I bought this phone for my parents, who have a hard time reading the display on most cordless phones. All of the marketing pictures (and in-store units) show a paper-white screen with marker-black characters. The screens on the actual working phones are not as high-contrast, though they do surpass any cordless phone I've seen. The call quality is good, talking caller ID is helpful (for them), and having 3 identical phones (we bought an expansion handset, too) connected to one system with a shared quick-dial list makes things simpler all around. I would buy this phone again, but wish the display was as good as the pictures.