[Freeswitch-users] Looking for some good/cheap desktop phones

[Rupa Schomaker]

Also be aware they are EOL so no new firmware for them.  The 301 also is not
backlit which can be a pain depending on environment.

2010/2/5 Adam Ford <lists at redbonez.net>

>  I just picked up old model Polycoms.  You can get the IP301's for ~$60-70
> new and the IP501s for ~$100 new.  They don't have some of the fancier
> features of the new Polycoms, but they carry the same quality and
> configurability(with the exception of NAT).
>
>
>
> -Adam
>
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>
> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:
> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of *Yehavi
> Bourvine
> *Sent:* Friday, February 05, 2010 6:07 AM
> *To:* freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] Looking for some good/cheap desktop
> phones
>
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> From my experience Polycom and SNOM are expensive but give you what you
> need. Polycom is more intutive to the users but more cumbersome for the
> manager to deploy; SNOM is somewhat less intuitive to the user but
> everything can be set via the WEB interface.
>
>
>
> If you talk about 4-5 phones, then probably SNOM is the choice. It also
> depends about the specific functions you want to use. I our specific
> environment (high use of BLF and shared lines) Polycom wins because it
> handles these functions just as the user expects.
>
>
>
> I did not try Aastra so cannot testify. We did test Yealink, Thomson,
> Asterphone, SipTip and maybe others I forgot. Cisco also seems good but
> Cisco does not supply the required socumentation to make them fully working.
>
>
>
>                     Regards, __Yehavi:
>
> 2010/2/5 Тимур Валишев <tim at novion.ru>
>
> Sure, those phones do not deliver superior usability, but they at
> least give the best sound among budget models.
>
>
> 2010/2/5 Brian West <brian at freeswitch.org>:
>
> > And all of those are awful phones.  They don't even make good paper
> weights.
> >
> > You can't have good and cheap in the same sentence when talking about
> VoIP phones.  You have to take your pick between quality (good) and price
> (cheap) you can't have both at once.
> >
> > /b
> >
> >
> > On Feb 5, 2010, at 12:36 AM, Тимур Валишев wrote:
> >
> >> Have a look at Yealink (Skypemate) and Fanvill
> >
> >
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-Rupa
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