Facts Behind The Myths Of Partner Telephones

Writen by Cameron George Elliott

They're expensive.
Not true; there are models with 18 and 34 buttons that cost a little more, but Avaya also has an affordable 6 button model, designed for price- conscious customers.

Partner Phones don't have the features I need. And let me tell you, I need a lot of features.
You've come to the right phone. Avaya designed the Partner phones to fit the complex needs of growing businesses. In addition to all the standard features, Partner phones have back- lit displays, programmable buttons, and message- waiting indicators, allowing you to work more efficiently. In fact, Avaya is the only phone company to put easily read back- lit displays on their phones.

And, Partner phones use LEDs for the message- waiting indicators instead of displaying it only on the display. Now, you know if you message from across the room, saving you time.

I'm just a small business, I don't need that much of a phone.
Avaya made the Partner phones with you in mind; they're designed for small to medium business, and the features will help you work efficiently and productively.

Partner Phones are hard to use.
In fact, Partner phones are easier to use than other business phones. Some companies have a single button for hold, conference, and transfer, making things more difficult. But Partner phones have separate buttons for each function, and a fixed intercom button. And, the programmable buttons make the phones easy to configure to match your needs.

Partner phones can be installed either on your desktop or as wall- mounts, to best fit your space.

You can't upgrade Partner Phones.
You sure can: they have an auxiliary port, so it's easy and inexpensive to add a headset, cordless phone, or an answering machine.

I'm a busy person; I always do 15 things at once, and when I'm on the phone, I'm also typing reports, reading emails, and updating the schedule on my BlackBerry via Bluetooth. I have no use for Partner phones.
You couldn't be further from the truth; the phones work with headsets, have a speakerphone, and have a hands free answer on intercom option. In other words, you can answer calls without picking up the phone. It's brilliant, and makes working that much easier. So use the Partner phones and multi- task with abandon.

I have an old phone and data network, and these new- fangled phones won't work with what I have.
All Partner phones are backwards- compatible, so you have nothing to worry about; they will work with your existing Partner network.

Yes, it's all very well and good that Partner phones have LEDs as message- waiting indicators, but I'm color- blind so this feature is useless for me.
Good news- the phones have both red and green LEDs, so if you have trouble telling colors apart, you'll do just fine with Partner phones.

Cameron Elliott is an Telephony specialist at avaya voip phone systems where he extols the benefits of Avaya Phone Systems