That may depend on both your phone and WiFi. I have a new Android phone and Verizon FIOS WiFi. When I’m in the house, I’m on WiFi. I can walk out the door and down the block and back, and the transition between cell and WiFi is not noticeable.
There must be a setting to allow you to enter just a phone number without putting it in your contacts.
I do have a problem with the landline phone since it doesn’t have BT. What is the “Acoustic Phone” you had installed?