After having
launched the Honor 6A, Huawei has followed it up with something for the home. The
Honor Router X1 and X1 Plus are Honor’s way of getting a place in your house.
The Honor X1 has a neat cube design that cleverly
hides all the ports at the back. Those who love to keep their wires hidden will
appreciate this. The Honor Router X1 and X1 Plus both have one uplink port, two
ethernet ports, a 12V power jack, and a reset button. There is also a LED light
up front.
The main differences between both routers is that
the X1 only supports 2.4GHz and peaks at 300Mbps while the X1 Plus supports
both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, 802.11ac MU-MIMO, and peaks at 1167Mbps.
However, both routers have LPDC error-correction
algorithm built-in which allows for stronger signals even when there are
interfering objects like walls. Huawei has also released a companion app that
lets you setup and configure the routers from your smartphone.
The Honor Router X1 and X1 Plus will go on sale
today for ¥ 99 (US$ 15) and ¥ 149 (US$ 22) respectively on Vmall.com, JD.com, and
Tmall.com.
