

In our tests, the hotspot showed good speeds, just not quite as good as the HTC 5G Hub. You're looking at the USB-C port and the two TS9 antenna ports Performance It doesn't quite measure up to the category 20, X24 LTE modem in the HTC 5G Hub, but it also costs less than half as much. That's a huge step forward from Sprint's older hotspots, like the Franklin R910, which is only a category 4 LTE device. The Qualcomm X20 modem in here is the same one as in the Samsung Galaxy S9, a gigabit LTE modem with category 18 LTE, 5x carrier aggregation, and 4x4 MIMO. Bands 13/14/17 make the hotspot more compatible with AT&T and Verizon, which is great, but it's sold locked to Sprint. The 8000 is much better than any hotspot T-Mobile offers, so it should be relatively future-proof, at least for a little while.īands 3/7/20/28 will provide good coverage when globally roaming. The band missing is 71, T-Mobile's most rural band. Mulling that over a little more: If Sprint merges with T-Mobile, the 8000 will be able to access T-Mobile's network on bands 2/4/12/66, which will be most of T-Mobile's 4G coverage going forward. While the hardware is nearly the same, the frequency bands are different. It has not swept the nation we've spent the year basically in a public beta of 5G, and Sprint's rollout seems to have been slowed by its endless saga of merging with T-Mobile. In hindsight, I was too optimistic about 5G in my 8800L review, buying into carrier hype about speedy 5G sweeping the nation. The hardware here is pretty much the same as the MiFi 8800L for Verizon. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. ( Read our editorial mission (Opens in a new window) & see how we test everything we review (Opens in a new window).)
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