[Asterisk-Users] Difference between Cisco 7940/7940G, 7960/7960G

[Andrew Gillham]

Mike Ciholas wrote:

>I'm shopping for good deals on Cisco phones. Forgive my
>ignorance, but I spent over an hour at Cisco's web site and
>Google trying to find a definitive statement as to the
>differences between a 7940 and 7940G phone.  Anybody know?
>
>Should I prefer the "G" and why?
>
>Related question, is the 7960 worth so much more than the 7940?  
>Has only 4 more buttons that I can see.  Anything else under the 
>hood that makes it worth that?
>
>  
>
The 'G' is Global.  They redesigned the buttons on the right to be icons 
instead of the English words help/settings/messages/... so a template 
could be stuck over those keys in whatever local language.

I would imagine there might be some hardware updates as well, but it is 
essentially the same phone as the 7960.

Personally I have been buying used 7960 phones on eBay and I don't 
really see a reason to buy the 7940. :)

-Andrew