imei locked. unless ur x50 5g can change imei then normal sim (non 'broadband') wouldn't work. I'm in dilemma between x50 5g & olax g5018 last 7.7 sale. glad I go with olax bec it's modified router, any sim will work & wouldn't deduct the hostpot quota. olax can change imei to ur liking within 2 seconds. for tp link, I've browse thru all the forums & no plan to enable imei modification at all, so u will stuck with that router imei & can't change it to phone imei.

I think it is comparable in terms of speed and stability; they are using the same tower for my area. However, I noticed the only difference is UM doesn't cap speed for YouTube during peak hours, while XOX 1X-22 caps speed for YT, and the maximum I can watch is only 1080p. However, after past midnight, I can continue watching above 1080p until evening. I would say this is pretty annoying considering I watch a lot of YT videos at night. However, I'm only using an iPad, so I think I still can live with 1080p at certain hours, considering it is RM 72 (with SST) vs RM 22, the trade-off isn't that bad though I wish it never happened.

Oh ya, IG reels during those hours are not so smooth too... So... If you want to replace UM 5G with XOX, I guess better not since it is 1TB vs 100GB. For my case, it is just a spare broadband and only use it once a while, that's fine.