

The touchscreen itself is one of the nicest touchscreen interfaces we’ve used on a desktop phone to date. The VVX 500 has a standard set of hard keys: a numpad with round buttons that are large and satisfying to use, buttons to control volume, activate headset, speaker, and mute, and finally, a button that takes users to the main “Home” screen on the touchscreen display. This phone won’t take up much desk real estate, being only slightly bigger than the Polycom Soundpoint IP 335, but its main highlight, the 3.5-inch TFT LCD touchscreen, allows users to do much more in the available space. These design tweaks make the VVX 500 different enough that it feels like an exciting new product but not so different that it’s completely disjointed from other Polycoms. Two thick, vertical bands of silver plastic border and accentuate this main focus area. The centerpiece is coated in a glossy black plastic that matches the phone's reflective LCD screen. Check out this case study on their work.įirst, this is a good-looking device. The phone will feel both familiar and fresh to anyone who has ever used a Polycom before.
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Credit goes to industrial design firm White Box Design for successfully incorporating design elements from the brand's Soundpoint IP series into the phone's clean and updated look. The Polycom VVX 500 is the new addition to the company’s line of business media phones, joining its big brother, the VVX 1500. Note: The VVX 500 has since been discontinued.
