We gotta say — we dig where that is headed. Between Virgin Mobile’s Intercept , Boost Mobile’s Prevail and Cricket’s Ascend II, it’s getting harder and harder to justify a mid-range smartphone on a post-paid carrier. Huawei’s latest prepaid smartphone has just landed on Cricket, a considerable number of months when we first touched it at CTIA . What’s wild is not the predictable design or middle-of-the-road 5 megapixel camera — it’s that $179.99 off-contract price ticket coupled with a duplicate of Android 2.3. Gingerbread is proving tough to locate even at the big boys, so having a prepaid option is each of the more surprising. You’ll also get a three.5-inch HVGA touchpanel, WiFi, a microSD slot and a 600MHz processor. Granted, you will likely experience a number of lag when attempting to multitask, but with an all-inclusive $55 / month plan (including unlimited talk, text, 411 information, international text, data and video picture messages), what’s to kvetch about?
~ Wireless Innovator Brings Exciting New Android® Smartphone to Customers at Smart Value Pricing ~
SAN DIEGO, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Cricket Communications Inc.,a number one provider of innovative and usability-driven wireless services and a unconditionally-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), today announced the launch of the Huawei Ascend II, the successor to Cricket’s highly-successful deployment of its first low-cost Android device, the Ascend, that was launched in October last year.
“We’re eager about the graceful, new Huawei Ascend II,” said Matt Stoiber, vice chairman and general manager of devices for Cricket Communications. “The unique Ascend have been our greatest-selling smartphone and the Ascend II is certain to electrify our customers with its faster processor, 5 megapixel camera and the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.”
This value-priced Android comes with a three.5″ HVGA touch-screen with virtual keyboard, Wi-Fi capability and 3G Real Web Browsing. The Ascend II has a lot of great smartphone features packed into an inexpensive package. Cricket’s fifth Android smartphone also includes great features like a 5 MP camera/camcorder and a MP3 player/microSD slot. The Ascend II features the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and a 600 MHz processor. This smartphone also gives customers access to greater than 200,000 cool apps at the Android Market(TM) in addition to great Google applications corresponding to YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search and more.
Reinforcing Cricket’s innovation value proposition and dedication to respecting value-seeking customers, the Huawei Ascend II is on the market for a suggested MSRP of $179.99 in Cricket branded retail stores, select dealers and on www.mycricket.com. Prices may vary by market and by promotional programs.
The feature-packed Ascend II shall be offered on Cricket’s all-inclusive $55 Android plan, which supplies users with unlimited talk, text, 411 information, international text, unlimited and video picture messages, unlimited data services at the company’s reliable all 3G network, and more. Additionally, customers utilizing the $55 rate plan have free access to MyBackup, a system that permits subscribers to automatically protect, store and edit their mobile contacts online and without the desire for data cables.
For more info about Cricket’s dynamic device lineup, please visit www.mycricket.com.
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