ZTE U50 Portable WiFi 6 MiFi, 5G Router with SIM Slot, Mobile Hotspot

I've been looking to upgrade our motorhome Wi-Fi for a while. I've previously used both Huawei and LTE 4G Mobile Hotspots but with 5G now rolling out more widely I wanted to take advantage of the higher data transmission speeds especially for streaming video. This unit is the first one I've found that is reasonably affordable. It's much bigger (and heavier) than my old Huawei 5577 4G hotspot but this is a good thing as it provides space for a much larger internal antenna and a larger battery. Reception and signal strength seem much improved over the older 4G units. So far, I've had no problems getting a good signal in our motorhome using one of two positions in the van; either by the habitation door or on the dashboard. The ZTE U50 supports external antennas so I might get one to use in poorer signal areas. I'm using an existing EE data SIM but my unit was delivered with a Smarty Data SIM so you have everything you need to get up and running with mobile data. It recognised the EE SIM and auto-configured so I was up and running in under a minute. It charges via USB-C and battery life is excellent; around 10 hours. One thing to note - it goes in to sleep mode if nothing is connected to it and you have to wake it up (with a short press of the power button) in order to re-connect. It doesn't seem to get too warm in use either. Highly recommended.

This is a very good router, outstanding connection speed, but I'm not impressed by the externals aerials connections could be so much better. Also battery life has a lot to be desired, probably last for a couple of hours, before haveing to be connecting two power supplies. But still a very good router

Straight out the box put my personal EE phone sim in it. Plugged it in Switched on and perfect 5G within seconds. A little point to note the password is where it says pass key on the sticker under the battery cover. connected tablet and phone played 2 films at the same time and no wheel of death. You can plug an external antenna into it if you wish to buy one. But it works bang on at the site we are at in cornwall so no need at the moment. It will come in dead handy for car journeys as well as it charges from a standard use C charger. And my personal phone is on a sim only contract and unlimited data but at 100mps max speed but on 5G it is spot and plenty for a couple of tablets playing films or 4 phones Web browsing. And as its 5g and wifi6 it will be good for a few years without it being totally out dated. Obviously all this is dependent on the signal you have in your area. But my phone had reasonable 4G in the same spot and this is getting 5G full strength so it's a definite improvement. All in all I would recommend and if it's not working in your area due to signal strength you can try an external antenna a change of service provider and if all that fails just send it back free return. Worth noting it came with a free smarty data only sim which you can just activate if you wish and add credit as you go as there is no contract. I think they use the 3 network so good for cornwall. I will update if I have any issues but at the moment so far so good.

I have had nothing but PROBLEMS with this the first one did not work could have been bad luck so I sent it back and bought another one this one does work sometimes I don't use it often but everytime i do it is very time consuming it has a mind of its own it may lock you out permanently for putting the CORRECT password in 3 times so best to come back the next day and try again. I ain't got time to add the other problems you will encounter. TRUST ME SKIP THIS ITEM.

I upgraded from a 4g hotspot to this , the difference is night and day Connection I find very easy to use, turn it on and wait for the lights to come on and bam , internet. I did not need a high end hotspot for the van, so I went with this unit as it was in the middle with what hardware it had. Mostly it's kept plugged in so not had chance to really test the battery. When I was on holiday in the new forest this always had some kind of connection so I could use it WiFi call when phone signal was rubbish. Definitely would recommend to anyone look for a good mid range WiFi hotspot. As some people have said it does get a little warm but nothing overly worrying.

This item is a great idea in theory, but it has its problems. There are no lights on when the product is on, so you don’t know when the WiFi is on. The signal it emits gives an okay speed of about 50mbps when right next to the device, but more than 4 meters away it drops to around 8mbps. It has to stay plugged in as the battery barely lasts 10-15 minutes, and it gets VERY hot. Setting it up took way longer than it should have, because as I said earlier, the lights didn’t come on and I assumed it was faulty. It gets the job done eventually. The ping is around 82ms, NOT ideal for gaming. I’m disappointed as there is a 5G tower within close distance. My phone gets 350mbps on 5G, not this device. I use this device for my other devices around the house. Not worth the price it costs!

Really good - gets hot but from my research is the best I could find in this price range - has eSIM - make sure not to leave it inside the bag as gets hot - don’t impact connection

This product does not come with an antenna of any sort. Testing it around the house (in East London, UK), I found that it only picked up 4G and gave a very disappointing 5Mbps download speed. I tested it out in the street, and that is when it picked up 5G and the speed shot up to 450Mps! Yes, a nearly ten fold download speed increase! So as it comes out of the box, you just will not not know how good your signal reception will be. HOWEVER... THE SOLUTION IS buying a cheap pair of flexible antennas with TS9 plugs. When I did that the speed went up to a healthy and consistent 30-40Mbps indoors. I was so pleased that I got that higher rate, that I have just bought a more expensive LTE type of aerial that is specifically designed to pick up 5G as well as 4G. I am expecting great things with that new dual-aerial antenna. So the bottom line is, it may only work well for you if also buy an additional LTE-type antenna or pair of LTE aerials. Remember that the two connectors must be the tiny TS9 type of plug (2.5mm diameter).

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Anfangs hatte ich mit der Installation etwas Probleme, aber die direkte Kontaktaufnahme über Amazon, mit dem Hersteller beziehungsweise Verkäufer hat mich schrittweise durch die Herausforderungen geführt und jetzt funktioniert das Teil so, wie ich es mir vorstelle.

Excellent product

Défectueux Impossible de se connecter a internet malgré l’essai avec 2 SIM différentes

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