Can my mobile be used as Wi-Fi hotspot? I always heard that latest smartphones can be used to share internet connection. What kind of mobile connection is required? Can anyone who tried it, tell me how it is in terms of connection quality? How many devices can be hooked up without losing speed?
It is possible to share internet over the phone and use your phone as a hot spot. I have tried it before and it works just fine. Your data plan works however it consumes more data bundles considering more than one user is using your internet. The speed is pretty okay for at least four users. The connection is strong for up to a distance of 10 meters.
The majority of the newer Smartphones nowadays support Wi-Fi hotspot. With this feature, you can use your Smartphone as an extension to your Wi-Fi network. You can connect your phone to your Wi-Fi then activate the hotspot feature on your phone to create a new Wi-Fi hotspot.
This is very useful when you want to share Wi-Fi connection to your friends without allowing them to connect directly to your Wi-Fi network. One example of a Smartphone with hotspot support is the HTC One M9. The HTC One M9 is a 4G Smartphone operating on 2G, 3G, and 4G network bands using GSM, CDMA, HSPA, EVDO, and LTE technologies.
It was unveiled and released on March 2015 measuring 144.6 x 69.7 x 9.6 millimeters and weighing 157 grams. It uses nano-SIM card and has Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen display with 16M colors at 1080 x 1920 pixels screen resolution. It supports multi-touch protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 featuring HTC Sense UI 7.0.
It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow powered by Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 chipset, Octa-Core processor (1 x 1.5 GHz Quad-Core Cortex-A53 and 1 x 2.0 GHz Quad-Core Cortex-A57), and Adreno 430 GPU. It supports microSD expandable up to 256 GB. It runs on 3 GB RAM with 32 GB internal storage.
The primary camera supports 20 megapixels with f/2.2, 28mm, dual LED flash (dual tone), and autofocus featuring 1/2.4″ sensor size, 1.2 µm pixel size, HDR, panorama, geo-tagging, touch focus, and face and smile detection. It supports 2160p video recording at 30 fps, 1080p at 60 fps, and 720p at 120 fps with HDR and stereo sound rec.
The secondary camera supports 4 megapixels with f/2.0, 27mm, 1/3″ sensor size, 2µm pixel size, and supports 1080p video recording at 30 fps with HDR support.
It has 3.5-millimeter jack featuring 24-bit/192kHz audio and Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic; Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac with dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, and hotspot support; Bluetooth 4.1 with A2DP and aptX support; GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS support; NFC; infrared; stereo FM radio with RDS support; and microUSB 2.0 with MHL 3.0 TV-out and USB Host support. It has built-in accelerometer, compass, gyro, and proximity sensors.
The pre-installed web browser supports HTML5. Java is not supported. It runs on non-removable Li-Po 2840 mAh battery with standby time up to 391 hours on 2G and 402 hours on 3G. Talk time is up to 25 hours 20 minutes on 2G and 21 hours 50 minutes on 3G. It is available in gunmetal gray, amber gold, silver/rose gold, gold/pink, and pink colors.
