Vodafone R216(Huawei) 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot

Tag: Vodafone R216, Huawei R216

As the successor of the LTE router R215, Vodafone takes the new mobile hotspot R216 in its

range. The R216 dominated LTE category 4 and is again produced by Huawei. Alternatively, the

sister model produced by the Chinese competitor ZTE R216Z to select which has features similar

specifications.

Features and characteristics of Vodafone R216

Manufacturer and model number Vodafone R216(Huawei)

Chipset: HiSilicon Balong 711

LTE Category: CAT4

Download rate up: Up to 150 Mbit/s

Upload rate to: Up to 50 Mbit/s

Supported LTE bands: 800 MHz / 1800 MHz / 2600 MHz

Backward compatible with: DC-HSPA+ / UMTS / GSM

Features and characteristics of Vodafone R216

Support of LTE-Advanced: no

MIMO Support: Yes

External antenna connector: no

Telephone

With integrated telephone system: no

Connector for ISDN telephones: no

Connection for analog telephones: no

DECT: no

integrator answering machine: no

Network | LAN & WLAN

LAN Ports: no

WLAN Standards: Fi 802.11 b/g/n

5 GHz WLAN support: Yes

Encryption: WPA, WPA2

Wireless Internet Hotspot function: Yes, for up to 10 devices

Others

Battery pack: 1,500 mAh, exchangeable

Dimensions: 96 x 58 x 13 mm

USB: USB 2.0

Memory card expansion: no

Release: April 2015

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Technical Features

The Vodafone R216 accepts cards on the mini SIM format and accesses the LTE network of

category 4 to download with speeds up to 150 Mbit/s and 50 Mbit/s upstream. Here, the mobile

router uses 5 frequency bands: Besides the usual bands 800, 1,800 and 2,600 MHz additionally

850 and 900 MHz, which are used in the US and Asia for LTE.

LTE to 150 Mbit/s and UMTS to 42 Mbit/s

The R216 is backwards compatible with UMTS, including DC-HSPA+ and GSM and radio in

the WLAN b/g/n to 2.4 and 5 GHz. WLAN ac is not supported. Up to 10 connected devices can be

supplied. The router does not have connections for external antennas. The Vodafone R216 has a

Huawei subsidiary HiSilicon Balong-711 chipset, the 128 MB RAM and 256 MB ROM stand

aside. A memory expansion via an SD card is not provided.

No status display

Vodafone R216 does not have a display. Information on the device itself can only be seen from

the LED, and this indicates only when the battery has enough charge, the connection is active on

the network or a new SMS has been received.

Future-proof thanks to IPv6

So you have access to more information and settings on the interface of the router on Web PC -

or you use the Vodafone Mobile Internet App for smartphones and tablets. After all: The

Vodafone R216 already dominates the Internet Protocol 6 (IPv6), which may facilitate, inter alia,

the configuration of connected devices in a home network.

Replaceable battery

The battery of the R216 comes with only 1,500 mAh somewhat underpowered, and the battery

Is changeable. Vodafone provides a runtime of up to 8 hours in 3G network and 6 hours in 4G

network, with each 5 users simultaneously. In standby, the battery will hold about 300

hours. Charging battery can use the supplied USB cable, either on the PC or via an adapter to the

electrical outlet.

Vodafone R216-Z( ZTE)

There is a brother model named Vodafone R216-Z. The slightly more compact sibling with the

suffix Z is also designed for LTE Cat4, is equipped with a different chipset Qualcomm MDM 9225

from the manufacturer ZTE. The Vodafone R216-Z has 512M ram bout twice as much flash

memory, the router also can be used for memory expansion micro SD card holds up to 32 GB. It

also has a wireless repeater function and two sockets for external antennas to improve reception

quality. Also the R216-Z battery is significantly stronger than the R216 with 2,300 mAh. However,

a display does not have even the Vodafone R216-Z.

Conclusion

The Vodafone R216 Huawei is a mid-LTE router, the display and SD card slot is missing. The

Vodafone R216-Z ZTE has to offer as even more with memory expansion and a stronger battery.

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