Fanvil A Series IP Phones Review: All 5 Models Compared
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Fanvil’s A Series isn’t a standard desk phone line – it’s a range of Android touchscreen “console” IP phones built around management centres, control rooms, intercom and broadcast use rather than a single person’s desk. Five models currently make up the line-up, ranging from a compact management console up to a large 10.1-inch flagship unit. This review goes through all five based on what Fanvil publishes on each model’s own product page.
What the A Series Is For
Every model in this line is positioned around the same idea: a console-style device for people managing a site, a team, or an emergency response, not a general-purpose office extension. The language Fanvil uses across the range – “management centres,” “control centres,” “intercom,” “monitoring,” “broadcasting” – points at reception/security desks, factory floor or warehouse control rooms, school or campus intercom systems, and similar monitoring-plus-calling roles, rather than a desk phone for an individual employee’s extension.
The Five Models
A330 / A330i
The A330/A330i is the largest-screened model in the range at 10.1 inches and 1280×800 – a sharper resolution than Fanvil states for any other model in the line-up. Fanvil describes the audio as “MP3-quality” with background noise reduction and full-duplex communication, and positions the device specifically for “large-scale organisational operations.” Built in 13MP camera provides crystal clear video.
Best for: large organisations wanting the sharpest screen in the range on a console built around audio and video management.
A308i / A308
The A308i/A308 is a different form factor to the other four: This phone features a 7-inch touch screen, but does detail a versatile mounting bracket for both desktop and wall-mounted installation, which points to this being the most likely wall/gate-style unit in the range. It runs Android 9.0 with support for installing third-party apps, has a built-in 5-megapixel camera with adjustable positioning for HD audio and video calling, a gooseneck microphone, full-duplex voice, a maximum output of 90dB, and what Fanvil calls an “intelligent speech algorithm.”
Best for: wall-mounted or desktop intercom-style deployments (entrances, gates, shared spaces) where a fixed touchscreen console isn’t the right form factor.
A320
The A320 is a 10.1-inch colour touchscreen console running Android 9.0, with 116 programmable DSS keys, a built-in adjustable camera for video conferencing, an HD handset, and both WiFi and Bluetooth (Fanvil’s page doesn’t give exact specs for either). Fanvil positions it as “a high-end enterprise IP phone” for “office or management centres,” with an emphasis on group conferencing alongside standard calling.
Best for: management offices and conference-style use where video calling and a large bank of programmable keys both matter.
A320i
The A320i shares the A320’s 10.1-inch touchscreen, 116 DSS keys, adjustable camera, and WiFi/Bluetooth support, but Fanvil’s own copy leans further into intercom and monitoring language – “tailored for industry use” and built for “management or command centres” with “video calls, intercom, monitoring, and broadcasting” called out specifically, alongside an HD PTM handset and gooseneck microphone. Read together with the A320, the “i” here looks like the intercom/broadcast-oriented sibling of the same hardware rather than a separate tier.
Best for: command-centre or industrial settings where broadcasting and intercom are as important as making and receiving calls.
A32i
The A32i is the compact option – Fanvil’s own description calls it “a mini management device” aimed at “small and medium control centres,” with a goose-neck speaker and a large touch screen (exact size not published on Fanvil’s page). It’s positioned around day-to-day management efficiency plus the ability to handle an emergency, rather than the full conferencing/broadcasting feature set of the A320 and A320i.
Best for: smaller control rooms or reception points that want the A Series’ management-console concept without the larger models’ full feature set.
Which A Series Model Fits Which Setup
| Model | Form factor | Camera | Fanvil’s stated focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| A330/A330i | 10.1″ console, 1280×800 | 13MP | Large-scale organisational operations |
| A308i/A308 | Desktop or wall-mount bracket | 5MP | Audio/video console, intercom-style |
| A320 | 10.1″ console | 8MP | High-end office/management, group conferencing |
| A320i | 10.1″ console | 8MP | Command centre: intercom, monitoring, broadcasting |
| A32i | Compact console | Possible with Add-on | Small/medium control centres |
Console-style IP phones like the A Series typically sit alongside a standard desk phone fleet rather than replacing it – one or two units at a reception desk, control room or gate, with the rest of the team on conventional handsets. If you’re building out that wider deskphone side of a NUACOM deployment, see the deskphones & headsets page for currently supported models, or the call centre software page if the control-room use case is part of a larger contact centre setup.
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Final Word
The A Series isn’t competing with a standard desk phone line-up – it’s solving a narrower problem: one console that can call, monitor, and broadcast from a reception desk, gate, or control room. The A320 and A320i are the most capable all-rounders if video and intercom both matter; the A308i’s wall-mount bracket makes it the obvious pick for a fixed entrance or gate point; and the A32i is there for a smaller site that wants the same concept without the larger models’ full feature set. The A330/A330i stands apart as the audio-first flagship for the largest deployments.
Frequently Asked Questions
Management and control-centre use rather than a standard individual desk extension – Fanvil’s own product copy consistently points at reception desks, control rooms, intercom points and broadcast/monitoring setups across all five models.
Both share the same 10.1-inch touchscreen, 116 programmable DSS keys, an adjustable camera and WiFi/Bluetooth support. The A320i’s own product copy leans further into intercom, monitoring and broadcasting language, while the A320 is positioned more generally around office and group-conferencing use – they read as the same hardware tier with a different use-case emphasis.
The A308i (5 megapixel, adjustable), A320, and A320i all have an adjustable built-in camera for video calling. Fanvil’s pages for the A330/A330i and A32i don’t mention a camera.
The A308i/A308 is the model Fanvil specifically describes with a versatile mounting bracket supporting both desktop and wall-mounted installation, which fits an entrance, gate or fixed intercom point.
A full datasheet is available from Fanvil’s product page itself or their Download Center.
These are SIP-based devices, the same protocol NUACOM deskphones use to register. Check the current deskphones & headsets page for confirmed supported models, or get in touch before standardising on a console device for a reception, gate or control-room deployment.
