Philips VoIP 841 Test (Internet Telephony (VoIP))


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Philips VoIP 841
Test score: B Above average
The score of B is reached using 5 different tests on the Philips VoIP 841 (s).
Average score of all telephones: B.
Product specs: Type: VoIP Telephone; Standby time: Up to 120 hours; Talk time: Up to 12 hours; Phonebook capacity: 500 Skype entries more info
 
Pocket-lint.co.uk
Publication date 5/2007
Single test 		9 out of 10 points
"The fact that you can access the whole thing with the press of a button and not have to be anywhere near your computer is very much welcomed - we might be geeks, but we don't like showing it. ..."
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PC Pro
Issue 6/2007
3 products on test 		"very good" (5 out of 6 stars)
"... The VoIP841 is the only phone here that's attractive and pleasant to use - and these are qualities that VoIP devices urgently need if they're to break into the mainstream. ..."
 
Computer Shopper
Issue 6/2007
2 products on test 		5 out of 5 stars "Best Buy"
"... Philips has clearly put its Dect experience into its SPH200D, and the quality is brilliant. Skype calls were so clear, they sounded almost as if they were being made over a landline."
 
Computer act!ve
Publication date 4/2007
Single test 		4 out of 5 stars
"Stylishly designed phone with Skype - plus the advantage of not needing your computer switched on."
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Personal Computer World
Publication date 3/2007
Single test 		"Very good" (4 out of 5 Stars) Value for money: 3 out of 5 stars
"The Philips VOIP841 Internet Phone works well, but the lack of an answerphone is disappointing."
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Computer Shopper magazine put the Philips VoIP 841 internet telephony (VoIP) device under observation and was fairly impressed, awarding it 5 out of 5 stars.
The internet telephony (VoIP) device was reviewed by 5 magazines with special attention paid to performance, and received mostly positive reviews.
The Philips VoIP841 is a dual-mode telephone, this means that it operates as a standard land-line phone as well as allowing the user to make and receive calls over the internet using a SIP service such as Skype. The phone itself is described by many reviewers as 'stylish' comprising as it does, a glossy black finish and rounded edges, in fact, PC Pro named it the only phone that was 'attractive and pleasant to use' in their test of three VoIP phones in the June 2007 issue. The phone also features a speakerphone, and, according to Computer Shopper's review of the product, comes with 12 months of free voicemail and 120 minutes of SkypeOut calls, although both Computer Shopper and Personal Computer World make sure to point out that voicemail is only available for Skype calls and not standard landline calls.

ComputerAct!ve goes so far as to call the Philips 841 the 'best device of its ilk we've seen', with the other reviewers tending to agree, indeed, the product won a Best Buy award from Computer Shopper, and only its price and the lack of an answerphone being reasons to complain.