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Solis is Introducing an Unfortunately Relevant WiFi Hotspot Device
This week, a couple of things happened. First, the Los Angeles area suffered a number of devasting wildfires — many of which are still ablaze as of this writing. Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was underway. What do these two things have to do with each other? Well, at the show, Solis announced a new WiFi hotspot device that, sadly, seems like a tool that those being evacuated from their homes may benefit from.
The just-announced Solis Go is a hotspot and power bank built to be included in an emergency kit. According to the company, the device includes an 8,000 mAH battery that can last for up to 24 hours. It also includes USB-C and Lightning cables on the back for easy cell phone charging. As for the hotspot, it can support up to 10 devices and offers 4G LTE speeds. Plus, it utilizes multiple carriers, which can be useful should one network go down.
Another interesting aspect of the Solis Go is the data plan. Solis says that customers can purchase a GoData Lite data plan (which will include 1 GB of data per month) at a cost of $2.99 per month. However, any unused data will roll over from month to month, allowing users to build up a reserve for when emergencies do take place. That said, rollovers do cap at a maximum of 24 months — so 24 GB.
While the Solis Go will apparently retail for $99, as part of its launch, customers can currently purchase it for $79 on the Solis site. Moreover, I confirmed that our MONEY30 coupon code is eligible for this purchase and brings the total down to $75.05. It also ships for free in the contiguous United States.
As for my thoughts, despite the eerie timing, I do think that this is a pretty good idea for a device and comes at a reasonable price. But, for one, I do wish that the device supported 5G connection speeds rather than just 4G LTE. Additionally, I’m unclear on whether the GoData Lite plan is only for domestic data or whether it can be used internationally. Obviously, this particular device isn’t necessarily designed for travel, but it would be a nice addition if so. On that note, while I do appreciate this clever rollover idea for the data plan, I’d have also liked it if this Solis Go device included lifetime data like the Solis 5G and Solis Lite currently do — even if it was a smaller free allotment that could be upgraded to the rollover plan for the $3 a month.
In any case, since the device is just being announced now and isn’t even featured on their website yet, I’m assuming we’ll get more answers soon. Ahead of that though, you can find the Solis Go on their secret launch page.
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