Plantronics Calisto Pro Series DECT 6 0 Cordless Landline VoIP Phone with Bluetooth Headset
Stay connected, wherever you work, with the Plantronics Calisto Pro Series hands-free phone system. Its integrated multi-function Bluetooth headset offers professional sound for your home office as you remotely answer landline, VoIP and even mobile calls. Combined with a compact handset offering a built-in speakerphone, interference-free DECT 6.0 technology, and ability to download Outlook contact numbers, you’ve got powerful communication options like never before.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Great Office Phone
This phone is great. I use it as my office phone (Skype) but also have it connected to my home phone. It’s great that I can use one phone to do both. The quality of the phone is amazing. The speaker/handset/BT headset delivers near office quality sound and the range is better than expected.
The only drawback I have encountered is that there is background noise on my home phone when I connect this phone to Sykpe via USB connection & home phone. But, the user on the other side does not hear it so it’s not too bad.
The price is steep, but worth it if used as an office phone.
1 Star Tried 3 not one worked right
Tried three brand new phones of which none of them worked right. Never was able to use the call logs completely though they work fine on all other phones. The tech support team is batting 1 with knowledge for every 5 who are clueless. If tech support is bad I always give low ratings as customer service should be #1. Imagine them wanting to send me a reconditioned unit for a brand new one. Way overpriced.
4 Stars Calisto Magic!
It does what I need it to do with ease and it is seamless! It is ok there are a few drawbacks but once you ger used to them it beats most alternatives. The price point was good too!
5 Stars near-perfect SOHO phone
This phone lives up to the promises, and I’d say the reviews are generally pretty accurate. Going cordless on the headset is a big win, esp if your phone is on a desk with lots of PC cables, etc. The battery life is great for both the phone and the headset. When I work from home, I can spend 6+ hours on the phone, and it’s not an issue. As an added bonus, this phone works as a speakerphone, even when it’s sitting in the charging cradle. Having a headset chraged built nicely into the base is also a big plus.
Tiny nits (and I do mean tiny)
1) Yes, you’ll need to make sure the headset seats properly to charge, but it’s not a big problem.
2) The handset buttons are slightly small, but it is a fair trade-off for a small sized handset. The LCD display could have been smaller for larger buttons, and that would have been OK, but it works fine as is.
I haven’t tried pairing the headset with other devices, but Bluetooth is a standard, so it should work pretty easily. All up, we’re very pleased with the phone. Pricey, but worth it.
1 Star Everything about this phone is cheap, except the price
I am very technically inclined and usually never write reviews. I bought this phone 6 months ago due to the good reviews here on Amazon. BIG mistake, are people here who give this 5 stars actually using it?. What is wrong with it you ask:
- poor battery life, better charge it every night or no phone for you tomorrow
- thick and bulky like an old flip phone from 10 years ago
- phone software and software you install on your PC is archaic
- screen on handset is such poor quality it is almost unusable
- static and hiss during calls is unbearable, worse than the cheapest wal-mart phone you can buy.
- usb connection to your pc causes severe noise an all phone extensions until you disconnect the calisto pro from your pc again
- headset quality is very bad, 2 hours max and your ear is killing
- headset button already cracked, I have never dropped it or rough handled it
- all functions are sloooowwww, push a button..wait, answer a call..wait, make a call..better wait, want to redial..wait some more
- ergonomics, not on this phone
- speakerphone is worse than my cell phone’s
Unfortunately it is slim pickings out there if you need a bluetooth headset to work with your home phone line, keep looking as the calisto pro is a good idea done very very poorly.
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