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Cricket’s iPhone 5 play stumbles amid half the predicted demand

, Feb 28th 2013 Discuss [5]

Leap Wireless' sales of the iPhone have significantly under-performed, despite expectations that a prepaid iPhone 5 would be in hot demand, with $100m-worth of unsold stock expected by June. Leap's deal with Apple saw the iPhone 5 offered through Cricket Wireless at $500 with no ongoing commitment, but according to an 10-K SEC filing, the carrier predicts it will have only sold half of the expected units by the time the smartphone reaches its first birthday. Read The Full Story

LG Optimus Regard is Cricket’s first 4G LTE smartphone

, Nov 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

Cricket, a carrier perhaps best known for its low cost prepaid plans, has released its 4G LTE smartphone, the LG Optimus Regard. While the phone is 4G-capable, it isn't particularly high-end, so don't get your hopes up. The Regard is available now, and is priced at $249, a fairly steep fee considering the low-end hardware you get. Read The Full Story

Cricket adds iPhone 5 to pre-paid lineup

, Sep 13th 2012 Discuss [6]

Cricket has announced pre-pay availability for the iPhone 5, the first carrier to wade into the off-contract model for Apple's freshly-revealed iOS 6 smartphone. Set to hit Cricket's shelves on Friday, September 28, pricing for the handset is yet to be confirmed, though it will undoubtedly be higher than the subsidized $199 the iPhone 5 will go for on AT&T and Verizon. Read The Full Story

Cricket signs five-year Clearwire LTE deal

, Mar 14th 2012 Discuss [1]

Clearwire is currently in the process of migrating from WiMAX to LTE, but there was a slight bump in the road when Google announced at the end of February it was selling its existing stock in the company, well below the market value. The 6.5% stake was sold for $47 million at $1.60 a share, below the $2.27 asking price at the time. Clearwire has today announced a new partnership with Cricket, which will see the budget wireless provider making use of Clearwire’s LTE network when it’s eventually built. Read The Full Story

Cricket Muve Music Allows for Unlimited Song Downloads for $55 Per Month

, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

We've heard about Cricket's Muve Music in the past, and the idea is the same as other subscription-based music services before: you pay a certain amount per month, and you get an unlimited amount of songs to download. Of course, with that kind of deal, there's always some form of protection involved, and with this new service from Cricket, it's no different. However, unlike the other services, even the ones that are tied to a phone, it's an extra charge per month. Not with Cricket's Muve Music. Read The Full Story

Cricket Muve Music $55 plan to offer unlimited music & service

, Dec 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Cricket Wireless has announced a new wireless plan that bundles unlimited music downloads with the usual calling, messaging and data access. Cricket Muve Music, set to makes its sales debut at CES 2011, is priced at $55 per month and comes with content from Universal, Warner, Sony and EMI. There's also a new phone to access the Muve Music service on, the $199 Samsung Suede SCH-r710. Read The Full Story

Cricket Crosswave hits stores today

, Oct 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

About a week ago we talked a bit about the Cricket Wireless Crosswave mobile hotspot device. At the time, the price was expected to be about $109, but now that the thing is actually shipping, the final pricing is more than we expected. Read The Full Story

New Mobile Data Speed Tests Show AT&T is the Fastest, Least Consistent of the Bunch

, Jun 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

There's no doubt in anyone's mind that 3G is pretty much one of the biggest factors in going with a new mobile phone contract, at least if you want to be connected at all times, and don't want to be waiting all day to get something done. And of course, let's not forget that there's a huge push towards 4G. But for now, 3G's the focus, and thanks to PCMag, we've got a brand new widespread test that shows which wireless carrier is the fastest. The results are pretty revealing. Read The Full Story

Kyocera ZIO Hands-On Video: Thin, Android 1.6 for Cheap Price Tag

, Mar 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

We shed some light on the Kyocera ZIO earlier today, and lucky for us we were able to get some hands on time with the device during CTIA 2010. The device is running Android 1.6, but there's talk that it could be updated to a level of 2.x some time in the near future. We were also able to get some whisperings about pricing. The device itself may go for somewhere between $170 and $220 before subsidy, so that means Cricket may be able to launch the Android-based device for basically nothing. And, let's face it, free is never a bad thing. Check after the break for our hands-on video of the device. Read The Full Story

Cricket Wireless adds cheapish CAPTR camera phone to line

, Sep 22nd 2009 Discuss [0]

For many people the only type of mobile phone they want is one that is cheap and makes phone calls. All other features are secondary. Cricket wireless has added a new and cheap handset to its line for the user who wants a basic device that can shoot images called the CAPTR. Read The Full Story

Cricket Wireless offers UM185C broadband modem

, Sep 17th 2009 Discuss [1]

Cricket Wireless is one of the more popular pre-paid wireless carriers in the U.S. and the company has announced a new broadband modem for its 3G network. The modem is called the UM185C and has a swivel USB hinge. Read The Full Story

Cricket to unveil new nationwide monthly voice and data plans

, Sep 16th 2009 Discuss [1]

Leap Wireless has announced that it is introducing a pair of new nationwide Cricket monthly voice and broadband data plans. The new plans are all inclusive and will be sold for $40 and $45 monthly at large retail outlets all around the country. Read The Full Story