[asterisk-users] ip phone suggestion for Asia?

[Gordon Henderson]

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007, Andrew Joakimsen wrote:

> For the price Grandstream GXP-2000 is very feature packed and has a
> decent size and resolution display. The menus aren't the nicest but
> the phone works and it does not sound bad. For $70 you get what you
> pay for and the firmware is pretty stable and always being updated.

I've been a bit of a Grandstream "enthusiast" for some time now, and 
generally get on very well with them, but I have to say that recently I've 
become somewhat irritated by them. I know they had some hardware issues 
way back, but I've never encountered any of them.

For the money, it *is* a feature packed phone. It's a bit plasticy and the 
sound quality isn't as good as say a Snom, but I've a lot of customers for 
whom the price is right.

For a long time I've used software version 1.1.1.14, but recently they've 
had newer versions which I've been unable to downgrade to that version. 
Their latest version, 1.1.5.15 has fixed a few things, removed the router 
function (which I had no use for anyway), but in return I now get the 
occasional buzzing sound every few minutes from one older phone I've 
upgraded. Not sure about the new ones, not dared to upgrade them yet! 
Additionally, some phones I have out in the field which were shipped with 
some intermediate version of the s/ware have odd audio problems.

I've emailled them, and get replies eventually, nothing forthcoming about 
a fix yet, so who knows...

I do like the phones though, the GXP2000 is very nice, if a little "fisher 
price", and for the money I can't better it, but if their software doesn't 
stabilise, then who knows what I'll be tempted to move to in the future... 
(probably Snom if I can persuade my customers to pay a little more - the 
300's screen is jsut too small, and the price difference between that and 
the 320 is just a bit too much for my market...)

Gordon