[asterisk-users] Snom vs Polycom

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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Philipp von Klitzing
<klitzing at pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Hey hey!
>
>> Anyone got any subjective (!) views on the merits of these two ranges
>> , using asterisk 1.4 ? I need to supply approx 30 handsets to a new
>> client, with the senior managers (6) having some slightly more
>> "managerial" phones
>
> * Let the customer test and decide himself
> * Polycom: great speaker phone, but no built-in BLF

Which planet do you live on? Yes there is built-in BLF. You can
program any available line button as a BLF.

> * Snom: poor speaker phone, many BLF buttons & more

But poor sound quality not to mention stability.

> * Configuration and flexibility is great with the SNOMs, if you like you
> can even stream video to a snom 370 or 820

Configuration with the Polycoms is very flexible just not as easy as
peeling a banana. So if your skills spread beyond that of a chimpanzee
you should be able to manage.

> * The snom 8xx firmware still has its quirks (not fully mature yet), so
> I'd say better stick with the 3xx series for the moment
>
> Yours, Philipp
>
>
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