On December 2012, Cricket officially activates their 4G LTE service in Tucson, Arizona, where this is the compani's first commercial 4G market during their network transition. Huawei Boltz, is the lucky LTE USB modem choosed by Cricket to be the first device offered for their customers in Tucson. Huawei Bolts works and supports LTE AWs bands class 15 (1.4MHz, 3.0MHz, 5.0MHz) frequency. Its also work on CDMA based frequencies at dual band CDMA 800 and 1900 MHz and support up to 3.1 Mbps download thank to its 3G EVDO Rev. A support.
Huawei Boltz E397 have a form that is not much different from the modem (stick) in general. It was not equipped with an external antenna, or the availability of the connector for it. The device uses a SIM card module can be inserted into the slot provided on one side. Meanwhile, we can find only one indicator light who turned different colors for each network that is being actively used. General shape is quite interesting because it is small and the mouth of the USB is designed to be folded so it is quite practical when not in use and stored safely without having to seek cover. Moreover, we can use it as a media storage via a microSD slot that can be implanted up to 32 GB. Pics and specs after the break.
Huawei Bolts CDMA LTE Specs:
Network: CDMA, LTE
Bands: CDMA 800, 1900 MHz, LTE Clas 15 5.MHz
Data: CDMA1x, CDMA EVDO, 3G EVDO Rev. A, LTE 4G
Card modul: removable SIM/USIM
Antenna: Internal
External antenna connector: N/A
Chipset: MDM9600
RAM: 64MB / 128MB (Flash)
MMC Slot: MicroSD up to 32 GB support
Dimensions: 3.62 x 1.37 x 0.59 Inches
Weight: 1.76 oz
Huawei Boltz CDMA LTE available with Cricket since December 21, 2012 for $150.00 without any contracts at carrier's official stores.
Huawei Bolts LTE data plan:
Available in two options for 5GB of data monthly for $50 and $60. Both same on 5GB data but the speeds are different. $50 will give user 3Mbps and $60 for 6Mbps download.
Official page: http://www.mycricket.com/broadband/datacard/huawei-boltz-e397
