My comments were directed primarily at the quality and durability of the telephones themselves. We are a telephone repair and refurbishing company.
The products that I was referring to were the 83xx series phones and the DX-80 phones. The rate of failure of the components, especially the LCDs, the quality and durability of the housings, and the design of the phones themselves.
They seem to be built to be throw-aways just like most home cordless phones.
We repair many, many, many, 10-15 year old Executech phones. I doubt that 25% of the 8324s will have displays that last 4-5 years. I doubt that a DX-80 telephone could survive 2 years in any kind of heavy-use environment, like a restaurant or a garage.
The 64xx, 66xx, 77xx, and 80xx phones were all designed and built to be workhorses. They are built to last. I cannot, in any honesty, say the same thing regarding any of the newer Comdial telephones.
