up the second line it states you are on a conference call. Hope that helps.
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As far as I am aware, from my experience with it, this phone is only for Verizon use. All I had to do when I owned one was to activate it by calling the number and putting in my Verizon info. It took no more than five mins!
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Gary,Were you able to find a phone which shows number of messages?We are in the same boat, this is the only reason we have not bought thisphone yet. I am looking for a similar Panasonic model with thatcapability.Thanks,junaid
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I actually bought the phone for my mom because her phone broke. She was under contract with Verizon and they are letting her use it. I believe that the only thing if anything that will be charge from Verizon is the activation fee. I had trouble activating it myself, but I called customer service and they walked me through it. Hope this helps:)
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The only way you can use as phone is by using Skype or similar apps. Because this is a table, not a phablet, so you CANNOT make direct phone calls as the table is not designed for that. So much so that you cannot instal sms apps that need of phone capability, like LINE or Whatsupp, for ex. There is a micro-sim slot on the left side of the device, where you install you 3G valid card for data, if you want to use 3G.The phone does not have memory card slot, though, so the memory is not expandableI have had this table for over two years, and I've recently made a long review in Amazon, just in case you are thinking about buying it or not. I love this tablet! The only way you can use as phone is by using Skype or similar apps. Because this is a table, not a phablet, so you CANNOT make direct phone calls as the table is not designed for that. So much so that you cannot instal sms apps that need of phone capability, like LINE or Whatsupp, for ex. There is a micro-sim slot on the left side of the device, where you install you 3G valid card for data, if you want to use 3G.The phone does not have memory card slot, though, so the memory is not expandableI have had this table for over two years, and I've recently... » Read More The only way you can use as phone is by using Skype or similar apps. Because this is a table, not a phablet, so you CANNOT make direct phone calls as the table is not designed for that. So much so that you cannot instal sms apps that need of phone capability, like LINE or Whatsupp, for ex. There is a micro-sim slot on the left side of the device, where you install you 3G valid card for data, if you want to use 3G.The phone does not have memory card slot, though, so the memory is not expandableI have had this table for over two years, and I've recently made a long review in Amazon, just in case you are thinking about buying it or not. I love this tablet! « Show Less