great phone, if you can get by its hassles
Pros:
versatile, more features than you can shake a stick at
Cons:
short battery life, difficult to navigate menus
The Bottom Line:
I think I said it above. If you need all its features, get it. Otherwise there are probably other phones out there that will have better battery performance.
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Author's Review
Overall, the 9452 is a great phone. It has every feature you could ever need, including a spare battery charger, headphone jack, multi line capable, multiple message boxes, etc. However, it has one significant drawback that I find HIGHLY annoying - a very short battery life. While talk time is decent, standby time nearly unacceptable. It will only go about two days between 14 hour charges - so basically you can only use this phone four days out of the week. It also gives no audible signal that the battery needs charging, it just stops working.
Compared to my six year old Panasonic which will last nearly a month on standby and a good five hours (at least) talk time, the AT&T falls far short in battery life. If you can get past this quirk (perhaps with the extra battery which I have not yet obtained) then it *is* a great phone with all its features.