I don't think there's much you can say about them at high school level. All we were taught was that "the" is the definite article and that "a" is the indefinite article.
Is there a smartphone these days that doesn't come with hotspot capabilities? I use mine constantly, and more often than not (when traveling domestically in the U.S.) my LTE speeds far outstrip hotel/airport provided speeds.
(P.S. I will be using that word from now on.)