CONCLUSION

   The FRITZ!Box 6850 LTE is actually the 2^nd LTE modem to arrive in the lab (after the 6820 LTE model many years back) and it didn’t come alone, the 6890 LTE modem was also inside the large box AVM send over (review soon). For good or bad numerous things happened and these reviews took many months to get finished and uploaded so I do feel I need to apologise to both AVM and their PR agency (it was after all partially my fault as well). Now as many of you are obviously already aware a 5G version of the 6850 is already available with the 6890 coming up next so I will be sure to check those out too (probably when the 6890 5G gets released). In regards to the FRITZ!Box 6850 LTE I think most results speak by themselves, wired and wireless LAN speeds are very good overall (WLAN performance could be better however), USB performance is better than most modems to arrive in the lab to date and as for LTE speeds using 3 different websites (I leave it up to each and every single one of you to decide which is more reliable) puts the average download number to around 35Mbps and the average upload number to 41Mbps (since the internet connection locked to 150-50Mbit/s i was honestly expecting just a tad more from both). This of course is not due to the 6850 LTE not doing a good job but rather with the wireless network itself (of course it will be very interesting to see just how the 6890 LTE does).

   At the time of this review and almost 18 months after its release, the FRITZ!Box 6850 LTE by AVM currently retails for 169Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) a price tag which is more than balanced for what you’re getting (also roughly 30% less compared to when it was first on sale). Overall I really have no complaints from the FRITZ!Box 6850 LTE (Yes, having a VDSL port would further improve things but that’s something the 6890 LTE has so AVM obviously has 2 different target audiences in mind), performance is very good across the board, the amount of available features and settings is as always overwhelming and at In terms of build quality AVM has never disappointed me (although I’ve always felt that the enclosure they are using is not robust enough) and that’s why the Golden Award is in order.

PROS

- AC1300 WiFi 5 Technology (Concurrent 802.11n 2.4GHz & 802.11ac 5GHz Signals)
- Internet Compatibility (4G LTE / 3G UMTS / HSPA+)
- Available Features (MESH / NAS Server / Media Server / Answering Machine / DECT Station/ IP Telephony)
- Overwhelming Number Of Available Settings / Functions
- Android & iOS Apps
- USB 3.0 Port
- 4 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
- 5 Year Warranty

CONS

- WLAN Performance
- Wireless Internet Connectivity Only