[cisco-voip] 79xx vs. 99xx

[Jay]

Other than the delayed response others have commented on, the only real
complaint I have is the handset is very uncomfortable. I think Cisco hit
one out of the park with the handset used on the 79XX phones and am
confused why they would have abandoned it rather than integrate it in to
the newer model phone sets.

That is the only complaint I ever get on the 99XX phones; and I get it
often. Handset is uncomfortable and they want to go back to the 7975 or
whatever 79XX they had before. Really, that is the main reason I have not
switched personally.

Jason



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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:
cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi

Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 8:41 PM

To: Frank Arrasmith

Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net

Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 79xx vs. 99xx



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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