Month: May 2014

Huawei E3276 LTE CAT4 USB Stick

The world’s best selling LTE Stick is the Huawei E398. The Huawei E398 was known for his absolutely outstanding LTE reception. Now there is a newer model Huawei E3276 available which also has good reputation. The Huawei E3276 LTE stick meets the LTE Category 4 specification and is backward compatible with LTE Category 3. In some European countries, the LTE category 3 and 4 ( LTE plus) are in use now. And the customized Huawei E3276 is already available for some ISP, such as Vodafone, Telekom.

Huawei E3276 Technical Specifications:

 

* Integrated modem HiSilicon with the new chipset Hi9620

* supports 4G LTE800/LTE900/LTE1800/LTE2100/LTE2600 megahertz

* Downstream up to 150 Mbit/s, with LTE Category 4

* Upstream up to 50 Mbit/s, with LTE Category 4

* Backwards compatibility: supports 3G UMTS, DC-HSPA+ at up to 43.2 Mbit/s

* Backwards compatibility: supports 2G GSM and EDGE 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz

* very high connection quality

* USB connector can be swiveled and locked in the housing

* Slot for MicroSD memory cards with max. 32 MB

* SIM card slot in standard size, microSIM and Nanosim need a SIM adapter

* Built-in antenna

* Two connections CRC-9 for external antennas with  2×2 MIMO Support

* Software Huawei Dashboard

* LED for status display connection type

* Compatible Operating Systems: Windows XP / Vista / W7, Linux , Mac OS

* USB 2.0

* Dimensions: 99 x 26 x 12.5 mm

 

Some of the Huawei E3276 variants, such as E3276s-920, are with Hilink system, but what is a HiLink LTE Stick?

 

A HiLink LTE stick starts the Internet connection within seconds after plugging in the USB connector. This is possible because there is no software installed on the PC.

 

How to use Huawei E3276

 

The use of Huawei E3276 LTE sticks is very straightforward. Insert SIM card and then connect the Huawei E3276 with a USB port on the notebook. The E3276 software drivers and the Huawei dashboard software are installed automatically. Then enter the PIN and APN connection settings and finished the LTE stick configuration.

 

Connect an external antenna to Huawei E3276 LTE stick

 

The Huawei E3276 works just as well if one connects an LTE external antenna. We can recommend the LTE MIMO antenna. The LTE signal strength could be greatly improved. With the high DBi, the antenna could help user have better connection speed. You can check details here: http://www.4gltemall.com/4g-antenna-two-crc-9-connector.html

 

Conclusion: Huawei E3276

The Huawei E3276 is certainly one of the best LTE sticks that are currently available. And we could not detect any weaknesses till now. Vodafone offers the Huawei E3276 under the name Vodafone K5007 and Telekom under the name Telekom Speed Stick III. They are all reliable LTE 4G Stick. 4gltemall.com are providing the unlocked Huawei E3276, it can work with both Vodafone and Telekom 4G LTE networks, and other LTE networks in Europe. Most of them are using the Huawei E3276s-150, but some are using Huawei E3276s-151. We can see from the images that France ISP Orange is using Huawei E3276s-151.

 

Huawei E5730 – 42Mbps MiFi Router with LAN Connector

If you had read our blogs about introducing the Huawei E5730, you may get to know some features of Huawei E5730. The new Huawei E5730 MiFi router is not an ordinary mobile hotspot: the device has a LAN port and a 5200 mAh battery besides mobile hotspots. On one hand, the E5730s hotspot can thus be used for devices that do not have Wi-Fi feature, on the other hand users have also a mobile battery (“Power Bank”) the same time. Then users can charge the smartphones, tablets when the power is around off.  However, the small pocket router Huawei E5730 is not perfect, because it can’t support the LTE frequency bands.

 

 

DC-HSPA+ up to 42 Mbit/s
Inside the Huawei E5730, a Huawei subsidiary HiSilicon modem is inserted, which allows speeds of up to 42.2 Mbit/s in the downlink and 5.76 Mbit/s in the uplink. However, these are gross data rates, the real values can’t reach this speeds. Under a little congested UMTS cell, the top speed may achieve about 30Mbit/s. Another important feature of Huawei E5730 is that a maximum of 10 wireless devices to the router can be connected simultaneously.
Since UMTS is supported only on the frequency bands around 900 and 2100 megahertz, you’d better to use the Huawei E5730 in Europe, even though it can use in other areas, but usually limited in America. What’s more, the slow quad-band GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) is supported. Unfortunately, unlike the predecessors Huawei E587 and E5756, there is no connector for an external antenna in Huawei E5730, so the transmission power cannot be improved if the signal is weak.

A special feature of the Huawei E5730 provides a LAN and a USB port.

Easy charging other devices
Another special feature is the full-size USB port on the side of the Huawei E5730 next to the LAN port. This allows easy charging of other devices such as smart phones via the integrated 5200 mAh battery in the E5730.The output is 5V/2A, so that almost all mobile companions should be easily charged. Of course you can use hotspot runtime for much longer time based on the strong battery in Huawei E5730, because with a fully charged, Huawei E5730s can provides an operating time of at least 16 hours according to the manufacturer!

 

The operation of Huawei E5730 is via a web interface in the browser, which is connected to the router. Alternatively, an administration via Huawei Mobile WiFi app is also possible; this program is available for all devices with Apple iOS or Google Android operating system. The Huawei E5730 is now available in the color white and gold commercially without SIM lock on www.4gltemall.com . If you feel interested in this new mobile pocket router, welcome to check more details of it.