Siemens Gigaset SL440 DECT phone

Posted by T3 Online on Wed 31 Oct 2007

Quirkily cool-looking handset, but too confusing to use.

DECT phones are notorious for being about as sexy as David Blunkett - but as with the beardy MP, that hasn't seemed to affect their pulling power. So an interestingly styled, sleek model should wow us with its curves and colour screen, right? Er, kind of. It's certainly a cool-looking unit that feels nice in the hand, but we were almost immediately sceptical about those keys - rightly so, as it turned out, since they're too small and laid out in a manner that makes dialling a chore and SMS messaging torturous. The screen is muddy and the menus are awful to navigate around, making this one for those who value style over substance and don't use the phone very much.