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Samsung Galaxy Admire 2 and Galaxy Discover joining Galaxy S4 at Cricket
Cricket is not only adding the Samsung Galaxy S4 to its portfolio, but also two other Android smartphones made by the Korean company – Galaxy Admire 2 and Galaxy Discover. The former is already available through US Cellular which is selling it under the name of Galaxy Axiom. It’s an Android 4.1 device with a 4-inch WVGA screen, dual-core processor, LTE connectivity and 5-megapixel camera on the back. As for the Galaxy Discover, we’re talking about an entry-level smartphone that sports a 3.5-inch HVGA display, 3-megapixel camera, while Android 4.0 … Read more
Dusan Belic
Cricket to launch Samsung Galaxy S 4 on June 7, with $55 down payment
Cricket has announced that it will be offering the Samsung Galaxy S 4 phone on June 7th. This is big news for those who want the phone but don’t want to get in a two-year commitment with the one of the major four wireless providers. Although Cricket is coming to the GS4 party a bit late, they’ve stepped their game up by offering the device with a ridiculously low down payment fee of 55 bucks. Matt Stoiber, senior vice president of devices for Cricket, had this to say about the impact the … Read more
Charles West
Cricket drops the price on its iPhone plan, introduces new family plan
T-Mobile is making a big to-do about its no-contract plans, but prepaid carriers like Cricket have been offering contract-free phones for years. To up the ante in the no-contract marketplace, Cricket introduced a new family bundle and is lowering the price on its iPhone plan. Cricket’s new family plan lets you add two smartphones to an account for $40 each per month. The plan includes unlimited talk, text, 1GB of full-speed data and Muve music. The plan requires that customers sign up for an automatic bill payment option which is tied … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Engage LT Android smartphone now available from Cricket for $199.99
Cricket is adding another affordable Android smartphone to its offering – Engage LT. Available for $199.99 sans any long-term commitments, it comes with a 4-inch WVGA screen, 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 3.2-megapixel camera, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, 1900mAh battery, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (rather than 4.1 Jelly Bean) is running the show. Like any another Android device on Cricket’s network, the Engage LT is Muve Music-enabled, allowing users to get unlimited music downloads as part of their plan. Speak of which, the carrier offers few easy-to-grasp plans … Read more
Dusan Belic
Leap Wireless may end 2013 with $100M worth of unsold iPhones
Leap Wireless confirmed in a SEC filing earlier this week that it is struggling to sell its allotment of iPhones. If sales don’t pick up, the company could be stuck with $100M in unsold iPhones by the end of the year and $150M by mid-2014. The wireless company started selling the iPhone in June 2012 through its Cricket brand and signed a three year agreement to sell $800M worth of iPhones during this period. This sales agreement is not starting off so well with Leap predicting it will sell only … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Cricket looking to license Muve Music to other carriers
Cricket is looking to make more money from its Muve Music service. And they’re not looking to end-users for this; rather, they’re turning to other carriers which may be interested to offer something similar to their customers. In the two years since launching it, Cricket managed to attract more than 1 million subscribers to Muve Music, effectively making it the second-largest music subscription service in the U.S. behind Spotify. To spur adoption, the carrier was integrating Muve Music to its smartphone plans, helping it reach half a million new users … Read more