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Polycom Phones: What's New For 2013

Written by John Ciarlone | Jun 14, 2013 2:30:00 PM

When you're running a busy office with multiple calls, video meetings, and so much more, you always want efficiency for everyone in your office. This will help the busy sales department, important conference calls, and so many other phone related tasks because of their ease of use without sacrificing power user tools to make them extremely robust. What exactly are these business media phones that are perfect for your company? They are the Polycom phones, in particular the VVX series and accessories.

The Polycom VVX series includes the 300, 400, 500, and 500 lines of business phones that can do so much more than simple calling and multi-line management. If there is any line of business phones that you install into your office, this is going to be the series that will consistently show their return on investment. For example, here is what is new for 2013 and beyond with this high quality line of phones.

Polycom Phones Reviews 

Technical Advantages

Every single series comes stock full of technical advantages, making them not only powerful business media phones but are also very easy to install and set-up in an already busy office environment. Some of these perks include:

  • Crystal clear, high definition voice, video, and image quality that won't cut out or disconnect during the middle of that very important conference call. Be able to have high quality streaming video come through or send important photos via your phone system instantly.

  • Polycom phones are all equipped with the everyday user in mind, making sure that your IT department isn't constantly replying to issues with the phones that are potentially easy fixes. Every part of the configuration is effortless and simple.

  • Third party applications can be easily installed and so can in-house or third party API software to truly customize your Polycom business phone network.

  • Polycom phone hardware comes with easy touch screen interfaces that are highly responsive, making sure your phone's lifetime lasts much longer and making it easier to navigate menus on the phone.

User Advantages
So, the technology side comes fully stocked with all of the software and compatibility that your office requires. What about the features that matter to the users who are going to be on these phones every week? Fortunately, Polycom phones also come pre-installed with great options to make your office and staff so much more efficient. Here are some listed below:

  • Better workflows to manage busy schedules and make for tight collaboration within the office between managers, staff, and executives alike. All of the phones are connected for better sharing of information within the office.

  • An expansion module can be added on for even better task and workflow management and is compatible with all of the series in the Polycom product line-up. These are especially useful for power users in your office.

  • Crisp and clear screen interfaces means a better working office, allowing for staff to navigate through their business phone systems faster and easier. No more having to spend so much time and money on training on the multi-line phones when they're as easy to learn as a mobile device.

  • Pre-sets and other important information can be saved to a particular user's phone so they can have shortcuts installed to continue being successfully efficient with their own work load.

We're now in 2013 and that means having the proper kind of phones that can make business easier, faster, and on trend with all of the collaboration happening in all sorts of offices worldwide. Instead of having to deal with obsolete business media phones, implement Polycom phones into your office and instantly see the rise in efficiency, security, and better teamwork. What kind of phone system are you currently running in your office?