Cricket Wireless announces Engage LT smartphone

No contract wireless carrier Cricket Wireless has announced that it has added a new Android smartphone to its lineup. The new smartphone is called the Engage LT and the device supports Cricket's Muve Music service. The device is available for purchase right now and Cricket stores and online for $199.99.

The smartphone offers nice hardware for the money with a 1 GHz QUALCOMM Snapdragon processor. The smartphone also has 1 GB of RAM and features a four-inch display. The large touchscreen has WVGA resolution and the smartphone runs Android 4.0.

The Engage LT features a 3.2-megapixel rear camera that offers panoramic mode. The rear camera also has built-in flash and can record 480p resolution video. The smartphone supports the Cricket music service and allows users to listen to all the music they want and watch videos with some content exclusively available on Cricket music service.

The smartphone supports 3G data speeds and has integrated Bluetooth. The phone operates on Cricket all-inclusive rate plans starting at $50 for unlimited talk and text with up to 1 GB of data. A $60 plan offers up to 2.5 GB of data and $70 plan offers 5 GB of data per month. The two more expensive plans also allow the phone to be tethered other devices.

[via Cricket Wireless]