Huawei crowdfunds world’s first ‘Mesh Crystal Antenna’ Wi-Fi 7 router — stunning glowing ornament also has a ‘shark fin’ heat exhaust, but is currently a Japan market exclusive

The optional mesh nodes look quite handsome, too.

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The lighting of the router and the mesh nodes can be configured or automatically change according to the time of day.

Touch controls on the devices allow quick visual adjustments.

A partner app facilitates greater control.

To maintain the router’s throughput across its six high-performance antennas, the “Shark Fin Heat Exhaust System” comes into play.

Huawei boasts it can prevent any thermal throttling affecting which could adversely affect long hours of online gaming or large data transfers.

Huawei has made a matching mesh node/satellite unit, which is included in some of the crowdfunder bundles.

This is a truncated but complementary glowing design, again encouraging the owner not to deploy it in a hidden recess.

Wi‑Fi 7 dual‑band mesh router (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz)
IEEE 802.11be/ax/ac/n/a/g/b, 2×2 MIMO
Up to 688 Mbps (2.4 GHz) + 2882 Mbps (5 GHz), ~3.6 Gbps theoretical total
Internal “crystal” antenna structure (no external antennas)
1× 2.5 Gbps WAN, 1× 2.5 Gbps LAN
Multi‑node mesh (main + satellite units, seamless roaming)
WPA/WPA2/WPA3, firewall, brute‑force attack detection, parental controls
HUAWEI AI Life (setup, diagnostics, lighting, and Wi‑Fi control)
Approx.

250.9 mm (Height) × 123.2 mm (Diameter)
Seemingly a Japan exclusive for now, the crowdfunding is going very well – raising 8,600% over target – so perhaps Huawei will see fit to roll out the visually appealing WiFi Mesh X3 Pro in more markets.

Then we'll be able to check whether it stands up to comparisons with the best Wi-Fi routers we've tested.

Converting the (regular non-early bird) Japanese Yen price to USD would suggest a U.S.

price of $170 for the main router alone.

Not that bad for what Huawei claims is a piece of “art.”
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pclaughton said: When a huge, multinational conglomerate "crowdfunds" a new product, we've really lost the plot.

ezst036 said: I fail to see why.

Internally company management may have believe it would be a total failure but some employee with clout was insistent.

"Ok Bob, go crowd fund it then.

Prove to our department that it is viable." Customers putting their money where their mouths are is the ultimate proof.

LordVile said: Not really as a few people wanting a product doesn’t mean there’s a large enough market for it.

ezst036 said: Sure, that's true.

However now Bob doesn't just have to rely on Bob's intuition and a serious look is likely to occur by management and others.

You're right Bob, there's some sort of a "here" here.

In any case, no plot is being lost.

Crowd funding is just a tool.

That is all I was getting at.

LordVile said: Again no you haven’t understood the point.

Just because a project is backed through crowdfunding doesn’t mean it’s a valid commercial idea or even a good idea in principle.

For example the Ouya was extremely successful in crowdfunding, not so much out of it.