dabigm
ULTIMATE Member
Hey Hey, it's another review time.
Today I finally got my China Unicom VN007+ 5G modem. It's been a rough journey, first order was cancelled by Aliexpress for "security concerns" (I used a revolut card). Second one went missing and is now being disputed and having little success with the dispute , third one arrived today.
speed:
compared to the Huawei CPE Pro 2 I use to test everything against:
I should point out that these are BOTH well below my usual speed, so I will try again at different times. But so far, there doesn't seem to be much difference. Another nail in the £500 coffin price of the Huawei.
Pros:
Extremely cheap (£140, shipped, no VAT/customs - lucky?)
Supplied with a UK power supply, not a nasty adaptor.
More network ports than the Huawei.
Easy to flash firmwares, does not seem to be any restrictions on downgrading.
Cons:
Not much to look at, plastic is a bit cheapo but seems strong enough.
No bridge mode that I can find. There is, see below
SIM card slot is fiddly.
No WiFi 6
No SMS function without using a patched fw.
Menus:
I will update this thread on the speeds and power consumption figures as time goes on. Initial findings are good, very happy with the performance vs cost.
Updates:
Power consumption:
4.7W idle (WiFi on). 3W idle (WiFi off)
7.5W downloading WiFi.
6.6W downloading wired (WiFi turned off)
These are all averages. It fluctuates.
Android app:
Today I finally got my China Unicom VN007+ 5G modem. It's been a rough journey, first order was cancelled by Aliexpress for "security concerns" (I used a revolut card). Second one went missing and is now being disputed and having little success with the dispute , third one arrived today.
speed:
compared to the Huawei CPE Pro 2 I use to test everything against:
I should point out that these are BOTH well below my usual speed, so I will try again at different times. But so far, there doesn't seem to be much difference. Another nail in the £500 coffin price of the Huawei.
Pros:
Extremely cheap (£140, shipped, no VAT/customs - lucky?)
Supplied with a UK power supply, not a nasty adaptor.
More network ports than the Huawei.
Easy to flash firmwares, does not seem to be any restrictions on downgrading.
Cons:
Not much to look at, plastic is a bit cheapo but seems strong enough.
SIM card slot is fiddly.
No WiFi 6
No SMS function without using a patched fw.
Menus:
I will update this thread on the speeds and power consumption figures as time goes on. Initial findings are good, very happy with the performance vs cost.
Updates:
Power consumption:
4.7W idle (WiFi on). 3W idle (WiFi off)
7.5W downloading WiFi.
6.6W downloading wired (WiFi turned off)
These are all averages. It fluctuates.
Android app:
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