The Prepaid Press - Cricket Wireless to Offer iPhone on June 22

05/23/2013

Cricket Wireless to Offer iPhone on June 22

Unlimited Talk, Text and Data for $55 a Month

SAN DIEGO, CA (May 31, 2012) Cricket Communications, Inc., a provider wireless services, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), will be the first prepaid carrier in the US to offer iPhone to its customers. Beginning on Friday, June 22, Cricket will offer iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 with its $55 per-month, all-inclusive unlimited talk, text and data plan.

iPhone 4S includes Apple's dual-core A5 chip for fast performance and graphics; an all-new camera with advanced optics; 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri, an intelligent assistant. iPhone 4S comes with iOS 5.1 mobile operating system; and iCloud, a set of free cloud services that work with your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices.

"Our customers want the best products available and we are excited to bring iPhone to our prepaid consumers with an industry leading $55 per-month service plan," said Doug Hutcheson, president and chief executive officer, Leap Wireless International, Inc. "Launching iPhone is a major milestone for us and we are proud to offer iPhone customers attractive nationwide coverage, a robust 3G data network and a value-packed, no-contract plan."

iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 will be available in Cricket company-owned stores and select dealers in nearly 60 markets, online, and over the phone. iPhone 4S will be available for $499.99 for the 16GB model and iPhone 4 will be available for $399.99. Cricket's service plans feature all-inclusive pricing and packages with no service fees or overage charges.

Source: Cricket; Apple