Huawei B612 VS Vodafone GigaCube (Huawei B528s-23a)
The Huawei B612 and B528 LTE routers are both available in European countries. But they both can work well in Asia. Since they are both Huawei latest routers, many people are not quite familiar with them. To help the end-consumers to know more about the two LTE modem routers, we will compare the Huawei B612 and B528 specs and features. If somebody would buy one router from the two, they may get some useful tips.
Huawei B612 VS Huawei B528 Specs
First, let’s have a check the Huawei B612 specs and Huawei B528 specs in the table:
| Model | Huawei B612 | Huawei B528s-23a |
| Product type | Huawei WiFi Router with Ethernet port | LTE WiFi Cube |
| Category | LTE Cat.6 | LTE Cat.6 |
| Chipset | HiSilicon LTE Cat6 Chipset | HiSilicon Balong 722 |
| LTE Data rates | DL 300Mbps/UL 50Mbps | DL 300Mbps/UL 50Mbps |
| Supported 4G LTE frequency bands | Huawei B612s-25d: B1/B3/B7/B8/B20/B38/B40/B41/B42/B43 Huawei B612s-51d: B2/B4/B5/B7/B41 | LTE B1, B3, B7, B8, B20, B32, B38 |
| WLAN | 802.11 b/g/n/ac, single-band 2.4GHz | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band 2.4GHz & 5GHz |
| Max supported users | 32 users | 64 users |
| MIMO | 4 x 4 MIMO | 2 x 2 MIMO |
| Antenna Connectors | Two, SMA-female jacks | Two, TS-9 jacks |
| Buy Antenna | Huawei B612 external antenna | Huawei B528 External Antenna |
| App management | Huawei Hilink APP | Huawei Hilink APP |
| SIM Size | Micro SIM | Micro SIM |
| Battery | NO | NO |
| Dimensions | 240 × 155 × 78 mm | 105 mm x 90mm x 181 mm |
| Interfaces | * 3 x LAN port(RJ45) * 1 x LAN/WAN port (RJ45) * 1 x telephone port(RJ11) * Two external LTE antenna ports (SMA-female) * One micro-SIM card slot * 1 x USB 2.0 port | * 1 x Gigabit LAN (RJ45) * 1 x RJ11 (VoIP) |
| Datasheet | Huawei B612 Datasheet(PDF) | Huawei B528 Datasheet |
| User Manual | Huawei B612 User Manual(PDF) | Huawei B528 Manual |
| Other features | Firewall, CS Voice, VoIP, VoLTE, IPv6/IPv4 dual stack, NAT, DHCP, VPN, DMZ, UPnP, ALG, | IPv4 /IPv6 dual stack |
| Firmware download | Huawei B612 firmware | Huawei B528 firmware |
| Driver | Huawei B612 driver | Huawei B528 Driver |
| Reviews | Huawei B612 Review | Huawei B528s-23a Review |
| Price/USD | 199.00USD | 229.00 |
Summary
From the specs table, we can see the Huawei B528 and B612 router are both LTE Cat6 routers which could achieve download speed up to 300Mbps and upload speed to 50Mbps. The main difference between the Huawei B612 4G router and Huawei B528 includes:
- Appearance
If you had seen the two routers, you will know the Huawei B612 looks like a traditional Huawei router such as Huawei B593 or E5186. But Huawei B528 LTE router looks like a humidifier in cylinder shape, which looks cool and like a furniture.
- Variant model
Huawei B612 Router has two variant models supports different LTE frequency bands. The Huawei B528 has only one variant model name B528s-23a, perhaps because it’s only available for Vodafone GigaCube. We are not sure whether there will be new variant model in near future.
- WLAN feature
Huawei B612 can provide only WiFi on single band 2.4GHz for up to 32 wirless users to connect, but Huawei B528s-23 could provide WiFi one dual-bands and support maximum up to 64 wireless users. However, Huawei B612 adopts 4 x 4 MIMO technologies for wireless connection while Huawei B528 only supports 2 x 2 MIMO.
- Interface
Huawei B612 has more interfaces options for users, but Huawei B528 has less interfaces. If your home or office has many devices and have to connect via Ethernet cables, the Huawei B612 may be better. They both have the external antenna connectors: Huawei B612 connector type is SMA-female while Huawei B528 antenna connector type is TS-9, like the Huawei B618 LTE Router.
- Price
The prices of Huawei B612 and Huawei B528 are very close. So if you would buy one of the two routers, you may focus on the wireless functions and the interface functions.
See the difference list, you may have your conclusion about the two routers and will have trouble to buy the Huawei routers.