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by Alex Dobie
May 22, 2013
$54.99 down payment or $599.99 outright
Arriving fashionably late to the Galaxy S4 party is Cricket, with today's news that it'll carry Samsung's latest smartphone from June 7. The p...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 22, 2013
Cricket has announced a new affordable rate plan for multi-phone households. Families who opt for the automatic bill pay feature and have two or more phones will now be able to have unlimited ta...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 13, 2013
Cricket announced today that its latest Muve Music phone, the Engage LT, is available today for $199.99 without a contract. The device is clearly lower-end, which makes sense when considering the pric...
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 16, 2013
Cricket has officially put the HTC One SV (read our review) up for sale on its website, bringing this little red beauty to willing customers for $369 without a contract. This decidedly mid-range pri...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 20, 2012
Cricket Wireless this morning announced the "Groove from Cricket," part of the carrier's Muve Music series. The ZTE-manufactured phone, which will be available Nov. 21 for $129...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 14, 2012
Samsung is continuing its attempt at mobile dominance across the world by releasing yet another variant of its popular Galaxy SIII (S3) line, this time on Cricket. This model will be Cricket's s...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 14, 2012
Cricket, the regional no-contract carrier under the Leap Wireless parent company, has expanded its 4G LTE footprint to several new cities. Customers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Phoenix, Arizona; an...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 14, 2012
Regional and prepaid carrier Cricket has finally joined the 4G LTE bandwagon with this mid-range device, the LG Optimus Regard. For specs, the Regard has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 3.5-inch HVG...
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by Andrew Martonik
Sep 28, 2012
The ZTE Engage, a mid-range Ice Cream Sandwich device, is coming exclusively to Cricket for $249.99 without a contract on Tuesday, October 2nd. The Engage takes advantage of Cricket's new Muve M...
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by Andrew Martonik
Sep 10, 2012
My phone works just like yours. It makes calls, sends texts and has a high-speed data connection with nationwide coverage. As a matter of fact, I have the same device as many of you, a Samsung Galax...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 30, 2012
Huawei has redesigned, renamed and re-released the Mercury (aka the Huawei Honor), and Cricket is bringing it to Radio Shack on September 5. In addition to the new handle, the phone's face is no...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 29, 2012
Back in January, Cricket announced that its music service, Muve Music, surpassed 500,000 users. That number is about to increase as the wireless provider announced that the service will now come bun...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 22, 2012
HTC and Cricket Wireless are teaming up to launch the One V on the network starting next Sunday, Sep. 2. The One V, which we reviewed back in April, is HTC’s leading entry-level device, bringi...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 06, 2012
Cricket is bringing some new life into the Huawei Mercury by now offering up its Muve Music service as an OTA download to the device. Cricket customers looking to get in on the action can bump up to...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 09, 2012
When Cricket launched their Muve Music service that offers unlimited music and nationwide talk, text and web, I'm sure they expected to see a certain amount of growth though -- I'm not so su...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 15, 2011
Cricket plans to release their first tablet package tomorrow (Dec. 16), consisting of the 16GB Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and a Crosswave Mobile Hotspot (with one months service) for $595. The Ga...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 11, 2011
Here we go with the Samsung Transfix, Cricket Communications' new 3.2-inch Android 2.3 slider. In all respects it's a fairly benign phone. Fast enough with an 800 MHz processor, a stock Ging...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 11, 2011
Cricket Communications this morning announced a new phone to its lineup -- the Samsung Transfix.
The QWERTY slider sports a 3.2-inch display and runs Android 2.3 with an 800 MHz processor. It's...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 22, 2011
Cricket Communications is going national, with its Muve Music phones hitting 1,300 Best Buy stores. And they're kicking things off on Sept. 25 with the Samsung Vitality (that's it above) and...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 08, 2011
We've spent some quality time the past few days with the Samsung Vitality from Cricket Communications, and we've come away pleasantly surprised. With the Vitality, you've got a mid-level...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 08, 2011
See our hands-on with the Samsung VitalityCricket Communications this morning announced the Samsung Vitality -- the first Android smartphone with deep integration of the Muve Music service. Muve itsel...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 14, 2011
Following up on their successful launch of the Original Huawei Ascend, Cricket has announced the availability of the Huawei Ascend II, which also is slated to hit US Cellular in the fall. This t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 22, 2011
Are you ready for a high-end Android phone, on a prepaid unlimited $45 plan, checking in at under $300? Cricket Wireless thinks you are, and will be offering the Huawei Glory to foot the bill.&n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 07, 2011
Cricket Wireless just got itself a nice little mid-range Android smartphone in the form of the Samsung Indulge. (See our hands-on.) It sports a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 1GHz processor and Samsung's Touch...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 25, 2011
There's the Optimus One. And the Optimus M. And the Optimus S. And the Optimus T. And the Optimus U. And the Optimus V. And the LG Vortex on Verizon. And now, we present the LG Optimus C on...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 18, 2011
After yesterday's BOLO was issued for the missing Mr. Android, Amber Conky from Covington saw the news coverage and called to report that she had indeed found Mr. Android outside of her apartment, jus...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 17, 2011
Not quite sure how you could lose a 6-foot giant Android costume, but apparently that's what's happened with a Cricket Wireless retailer in Cincinnati. Yes, the "Mr. Android Costume" appare...
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by Dallin Hampton
Oct 07, 2010
Cricket has announced the Huawei Ascend, its second Android-powered device. The Huawei Ascend features almost identical specs to that of its older brother, the Kyocera Zio. The Ascend feat...
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by Dallin Hampton
Aug 20, 2010
The Sanyno Zio from Kyocera is the first Android phone available to Cricket Wireless customers. The Zio features a 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen, 3G web browsing, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, a 3.2-megapixel came...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 03, 2010
We've known for a while that the Kyocera Zio would be coming to Cricket Communications, and now it's official. Pricing and actual availability weren't announced (other than "this fall"), an...
