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Phone News: Cricket unveils Nokia 3606
Posted by Derek in prepaid phones on March 23, 2009
At CTIA a year ago we learned that Nokia unveiled the 3606, an AWS-band phone. We played the guessing game at that point: which carrier would it land on? Would it be affordable, and offered by a prepaid or one-fee per month unlimited payment carrier?
We finally got the answer: Cricket Wireless. It’s a music phone, which is always a nice feature these days. You’ll need to take advantage of the microSD card, as the phone only comes with 15MB of internal memory, above average for this class of carrier, but not enough if you plan on having music.
It is also Bluetooth ready, it’s equipped with a 1.3 megapixel camera, and has a 262k color internal display. You can get it for $179.99 from Cricket right now, which isn’t bad at all. No contracts necessary of course.
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Cricket Prepaid Cell Phone Plans
Posted by admin in prepaid cell phones on November 25, 2008
The Cricket cell phone provider is a subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, based in Dallas, Texas. It is gaining in popularity for the variety of cell phone plans the company offers, which include great features as well as modern phone options. Cricket prepaid cell phones may be a great option for you.
Plans: There are a variety of plans offered by the Cricket service, which all include unlimited anytime minutes and unlimited sending and receiving of text messages. The $30 plan is for local usage only, meaning that the phone will not work while roaming and it does not include any long distance calling.
For $40, unlimited long distance calls are added to the above option, where roaming minutes are charged separately at 39 cents per minute. The $45 plan includes all of these features but with an expanded home calling area that include all of the Cricket networks across the country. A separate plan at $45 per month includes unlimited Web access but without the roaming calls.
The $50 plan includes all of these unlimited calling features plus unlimited mobile Web access as well as unlimited directory assistance. The top plan, the Cricket Nation 200 plan, is charged at $60 a month and includes 200 roaming minutes.
Pros: The great thing about Cricket plans is that it is easy to understand where and in which instances all calls are unlimited. This means it is difficult to find yourself overspending, and there is no contract and therefore no commitment to stick to your plan.
Phones sold by Cricket start at just $49.99 and all include color screens. However, some phones are only available online and some others are only available through retailers.
Cons: Cricket does have quite a limited coverage, where it serves only 21 states. Even within these 21 states, coverage is limited in certain areas. There is also an activation fee required, and their plans do not include the standard calling features than many other cell phone plan providers now include as standard.
There is an additional fee for features such as caller ID, call waiting and voicemail on the cheapest plan but they are included on all other plans. There is also an activation fee of $15 for all of the Cricket plans, which is reasonably high. Cricket may have just the right prepaid cell phone for you. But if you’re still not convinced, read on and find the right plan for you.
