[asterisk-users] MagicJack quality

[Dean Collins]

1/ R&D costs v's number of units manafactured per annum.
2/ Retail pricing the markets will still purchase at.


And yes you are right the polycom's are too expensive....but budgetone's
are still too expensive even at $20 :)

Cheers,

Dean



-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kristian
Kielhofner
Sent: Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:35 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] MagicJack quality

On 7/17/08, Steve Underwood <steveu at coppice.org> wrote:
>
> That is certainly true. Many of the comments people make about codecs
>  owe more to the phone than the codec. However, there are various
types
>  of impairment. Even a phone which doesn't sound nearly as good as it
>  could in G.711 mode may still sound much better in wideband mode.
>
>  A typical $200 business desk phone costs more than a typical mini-Hi
Fi
>  set that has a lot more complex bits in it, and sounds fantastic by
>  comparison. Basically  business desk phones are a swindle.
>
>
>  Steve
>

Do tell!

  Could someone please explain to me why business desk phones are so
expensive?  I'm not knocking my friends over at Polycom, Snom, or any
other manufacturer but in some cases you can buy a cheap but usable
laptop for less than you can buy a phone.  What gives?

-- 
Kristian Kielhofner
http://blog.krisk.org

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