Naghahanap ka ba ng affordable pocket wifi na magagamit sa school, work or business mo?
Introducing the Smart Bro LTE Advance Pocket Wifi (BoostEven M271T).
Get this device with free sim, load, and accessories for as low as P1,495.00 only.
What’s in the box?
- BoostEven M271T Pocket Wifi
- 3000 mAh battery
- Smart Bro Prepaid Sim
- 100 MB Free load
- 250 worth of prepaid load voucher
- Type C cable for charging and data ethernet
- 7.5 Watts Charger adapter
- Dual USB Car Charger
- Manual
Features of BoostEven M271T
Smart claims that this device is twice faster compare sa mga regular LTE devices like phones and pocket wifi.
Meet an upgraded Pocket WiFi! The new LTE-Advance Prepaid Pocket WiFi is up to 2x faster than your regular LTE Pocket WiFi! Now only P1,495! Free Delivery! Register at smart.com.ph/simreg to activate your SIM. – Smart
Network Type
Ang BoostEven M271T ay may 3G at LTE-Advance capability na nagpapabilis ng internet connection compare sa regular LTE devices.
LTE Advanced is an enhancement of LTE, which is a type of wireless technology that provides high-speed data access for mobile devices.
LTE stands for Long Term Evolution, and LTE Advanced stands for LTE Advanced.
The main difference between them is that LTE Advanced offers faster and more reliable data speeds than LTE by using some advanced features, such as;
- Carrier aggregation – This is a technique that combines or aggregates multiple frequency bands to increase the bandwidth and data rate.
- Higher-order modulation – This is a technique that increases the number of bits that can be transmitted per symbol by using more complex signal patterns.
- Higher-order MIMO – This is a technique that uses multiple antennas at both the transmitter and receiver to improve the signal quality and capacity.
Dahil sa mga features na ito, ang LTE advance ay kayang mag-achieve ng peak data rates of up to 1 Gbps (gigabit per second) in download link at hanggang 500 Mbps (megabit per second) sa uplink.
This is to compare with LTE devices with up to 300 Mbps for downlink and 150 Mbps for uplink.
Type C Charging/Data Port
Dahil sa type c na ang charging at data port nito ay pwede tayong gumamit ng mga fast charging adapters.
Isa pang advantage ng type C USB is that it can provide faster and more stable data transfer than its predecessor micro USB.
Gamit ang Type C USB, pwede mo itong i-plug sa mga laptop and desktop that supports USB 3.1.
Ang mabilis na data transfer from Pocket Wifi to your Laptop or Desktop ay mas mainam na option to share your internet connection compare to wifi hotspot.
Pros and Cons of BoostEven M271T
Lets discuss the pros and cons of this device bago tayo mag decide to purchase this model or to consider other options.
Upside
Budget Gadget for everyone
Affordable pocket wifi na magagamit sa school for students, work from home and business.
LTE-A
Mas pinabilis na internet connection dahil ang device na ito ay LTE-A capable na (Dapat ay LTE covered ang location)
3000 mAh battery
Up to 6 hours of standby time (connected and mga device pero minimal lamang nag usage)
Up to 2 hours naman ang itatagal ng battery with heavy usage.
Built In Screen
Malaking tulong ang screen display ng BoostEven M271T dahil makikita dito ang status ng device.
- Battery Status BAR which animates if the device is charging kung nakasaksak sa Type C cable
- WIFI Broadcast – Shows if the WIFI is already broadcasting, specially kung bagong buhay ang device, or if the auto sleep function is turned on.
- Signal Strength – Not so real time but it helps you to understand how strong the reception
- Network Name – SMART
- TIME – Can be set on administration panel
Downside
Overheating
For 1 hour of running, napansin ko lang na masyadong mainit yung device.
Normally, I place my modem outside my apartment para sa mas magandang reception and transmission and to benefit with the running air.
To solve this, I assembled a portable air cooler gawa sa nabili kong 4 inch brushless multiuse fan from Shopee at 5v power adapter from old android phone charger.
Pero pag dinadala ko outdoor, madalas, kapansin pansin na mainit yung bag kung saan ko nilalagay yung device.
Not so durable
Binili ko to para may magagamit ako outside and sa office.
First thing na nakakasakit ng ulo is one day, hindi na sya madetect ng pc ko with old adapter. Syempre I tried all basic troubleshooting, even updating the driver but to no avail.
Next, old android phones naman ang hindi maka connect (hindi lumalabas yung wifi when searching).
I tried to reset the device several times but hindi sya na fix.
Then napansin ko in some areas like kapag nagbabyahe ako sa province, nadedetect sya ng same phone na hindi maka-connect when Im in my apartment.
Naisip ko na baka nagkakaproblem lang sa broadcast channel dahil I can see several wifi sa apartment ko.
So when I go home, I tried to select each channel from Automatic, up to channel 13.
My problem is fixed now until the wifi name is not showing up kahit anong channel pa i-set yung pocket wifi.
I tried to troubleshoot and did unlimited reset but the problem did not fix.
Smart didn’t help me on this issue dahil bukod sa puro robot ang nakakausap sa kanilang facebook page, if you can luckily talk with a real person ay puro basic troubleshooting lang ang irereply sayo.
Hindi ko alam kung malas lang ba ako sa device na nabili ko o kung lahat ba ng model na ito (BoostEven M271T) ay may parehas na issue.
Wala kasi akong makitang review online kaya hindi ako makapagbigay ng conclusion.
Magagamit pa din naman yung pocket wifi through ethernet connection via Type-C usb even without wifi broadcast.
Frequently Asked Questions about BoostEven M271T
- Anong sim card ang pwedeng isaksak?
- Upon purchase, may kasama itong Smart Bro Prepaid Sim. Naitry ko din isaksak Rocket sim.
- Dahil sira na yung device ko, ginagamit ko na lang sya to received SMS sa ibang sims. Binabasa nya lahat ng TNT at SMART regular prepaid sims.
- Gaano katagal i-charge ang battery?
- From 1 hour up to 3 hours depende sa battery level, temperature at power rate ng adapter.
- Ilang oras ang itatagal ng battery?
- Based sa personal experience, kayang tumagal ng battery up to 6 hours on idle, at 2 hours kung heavy usage.
- Pwede bang i-openline ang device na ito?
- Got this question from collogue. So far, wala akong makitang article for reviews and instructions kung paano i-openline ang device na ito.
- Saan mabibili ang BoostEven M271T?
- Available ito sa Smart online store, at sa Shopee and Lazada.