Does the phone must be set inside the cradle at all times and do I need to use bluetooth, as a reviewer mentioned?
1324678
I use it in vehicle with the external antenna on the roof and it worked well with 2 to 3 additional bars. I have not found it necessary to use bluetooth yet. I have a speaker phone and hold the sleek in my hand with the phone in the sleek or set the sleek in a suction cup holder on the window of a house with a 1 bar normal signal and get 3 bars and 3g data. NBC
1324679
If you aren't getting reception where you are, then the phone must in set inside the cradle in order to receive reception. Since I don't use my Bluetooth, I don't know about that.
1324680
For our use, the phone has to be in the cradle at all times. We have to also have the unit plugged into a charger and another connection to use. Therefore, we are pressing the phone, cradle and two cables to our heads when we speak to the outside world. Wilson does have whole home units but they are several hundred dollars. I got the Sleek so we could decide whether we wanted to invest in a whole home unit. So far, the answer is no. Our reception is still poor most of the time.
1324681
Yes and no. The phone gets enhanced signal only when in the cradle so to be sure you get enhanced signal you need Bluetooth. But I have found that if I take the phone out for a couple if minutes it does okay.
1507029
Yes... I had an S3 before I bought the S4 and before selling it I used the cradle a couple of days
661665
To summarize the other posters: You can start a call with phone on the charger and you can take it off and continue talking. But if you put the phone back on the cradle it disconnects the call. Definitely a design flaw they don't seem to plan on fixing.I use it for long business meetings as well and keep it on the cradle the whole time. If I take it off to walk around a bit I can't return to cradle. No idea on battery life, but should be several hours at least.
1755435
Yes, the phone needs to sit in the cradle to have its signal boosted. I have solved this issue with leaving enough slack in the power and antenna lines so that I can pickup the cradle with my LG G2 in it and use it.
614182
No, it's hardwired. Also the handset wire goes directly to the wall socket and can be detached from the cradle which is good since the cradle is extremely lightweight.
1131010
The cradle will not charge any type of phone, it merely holds the phone, either iPhone or Android. There is a USB port that'll charge you device. The iPhone 6 should fit in the cradle, the iPhone 6plus will not.
492276
No, you can't pair a bluetooth device with this phone (phone or headset). I was tricked into thinking this was a feature on this model because it is listed on the description page for this phone. However, if you scroll to the right of the features list on this page you'll find check marks for which features this model has. The check marks are so far to the right that they didn't display in my browser since I didn't have it maximized and didn't scroll to the right. It is still a good phone for the price.
286688
It's bluetooth so it would work but it wouldn't fit in the cradle in as appealing a way.
1237063
Any phone with Bluetooth works...smartphone not required. There is a smartphone app you can install on a smartphone that improves the functionality slightly but I don't use it and it is not required.
2005605
You can use the cord that comes with cradle. You do not need additional interface
798274
No and that review doesn't even make sense. You would purchase this phone because you have a land line. I love it because my cell phone gets very limited reception at my house. So I leave my cell in an area where it gets reception and link it with the blue tooth to this phone and then my 'cell phone' rings on every receiver so I never miss a call because I don't have my cell on me or I am in an area where my cell doesn't get reception. I love this phone.
1693112
Do you mean using the cradle? Not that I know of. I plug mine in to the micro USB to charge it.
1536439
The Otterbein case is too big. It won't fit into cradle. You need to take the Otterbein off 1st.
1782426
your phone has to be bluetooth ready, but otherwise you just need to pair them. Works great
1755437
Yes it has to be in the cradle, and the phone can not have a metal case. I had to return it because it would not work with my HTC one. This was confirmed with a call to tech support. I am not sure how the HTC can get the signal out to a cell tower but not too a cradle it was in contact with...
438759
the cradle has holes for wall mounting. when mounted it looks like a shelf. I wall mounted my handset in my garage.
177155
There is a Wilson model that uses a wireless antenna where anyone within range can use it with their cell phone. With this model, yes you do have to have the phone in the cradle for it to work.