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May

Cricket's Samsung Galaxy S4 Is Coming June 7th For $600, Or $54.99 Plus Payments

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Cricket Wireless, Galaxy S4, News, Samsung

Cricket Wireless wants you to know that they'll have the Samsung Galaxy S4, just like the big boys. They just don't have it yet. In a press release issued today, Cricket revealed its own special version of the Galaxy S4 (which is exactly like all the other LTE Galaxy S4 models), and it will be available to customers in-store, online, and at authorized resellers on June 7th. The cost for Cricket's unsubsidized phone is a wallet-searing $599.99, but those who are short on green can put $54.99 down and pay it off over a couple of years.

Cricket's S4 uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor, not Samsung's own Exynos octa-core, thanks to its LTE chipset requirement.

Mar

Cricket Launches The Engage LT For $179.99, And You Probably Shouldn't Buy It

Posted by Cody Toombs in Cricket Wireless, News, ZTE

Last night, Cricket quietly added the Engage LT to its website for $179.99. Amusingly, with the current set of sales, it's the same price as its older and better brother, the ZTE Engage (no LT in the name). David posted about the ZTE Engage shortly before it released late last year. Neither phone is particularly interesting and both have lower-end specs with mid-range pricing.

Here are the relevant specs:

Android 4.0
4" TFT WVGA (800 x 480) capacitive display (233 PPI)
1 GHz Snapdragon processor (model is currently unknown)
3.2 MP rear camera w/LED flash, VGA front camera
1 GB RAM
1900 mAh Lithium Ion battery

What makes the original Engage better than the Cricket-branded newcomer?

Oct

The Tiny HTC Desire C Makes Its Way To Cricket Wireless For $179

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Cricket Wireless, HTC, News

Hey Cricket customers! Want a new phone that may or may not be better than the one you already have? You can get the new HTC Desire C, a dinky little 3.5" thing inspired by the One series.

The Desire C features some of the things you'd expect from its higher end counterparts, like 25GB of Dropbox space, Beats Audio, and Sense 4, to go along with its 3.5" touchscreen and Android 4.0. Sure, it's not the best phone on the planet, but it's not a bad for Cricket. Because, let's face it - you chose Cricket as your carrier, so you can't expect the latest, greatest, and best phone of all time.

Sep

ZTE Engage Headed To Cricket With 1GHz Processor, 4" WVGA Display, $250 Price Tag On October 2nd

Posted by David Ruddock in Cricket Wireless, News, ZTE

Do you like the idea of a low-end prepaid phone that's probably marginally overpriced for what it is? Does Cricket Wireless intrigue you? Then have I got the news of the century for you. Meet the ZTE Engage. It's not particularly exciting. It's not particularly cheap. But it's... a phone. And it runs Android 4.0. So there's that.

The ZTE Engage does other things, too. Like music. And apps. Here are some specifications that describe it:

4.0” WVGA TFT capacitive touchscreen
Qualcomm MSM8655T Scorpion – 1.4GHz
Dual-Facing Cameras: Rear (8.0MP) w/LED Flash & Front (VGA)
MUVE Music Ready with 4GB Muve Music SD Card included
Removable MicroSD Memory Card (up to 32GB)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Lithium Ion 1900 mAh battery

If those don't get you pumped up, well, you're probably a person of pretty reasonable expectations.

Sep

RadioShack And Cricket Wireless Shack Up, Announce New No-Contract Wireless Service

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Cricket Wireless, News

Thanks to the high cost of traditional cellular service, contract-free wireless service is becoming more and more appealing to many customers. Two fairly big names in both cellphone sales and pay-as-you-go wireless service - RadioShack and Cricket Wireless - have now teamed up to offer RadioShack No-Contract Wireless service. I kind of wish they would've come up with a catchier name. ShackMobile. ShackWireless. ShackPack. Boom Shack-a-lacka Mobile. But I digress.

The service will start off with but two phones - one smartphone and one feature phone - both manufactured by Huawei. The only one that is of any interest to us, the Huawei Mercury Ice, is a low-to-mid-range Android device, packing a 1.4GHz processor, 4" display, 8MP rear shooter, and Android 2.3.

Aug

HTC One V Coming To Cricket Wireless On September 2nd - No Price Tag Yet

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Cricket Wireless, HTC, News, One V (Primo)

The junior member of HTC's One family has yet to see great adoption in the United States, with US Cellular and Virgin being the only carriers of note to offer the HTC One V. Fellow budget carrier Cricket Wireless is finally getting their own version of the Android handset, and will be releasing it to its contract-free customers on Sunday, September 2nd. Cricket has yet to announce a price for the phone, but given its competitors' prices, I'd guess that somewhere between $100 and $200 is likely.

If you need a refresher course on the One V (and it's been so long since the international version launched that we wouldn't blame you) check out Android Police's in-depth review of the GSM model.

Jun

Huawei Glory Coming To Cricket Wireless, Brings 1.4GHz And Gingerbread For Under $300

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Cricket Wireless, Glory, News

Normally, when we think about prepaid carriers, one thought comes to mind: low-end devices. Most manufacturers reserve their higher-end handsets for the Big Four, so those who don't want to empty their wallet each month on a wireless plan end up with very little to choose from when it comes to decent phones. However, that is all about to change with Huawei's upcoming Glory phone, which is set to land on Cricket Wireless this November.

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The Glory packs a pretty hard punch, especially compared to its prepaid competitors: a 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8655T processor, 4-inch 480x854 TFT display, 8MP camera, and Android 2.3 - all for under $300.