Well, when you have the hookup box on your wall, if you don't hang a phone there - then it really looks bad.
So the ones out there now, that look like office desk phones, while not what you want, they are better than an open phone jack with the cord coming down!
I am hearing impaired, the cheap simple wall phones from
Walmart etc... do not work for me.
And, as another poster just mentioned, if you buy the cordless set with the corded handset attached to the unit (wall mountable) then you should always have phone service, even without power. Saves counterspace in the kitchen too. when it is mounted on the wall. (which is why most kitchen phones do/did have a the wall phone jack).
The phone I want (a Uniden) is on backorder.
Unless I find another hearing impaired compatible phone, I will just have to order this and wait.
Office supply stores also have phones.
And, one can order almost any phone from online retailers.
Just Google or Yahoo....