Novatel's V4G LTE Mobile Hotspot MiFi 4510L for Verizon Wireless ($269.99) is a lightning-fast way to get up to multiple Wi-Fi devices online, even when there's no wireless network in sight. With the 4510L, I was able to achieve double the download speeds and ten times the upload speeds, on average, than I get with my home Internet connection—which never struck me as particularly slow in the first place. While the 4510L isn't significantly speedier than Verizon's Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot SCH-LC11 ($269.99, 3.5 stars), it has a much better battery and signal strength indicator, and connects more reliably, making it our latest Editors' Choice hotspot.

Physical Design and Data Plans
Measuring 2.4 by 3.7 by .5 inches (HWD) and weighing 3 ounces, the 4510L is little bulkier than the LC11, but not distractingly so. And unlike the LC11, the 4510L has an excellent e-ink external status display that clearly shows signal strength and battery life, as well as how many devices are connected to the hotspot using dots to represent each one. An easy-to-understand, multicolor LED status light is located on one side of the device to indicate connection status. There's a port for an external antenna on the other side of the hotspot, but there's no MicroSD card slot, so you can't use a memory card as a shared drive between connected devices.

Source: PC Magazine