IP Phones have more or less the same features, so what distinguishes them besides the call quality, performance, connectivity and ease of use is the appearance. The looks are important since they will be part of your room interior or office decoration. The price as well is an important factor. I considered these factors to come with this list:
The Grandstream Budgetone 102 phone is a cheap entry-level phone of interesting quality. The call is of good quality, it supports many features, and it has
firewall support. The setting up is quite easy. It has two
Ethernet RJ-45 ports that allow for good network sharing. The appearance could be better: the phone is quite cheap-looking. It however has large buttons that make it easy to use. This phone is excellent for small business and home users.
The Siemens Gigaset C450IP hybrid phone stands out by working with both VoIP and
PSTN connections. It has a color screen with 4096 colors, with polyphonic tones. It supports quality of service (QoS) and can accomodate up to 6 handsets. It can also be used with a battery of 150 hours autonomy within a range of 300m outdoor. It is also quite easy to set up.
The LinkSys SPA942 phone is very attractive and perfectly designed for a nice look and feel. It is the phone to buy if you want to communicate professionally and in beauty. It is also quite easy to use. The phone gives a good performance. There is nothing much to complain about it, save its high price.
The Snom 300 phone offers an impressive list of features and an easy menu navigation. The phone is quite neat and compact, thus saving space, but with large buttons. It can be programmed for up to 6 VoIP accounts. It has two Ethernet connectors. Models Snom 320 and 360 are more enhanced with better features, but twice as expensive. The Snom 300 is a nice phone for its price.
The Polycom SoundPoint IP 301 phone is a large phone with a large LCD screen, and rather small buttons. The looks are a bit out of the common. It gives a wide range of functions, accessible through soft keys.
