[Asterisk-Users] [OT] Small SIP phones?

[Antony Stone]

On Sunday 12 December 2004 23:08, Shoval Tomer wrote:

> I may be wrong, but if you always carry your laptop around, why don't
> purchase a USB handset?

The main reason is that (I believe) the quality of audio with a soft phone is 
generally not as good as that from a real SIP phone?

The other reason is that I want to be able to show VoIP in operation to 
clients (which is where I would be taking the phone with me), so a standalone 
phone, which is not dependent on any software installed on my laptop, is a 
much neater arrangement.

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Florian Overkamp [mailto:florian at obsimref.com]
> >
> > On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 21:27, Antony Stone wrote:
> > > Thanks.   In fact I already have a Grandstream ATA-486, which I'm
> > > very pleased with: http://www.grandstream.com/y-ht486.htm   This unit is
> > > even smaller - 105 x 75 x 25mm (or 4" x 2.75" x 1"), however I'm just
> > > wondering if there's a neat all-in-one solution, instead of carrying
> > > around two items? 
> >
> > Three, in fact. The powersupply also adds to the required space. This
> > is one of the biggest advantages of having an all-in-one solution, because
> > you don't have to generate high voltage/high power ring signalling.

True, you don't need the high voltage ringing, but with a standard SIP phone 
you still need a PSU for it.   I couldn't rely on a client's network switch 
supporting PoE for when I wanted to plug one in.

Regards,

Antony.

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