Yuxin YWH500 IP Phone

Very affordable, decent looking IP Phone.

For Manufacturer’s Specifications:

http://www.yntx.com/en/productywh500.htm

Our Take on it:

• Based on the ARED Fox PA1688 Chipset which also powers ATCOM, ARTDIO, and other phones (as far as we can tell).
• Native SIP Support.
• Supposedly supports Power over Ethernet…haven’t tested though.
• Supports IP pass-through, which saves you the need of an extra port available in your switch.
• Excellent Codec/protocol support
• Asterisk IAX protocol support via firmware update
• Has all the expected features of a pbx phone
• Tends to “hang” sometimes, particularly if you put it in static IP
• Value for money

Verdict: We’d recommend it as a way to introduce yourself to VoIP telephony. We have serious doubts with its long-term reliability, but it looks sturdy enough. Enterprise grade solutions would do well to go with the “known” brands for an additional $20-$40 such as Linksys, Polycom, etc…