[cisco-voip] 79xx vs. 99xx

[Lelio Fulgenzi]

As far as I know there are no EOLs for the 7965s or even the 7962s for that matter. However, what you will likely hear from various sources, and what your VAR was trying to communicate, was the fact that the 7900 series may no longer be directional. I don't think you'll get an official answer towards directionality, you'll have to contact your account team fit more info. 

That being said, I think others have experienced similar issues (UCCx). The 7900s are mature sets. The features they have now will more than likely continue to work. The issue with the 6900/8900/9900s is that they are working from the ground up. Feature parity is something they will have to work towards. But they have additional features that the 7900s will likely never have. 

Any greenfield deployment will likely not be on 7900s. However, it really depends on the feature sets you require. 

We've ordered a set of various phones to compare with the 7900s. Who knows. I know that I did not like the touch screen soft keys. 

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On Mar 5, 2012, at 8:10 PM, Frank Arrasmith <frank.arrasmith at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>   just want to poll the room regarding IP Phones they are using.   We recently deployed a large # of 9951/9971 phones, and encountered some pretty serious bugs(that dont have a fix/workaround yet).  Anybody else deploying these?  Are you having bugs in the Call Manager version you are running?  Other than the integrated video, what benefits do you see in them?. I have to say, after working on the 7900 series(sccp) for some time, with fairly rock solid performance, I am certainly not impressed with the 99xx phones.  I think they are particularly hard to use(compared to the 7900 phones) for someone with Cisco experience, and practically impossible for the average Joe. Maybe I am missing the big picture.  Has anyone seen exceptional benefits from using them? The decision to deploy these was above my head , and supposedly in part to the 7965's going end of life.  Is that true, or did we get suckered by our VAR(i couldnt find an EOL notice).
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