HUAWEI E5331 3G MobilePocket WiFi is the lastest most popular portable 3G hotspot from HUAWEI. Perhaps because its fashion design and good price, after released to market, HUAWEI E5331 mobile 3G router soon becomes the new star in HUAWEI E5 family.
HUAWEI E5331 Mobile WiFi supports 3G UMTS 900/2100Mhz, and it seems it’s more apt for European area. Different from HUAWEI E586 and E560, it support maximum 8 users to share the network. And the operation icon is more simple, just one button on the front. There is no LED screen display, just 4 indicators with the power button. Perhaps the LED screen save the cost of HUAWEI E5331 Pocket WiFi.
2 – Wi-Fi indicator
3 – Battery indicator
4 – SMS indicator
5 – Strap hole
6 – Power button
7 – USB port(Micro USB Type B)
Frankly speaking, HUAWEI E5331 is more powerful than HUAWEI E586, and price is much cheaper, we suppose it’s the chipset change. But we didn’t get any official information about this.
There is only one USB Slot at the side of E5331, which is to give power support to E5331. Below is the genera review of HUAWEI E5331 Pocket WiFi:
Highlights & Details
- With up to 8 Wi-Fi enabled devices (and 1 device via USB 2.0) simultaneously to the Internet
- Internet-/Intranetzugang mobile with up to 21.6 Mbit / s
- Plug and Play Software Installation
- For Windows ® XP (SP2 or later), Windows ® Vista SP2 (32/64), Windows ® 7 (32/64), Mac ® OS 10.5 or later, Linux Kernel2.6.18or later
- MAC filtering, HTTP file sharing, DMZ, port forwarding and VPN
- Lithium-polymer battery, 1500 mAh for 280h standby or 6 hours of use
- SMS send and receive
- LED display for battery level, network signal, wireless status and SMS
- Controlled and configured via free “HUAWEI Mobile WiFi” app for Android ™ and iOS
- Free for all SIM cards
Description:
With the mobile hotspot, your UMTS / HSPA connection for up to 8 Wi-Fi enabled devices by pressing a button can be achieved.
Equipment
- GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, 3G, HSPA, HSPA +
- HSDPA: Max. 21.6 Mbit / s (download)
- HSUPA max. 5.76 Mbit / s (upload)
- 2G (GSM) frequencies 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (Quad-band)
- 3G (UMTS) frequencies 900/2100 MHz (Dual Band)
- WLAN 802.11 b / g / n (WEP/WPA-PSK/WPA2-AES).
Delivery
- Huawei E5331
- USB cable
- Quick Guide
System Requirements
- Windows XP SP2
- WindowsVistaSP2 (32/64)
- Windows 7 (32/64)
- Mac OS X 10.5 or later
- Kernel2.6.18or later
With HUAWEI E5331 Pocket WiFi Router, HUAWEI also released HUAWEI E355 Mobile 3G WiFi modem router which has the same functions as E5331. The main difference between E5331 and E355 is that E5331 has rechargeable battery but E355 needs external power input to keep it working. And for most of time, they could replace each other.
