Sure, your phone can create a Wi-Fi hotspot, but
that will take a toll on its battery. The alcatel LINKZONE Cat. 12 hotspot can
help with that in two ways - first, it delivers up to 600Mbps download speeds
over Wi-Fi ac, second, you can use it as a power bank.
That's thanks to its 4,300mAh that offers up to 15
hours of use time. And you don't have to keep turning it off and on, it can
last 300 hours in standby mode - with Wi-Fi turned on! This model weighs 150g,
though.
If you want to go more compact, the alcatel LINKZONE
Cat. 7 is lighter at 85g. It has a 2,150mAh battery that will last 8 hours of
use and 200h in standby (but it lacks a power bank mode). This lower model has
2-channel carrier aggregation (vs. 3) and so it delivers 300Mbps downlink
speeds. Both models do 100Mbps up and can create Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac hotspots on
2.4GHz or 5GHz.
The alcatel LINKZONE hotspots will be available
later this year at a price of € 180 for the Cat. 12 model and € 100 for the Cat.
7 model.
