Verizon 4G LTE MiFi Unboxing

Novatel has another mobile hotspot that supports 4G technology – the Verizon LTE MiFi. It’s much like the Sprint version we saw a few weeks ago with a few noticeable differences. For starters – and probably the most important thing here – it is much faster. The difference is really like night and day. If you’re looking for the fastest mobile hotspot on the market today, look no further than the Verizon 4G LTE MiFi. It has its drawbacks, but for the most part, it doesn’t get any better than this.

Hardware
The Verizon LTE MiFi looks almost exactly like its counterpart for Sprint in terms of form factor, shape, size and even weight. The Sprint version has a gunmetal bezel and a brushed face, whereas the Verizon MiFi has a chrome-colored bezel and a glossy, reflective face. It’s a bit of a fingerprint magnet and tends to get smudgy, but the thing is a workhorse — it’s meant to deliver fast 4G speeds, not sit there and look pretty. (Although sitting pretty couldn’t hurt; I found myself wiping it down occasionally.)

The face is emblazoned with the Verizon logo, and it’s clearly marked as a 4G LTE device. The power button sits just beneath an e-ink display, much like the one on the WiMax version. It shows signal strength, battery life and how many devices are connected to the mobile hotspot.

Unlike the WiMax version, however, the Verizon LTE MiFi does not support a microSD card for memory storage. It’s a small caveat, but this thing is primarily used for data connection, rather than data storage, anyway.

With the Verizon 4G LTE MiFi, you can connect up to 5 devices wirelessly at the same time. Thankfully, unlikely some broadband dongles, there is no software installation necessary for this device.