Believe me, I have the non-speakerphone version and it's clarity is unbelieveable. I went down 2 blocks, and I still got reception (albeit not 100% clear) - but within your house, front yard, back yard, etc. it sounds like a corded phone. Great deal, but does refurbished mean used and returned? If so, I'm not too sure about getting up close with other people's spit and earwax on it. Not too thrilled about the radiation either.
All in all, a really great phone.