New Airtel 4g hotspot - Please give your opinion

[sandyksv]

Hello all, I want to buy a new 4g wifi hotspot for my parents. Only Airtel 4g and BSNL 3g are available currently in my native. BSNL Broadband not available currently. I have below options, please give me your opinion on this or any other idea.
OPTIONS :
1. Buying Airtel dongle from local store
Pros :
Price is 1000 (1000 discount as a corporate offer)
Cons :
a. I have to use it only with Airtel. In future if Jio or any other network available, I can not use
b. I have to buy a new sim also (free but mandatory). Postpaid plans are costly. Minimum I need to pay 499+18% monthly for 1GB/day plan
2. Buying universal 4g dongle online
Pros :
a. I can use it with any network any time
b. I can use it with prepaid sim, which is comparatively cheaper (349,1gb/day-28days)
Cons :
a. Costly , more than 2.5k
b. Most of them are unlocked, so no guaranty or warranty. Dont know the performance also

 

[Optimus_Prime]

Go 4 Huawei 8372 or Dlink lepetit 4G modem ... Unlocked modem are good as u can use any sim ...in future if jio become available in your area U can use jio also with that modem .
Perosonally I prefer Dlink 4G modem as it has 3 year warranty service .
I'm using Dlink Lepetit modem though it's 3G modem with BSNL 3G 444/- plan. It's a nice device.

 

[Sarkar]

Buy Airtel and unlock it, lots of instruction available in internet about how to do it

 

[sandyksv]

Buy Airtel and unlock it, lots of instruction available in internet about how to do it

But post paid sim card is mandatory , I have to pay around 650 after 1 month usage. Post paid sim whether airtel will deactivate immediately if I request ?

 

[sandyksv]

Go 4 Huawei 8372 or Dlink lepetit 4G modem ... Unlocked modem are good as u can use any sim ...in future if jio become available in your area U can use jio also with that modem .
Perosonally I prefer Dlink 4G modem as it has 3 year warranty service .
I'm using Dlink Lepetit modem though it's 3G modem with BSNL 3G 444/- plan. It's a nice device.

How is the signal reception ? Bcoz in my mobile signal switches between 4g and 3g some times

 

[Optimus_Prime]

How is the signal reception ? Bcoz in my mobile signal switches between 4g and 3g some times

Signal reception is soso...I got decent signal on 1000 Sq.ft flat.I mostly used it for TV. no problem for me.
And it has only 4G,only 3G ,2G option.

 

[Optimus_Prime]

This is the UI of Dlink Leppetit Dongle

 

[sandyksv]

Signal reception is soso...I got decent signal on 1000 Sq.ft flat.I mostly used it for TV. no problem for me.
And it has only 4G,only 3G ,2G option.

Thats a cool option.Both DLink and Huwai has this option ?
May be I will buy tomorrow only since I am going this weekend to my native.
I checked online for availability and prize. I got only Huawei 8372 for around 3k in Flipkart and Amazon. I did not find Dlink lepetit 4G. May I know where I can get it?

 

[sandyksv]

This is the UI of Dlink Leppetit Dongle[/QU

Great. I can check with my BSNL sim also. Where I can buy it?

 

[Optimus_Prime]

Thats a cool option.Both DLink and Huwai has this option ?
May be I will buy tomorrow only since I am going this weekend to my native.
I checked online for availability and prize. I got only Huawei 8372 for around 3k in Flipkart and Amazon. I did not find Dlink lepetit 4G. May I know where I can get it?

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