Phones
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Is there a general consensus for brand here over what phones are the best value for 20 or less users in a PBX setup?
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I've been pleased with testing Yealink and I'll be deploying the Yealink T42S phones to my company soon.
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And I’ve been deploying the T46s lately
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My personal order of preference is
- Yealink
- Sangoma
- Grandstream
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I always try to make my choice of phones depending on the PBX.
For example, if I was deploying a Grandstream UCM, I would use GS phones.
If I'm doing 3CX, I'd use Yealink phones.I'm assuming FreePBX has "tighter" integration with Sangoma or Yealink phones?
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@fateknollogee said in Phones:
I always try to make my choice of phones depending on the PBX.
That is just silly.
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@fateknollogee said in Phones:
I'm assuming FreePBX has "tighter" integration with Sangoma or Yealink phones?
Why would you assume that? FreePBX is SIP and supports SIP phones this assumption really doesn't make sense in this instance.
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@fateknollogee said in Phones:
I'm assuming FreePBX has "tighter" integration with Sangoma or Yealink phones?
Why would you assume that? FreePBX is SIP and supports SIP phones this assumption really doesn't make sense in this instance.
I said "assume" because I've never used FreePBX!
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@jaredbusch said in Phones:
@fateknollogee said in Phones:
I always try to make my choice of phones depending on the PBX.
That is just silly.
If I may ask, why is that silly?
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@fateknollogee said in Phones:
@jaredbusch said in Phones:
@fateknollogee said in Phones:
I always try to make my choice of phones depending on the PBX.
That is just silly.
If I may ask, why is that silly?
Because SIP is SIP. You buy the phones that have the features you need with the quality you need, for the price you need.
The PBX has nothing to do with it.
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@fateknollogee said in Phones:
@fateknollogee said in Phones:
I'm assuming FreePBX has "tighter" integration with Sangoma or Yealink phones?
Why would you assume that? FreePBX is SIP and supports SIP phones this assumption really doesn't make sense in this instance.
I said "assume" because I've never used FreePBX!
Right, which is why the assumption doesn't make sense. Why would a SIP based platform be better with one phone then the other?
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@jaredbusch said in Phones:
@fateknollogee said in Phones:
@jaredbusch said in Phones:
@fateknollogee said in Phones:
I always try to make my choice of phones depending on the PBX.
That is just silly.
If I may ask, why is that silly?
Because SIP is SIP. You buy the phones that have the features you need with the quality you need, for the price you need.
The PBX has nothing to do with it.
I guess you haven't deployed a UCM6xxx?
Will any SIP phone work on the UCM, yes, because SIP is SIP is SIP.
Will the UCM auto-discover/configure Grandstream products, you bet!
Is that a form of "lock-in" since the UCM plays "nice" (or nicer) with other Grandstream products...it is what it is
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@fateknollogee said in Phones:
@fateknollogee said in Phones:
I'm assuming FreePBX has "tighter" integration with Sangoma or Yealink phones?
Why would you assume that? FreePBX is SIP and supports SIP phones this assumption really doesn't make sense in this instance.
I said "assume" because I've never used FreePBX!
Right, which is why the assumption doesn't make sense. Why would a SIP based platform be better with one phone then the other?
FreePBX lets you use their paid Endpoint Manager module for free with Sangoma phones. But that is it. I do not use it anyway, so there is that. The benefit for the Endpoint Manager is quite small IMO.
3CX is the same. If you use a phone on their list you get magic provisioning things. But again, this is stuff that is really not relevant. It does make things "easier" for a layman, but not for a dedicated PBX Admin.
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@fateknollogee said in Phones:
I always try to make my choice of phones depending on the PBX.
Sounds like you're a slave to Altigen as I am at the moment. Soon my chains will be broken!
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Grandstream and Yealink are both great. Polycoms are good also, but are way over priced in today's market. I only use PolyCom for Conference phones.
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@fuznutz04 said in Phones:
Grandstream and Yealink are both great. Polycoms are good also, but are way over priced in today's market. I only use PolyCom for Conference phones.
Have you seen the new Yealink CP960 phones. Those things are pretty niffty. . . and very well priced when compared to polycom's comparable models.
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@dustinb3403 said in Phones:
@fuznutz04 said in Phones:
Grandstream and Yealink are both great. Polycoms are good also, but are way over priced in today's market. I only use PolyCom for Conference phones.
Have you seen the new Yealink CP960 phones. Those things are pretty niffty. . . and very well priced when compared to polycom's comparable models.
Yes, I saw those. I'd like to get one to try it out. Those run Android. The last Android based desktop phone I tried (a Ubiquiti phone) was totally useless. It was purely eye candy. However, I'm not blaming that on Android.
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@fuznutz04 said in Phones:
@dustinb3403 said in Phones:
@fuznutz04 said in Phones:
Grandstream and Yealink are both great. Polycoms are good also, but are way over priced in today's market. I only use PolyCom for Conference phones.
Have you seen the new Yealink CP960 phones. Those things are pretty niffty. . . and very well priced when compared to polycom's comparable models.
Yes, I saw those. I'd like to get one to try it out. Those run Android. The last Android based desktop phone I tried (a Ubiquiti phone) was totally useless. It was purely eye candy. However, I'm not blaming that on Android.
Don't the Polycom Trio line also use an Android OS?
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Ok thanks for the info everyone. Seems Yealink is the consensus here. Ill see what meets the budget. Also learned a bit from the other discussions lol. Interesting how that works
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Ok thanks for the info everyone. Seems Yealink is the consensus here. Ill see what meets the budget. Also learned a bit from the other discussions lol. Interesting how that works
Yealink has a wide range of devices, so make sure you're considering what is required in terms of functionality. Before you start asking for a budget.
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@dustinb3403 Understood and thanks. I was planning on that I just didn't type it.
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@jaredbusch said in Phones:
My personal order of preference is
- Yealink
- Sangoma
- Grandstream
I'm about the same, but Snom rather than Grandstream. Used GS a while ago and they were fine, but not great. I wouldn't avoid them, certainly, but they don't make my top three.
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@scottalanmiller said in Phones:
..Used GS a while ago and they were fine, but not great. I wouldn't avoid them, certainly, but they don't make my top three.
Just curious, how long ago was that?
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@fateknollogee said in Phones:
@scottalanmiller said in Phones:
..Used GS a while ago and they were fine, but not great. I wouldn't avoid them, certainly, but they don't make my top three.
Just curious, how long ago was that?
Oh it has been quite a while. Many years.
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GS has come a long way since even a year ago.
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@scottalanmiller said in Phones:
@fuznutz04 said in Phones:
GS has come a long way since even a year ago.
New models this year?
They are always upgrading their models it seems. But I was referring to their firmware. The firmware improves with each release, and adds stuff that should have been there in the first place, as well as bug fixes as usual.
