As time goes, more and more network providers upgrade their LTE networks to LTE Advanced with the application of new LTE technology such as carrier aggregation and MIMO. Many customers want to surf at the faster speed than ever. So an LTE advanced router may be necessary for home or office. Huawei B618 and B715 are two latest popular routers for the LTE-A networks. Someone may ask: what’s the difference between Huawei B715 and B618? To buy one from them, which one is better? To answer this question, let’s have a compare of the two LTE WiFi routers.
Appearance
Huawei B715 and B618 router both could work well in Europe. Some network providers already introduced them to their contract plan. The Huawei B618 was available for EE, Telekom on the model number B618s-22d while B715 was available for LMV on the model number B715s-23c. The Huawei B715s-23c looks like the common Huawei 4G WiFi router(https://www.4gltemall.com/4g-wireless-router/huawei-4g-lte-wifi-router.html) such as Huawei E5186(https://www.4gltemall.com/huawei-e5186-4g-cat6-802-11ac-lte-cpe.html) or Huawei B525(https://www.4gltemall.com/huawei-b525-4g-lte-cat6-wireless-router.html), but Huawei B618 looks like a cube. You may think it’s a smart home device rather than an LTE-A wireless router.
On the front of Huawei B715s-23c, there are few indicators for power, data transmission, WiFi, connected device, and signal. On the back, there are 4 RJ45 ports for LAN, one of which is for WAN/LAN. And one RJ11 port is available for connecting telephone. Huawei B618s-22d LTE router has only one port for LAN/WAN and another one for LAN only. They both have a USB 2.0 port for sharing file. Like other Huawei LTE routers, the Huawei B715s-23c has two SMA connectors for external antenna while the Huawei B618s-22d WiFi router(https://www.4gltemall.com/huawei-b618-lte-cat11-router.html) has two TS-9 connectors for 4G external antennas. They both have the same feature that the SIM card slot is at the bottom of the body.
Technical Specifications
To know more about the technical specs of the two LTE-A router, the table below will give clear information about the chipset, CatID, data rates, supported frequency bands, interfaces, and prices etc..
Model: Huawei B618
Product type: LTE WiFi Router
Category: LTE Cat.9/ Cat.11
Chipset: HiSilicon Balong 750
Data rates: DL 600Mbps/UL 100Mbps
Supported 4G LTE frequency bands
– Huawei B618s-22d: Band 1/3/7/8/20/38
– Huawei B618s-65d: 1/3/5/7/8/28/40″
WLAN: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band 2.4GHz & 5GHz
Max supported users: 64 users
MIMO: 4 X 4 MIMO
Connector for external antenna: Two, TS-9 jacks
Buy Antenna: Huawei B618 Antenna(http://www.4gltemall.com/4g-lte-outdoor-antenna-2-x-ts-9-connectors.html)
App management: Huawei Hilink APP
SIM Size: Micro SIM
Battery: NO
Dimensions: 95 × 95 × 208mm
Interfaces:
* 1 x LAN port(45)
* 1 x LAN/WAN port (45)
* 1 x telephone port(RJ11)
* 1 x USB 2.0 port
Datasheet: Huawei B618 Datasheet
User Manual: Huawei B618 User Manual
Other features: DHCP Server, DNS RELAY and NAT, VoLTE, IPv4 /IPv6 dual stack
Reviews: Huawei B618s-22d Review(https://www.4gltemall.com/blog/huawei-b618s-22d-4g-wifi-router-review/)
Price: 449.00USD
Model： Huawei B715s-23c(https://www.4gltemall.com/huawei-b715-lte-cat-9-wifi-router.html)
Product type： LTE WiFi Router
Category： LTE Cat.9
Chipset：?
Data rates： DL 450Mbps/UL 50Mbps
Supported 4G LTE frequency bands： LTE B1, B3, B7, B8, B20, B28, B32, B38
WLAN： 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band 2.4GHz & 5GHz
Max supported users： 64 users
MIMO： 4 X 4 MIMO
Connector for external antenna： Two, SMA-female jacks
Buy Antenna： Huawei B715s-23c external antenna(http://www.4gltemall.com/4g-antenna-two-sma-connector.html)
App management: Huawei Hilink APP
SIM Size: Micro SIM
Battery: NO
Dimensions: 240mm × 448mm × 47mm
Interfaces
* 1 x power adapter port
* 3 x LAN port(45)
* 1 x LAN/WAN port (45)
* 1 x telephone port(RJ11)
* Two external LTE antenna ports (SMA-J1.5)
* One micro-SIM card slot
* 1 x USB 2.0 port
Datasheet: Huawei B715 Datasheet(PDF)
User Manual: Huawei B715 User Manual(PDF)
Other features: VPN, VoLTE, IPv4 /IPv6 dual stack, DMZ, Port forwarding
Reviews: Huawei B715s-23c review(https://www.4gltemall.com/blog/huawei-b715-lte-cat-9-wifi-router-released/)
Price: 399.00USD
Conclusion
From the appearance, we can see both the Huawei B618s-22d and B715s-23c are cool, but I personally love Huawei B618s-22d better. But if you want the WiFi router to have more Ethernet ports to connect your desktop, the Huawei B715s-23c may be better. From the specs, we can see Huawei B618s-22d support higher level LTE networks with faster LTE downlink & uplink speeds. But if you need the LTE router to work for more LTE frequency bands especially for band 32 or band 28, Huawei B715s-23c should be taken into consideration. And the Huawei B618s-22d with advanced LTE technologies would be more expensive, if you don’t care about the price, Huawei B618s-22d would be the right one for your home or office.
Sourcing from https://www.4gltemall.com/blog/huawei-b715-vs-huawei-b618/
To meet the demand from the LTE market, Huawei provides series of LTE USB Modem, 4G Wireless Router and 4G modules to the public. Check more about Huawei 4G LTE Routers comparisons:
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