Cricket has announced the availability of its new, all-inclusive Cricket PAYGo products at select Best Buy Mobile locations starting Sunday, September 27, 2009.
Cricket PAYGo offers unlimited wireless service at $1, $2 or $3 per day used and new monthly Cricket PAYGo service plans at $40 and $45 per month. Like all Cricket services, these newest offerings will be available without a signed contract or credit check and feature unlimited talk, U.S. long distance, access to Cricket’s premium extended coverage area, picture messaging and domestic and international text messaging. The $45 plan has all the unlimited features of the $40 plan plus unlimited mobile Web and 411 directory assistance. The new nationwide service plans are inclusive of all telecom taxes and fees and include voicemail, call waiting, caller ID and three-way calling over Cricket’s 3G EVDO network. Cricket PAYGo top-up cards will be also available at select Best Buy Mobile locations.
“We are very pleased to bring our unique Cricket products to Best Buy Mobile, one of the most trusted names in national retail,” said Al Moschner, Cricket’s chief operating officer. “The inclusion of our products in more than 400 Best Buy Mobile locations nationwide allows new customers to be introduced to Cricket products that have industry-leading price and value and are simple to understand and use.”
Three popular Cricket phones will also be available at Best Buy Mobile at attractive prices. They include the Samsung Messager II, which comes fully loaded with a slider QWERTY keyboard, fast 3G technology for the Mobile Web, a 2.0 megapixel camera, camcorder, music player, microSD slot, stereo Bluetooth and is priced at $149.99. Best Buy customers will also be able to choose the Samsung MyShot II, a stylish flip phone that is available at $89.99 and optimized with popular features; including a music player, microSD slot, stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera and Mobile Web. Rounding out the Cricket line-up at Best Buy Mobile is the newly launched Cricket CAPTR available at $49.99. The CAPTR is a budget friendly flip phone with VGA camera, Bluetooth, internal and external color displays and mobile Web. All three phones include Cricket’s new enhanced user experience called MyHomeScreen.
