CONCLUSION

     The FRITZ!Box 7530 may not be as feature rich or as powerful as its larger brother the FRITZ!Box 7590 but through our tests it held its own (even more than actually) with good wireless results (worth pointing out however is that thanks to its Antennas the 7590 has an longer range than the 7530). Unfortunately USB 3.0 performance although somewhat improved compared to past models is still far from stellar so nothing really new in this area. Support by AVM is as usual impressive so new versions of the FRITZ!OS are still released quite often (We were however somewhat surprised to see that the new 7530 model has been upgraded to use version 7.02 of the FRITZ!OS whereas the 7590 model we have in the lab still has the previous 7.01 version) with new settings and functions added. Next we’ll try to test some of the smart FRITZ!DECT devices AVM has released (we may delay a bit to wait for even more and thus have a more complete review) but judging from the ones they already have listed online. Finally we suggest checking out the various FRITZ! Mobile apps available both for Android and iOS smartphones and tablets since they allow for added functionality compared to the online GUI.

    Typically AVM products are not available in the USA but currently you can find the international version of the FRITZ!Box 7530 AC1300 DSL modem/router for 159.59Euros inside the EU (Amazon DE - German residents can get the local version for 124.49Euros) a price tag which is quite balanced for such an offering (some tweaking for the International version could help however). That being said the FRITZ!Box 7530 doesn’t have many things to be jealous from its high-end brothers and since the price/performance ratio is still there it deserves our Golden Award.

PROS

- AC1300 Technology (Concurrent 802.11n 2.4GHz & 802.11ac 5GHz Signals)
- Compatible With All Line Types (Annex A/B/J & ISDN/IP/Analog)
- Supports Supervectoring Up To 300Mbit/s (35b)
- 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

- Wireless Performance
- USB Performance
- Price (For Some)