[Freeswitch-users] Best SIP phone?

[Tim St. Pierre]

Hi Emrah,

I have been using Aastra phones extensively.  If you stay with the 5xi 
series, you should get good sound quality.  The 6739i is really nice, 
but touch screen, so that's out.

There are a few different ways to provision them - the simplest way is 
for them to download a config file (ours are rendered on the fly with 
PHP).  You can also use the Web UI, or send the phone XML commands.  If 
you make changes in the web UI or push config via XML, the changes take 
place right away on the newer firmwares.  This is great for 
experimenting, as you can change SIP settings around without having to 
reboot every time.  You can also interface the phones to other systems 
using the XML interface, or via some proprietary software.  There is a 
third party app that lets you click to dial from your computer, and you 
get on-screen notifications of incoming calls.

Some versions of firmware are buggy, but they are getting better.  I'm 
waiting for IPv6 compatible firmware, but I'm told that it's in the 
works and they put me on the beta test list.

Hope that's helpful.

-Tim

Emrah wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have tried many IP phones and nothing comes close to the audio quality of a Polycom. I use a VVX1500 and everything is top notch, but it doesn't suit me entirely.
>
> 1. It's touch screen and I'm blind.
> 2. It's always a pain to restart the phone anytime you make a change in the provisioning configs. It's great in a corporate environment, but not so much for experimenting.
> 3. There isn't many ways to interface with the phone… E.g.: trigger a dial out from your computer's address book.
>
> I tried Snom a couple years ago and the audio quality was not good, with plenty of echo on speakerphone and buggy firmwares. Cisco is pretty much out of the question because of their closed configs and Linksys is pretty low end if my recollection is correct.
>
> What can you recommend that is stable, versatile, open and good quality? 
>
> Cheers,
> Emrah
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