Cricket Offers Great Mobile Gifts for Dads and Graduates

SAN DIEGO, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cricket Communications, a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless services, is offering instant gratification and long term, overall value for dads and graduates with a switcher incentive in June and its ongoing competitive all inclusive talk, text, data plus music rate plans. Through July 2, enjoy instant savings with Cricket when you port-in your number from another carrier at your local, Cricket owned store or premier dealer. 

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For techy Dads and Graduates, Cricket's Android™ and Blackberry® smartphones, tablet and accessories options are easy to order online or at a company store.  All inclusive national talk, text, data and music rate plans offer long-term value and significant annual savings. Muve Music's® unlimited song download, ringtones and ringback tones bundled with Cricket's all inclusive rate plans is an excellent gift for music lovers of any age.

Gain instant gratification with Cricket's switcher rebate of up to $90.00 and added instant rebates. Check with your local Cricket store to take advantage of these June offers nationwide.

• Huawei Mercury (MSRP $249.99, $159.99 after switcher incentive*) offers a beautiful 4" display and is powered by an ultrafast 1.4 GHz processor, features an 8.0MP rear camera, VGA front camera and an Android 2.3 OS-named by PC Magazine as the best pre-paid smartphone in America and has Muve Music pre-loaded.
• BlackBerry Curve (MSRP $199.99, $59.99 after switcher incentive and instant rebate) is sleek, fast and easy to use with next-generation BlackBerry 7 OS. The Curve includes the world-famous BlackBerry email service and features such as 3G Real Web Browsing, a 5MP camera/camcorder, MP3 player/microSD slot, and Wi-Fi capability.
• Huawei Ascend II (MSRP $179.99, $29.99 after switcher incentive and instant rebate) comes packed with a 3.5" HVGA touch-screen, Wi-Fi capability, 3G Real Web Browsing, 600MHz processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 5MP camera/camcorder and has Muve Music pre-loaded.
• ZTE Score (MSRP $149.99, FREE after switcher incentive) is a value priced, full featured Android smartphone that includes Wi-Fi capability, XT9 Trace for easy text entry, 3G Real Web Browsing and a 3.2MP camera/camcorder and has Muve Music pre-loaded.

For Dads and Graduates who are already connected with Cricket's innovative, value-driven mobile phones and all inclusive rate plans including Muve Music, Cricket offers the super-fast Samsung Galaxy Tab™ and internet connectivity with its Crosswave Broadband device.

• The Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 10.1 (MSRP $499.99, $399.99 after instant rebate**) is only available in Cricket company-owned stores.  The Tab is perfect for watching movies, playing games, internet browsing or teleconferencing. With the Android 3.1 Honeycomb OS, it offers a beautiful 10.1" widescreen TFT (1280 x 800) display with HD clarity, a super-fast dual core 1GHz processor, a 2MP front facing/ 3MP rear-facing camera.
• The Crosswave Broadband Device (MSRP $149.99, $74.99 after instant and mail-in rebates) creates an instant mobile hotspot and supports multiple Wi-Fi devices nationwide.
• Bundle both to Save More (MSRP $649.98, $424.98 after rebates) on the Samsung Galaxy Tab with the Crosswave Broadband Device.  This bundle is only available in Cricket company-owned stores.

Accessorize your Cricket smartphone or tablet gift with a portable wireless speaker or headset from Jawbone. Find Jawbone products at your local Cricket store or go online for web offers.

• JAMBOX (MSRP $100.00) delivers stunning hi-fi audio in a portable wireless speaker.  With JAMBOX, you can amplify music, podcasts, sporting events and have clean-sounding conference calls. 
• Jawbone® ICON HD™ (MSRP $99.99) is equipped with the world's most advanced noise cancellation technology, military-grade NoiseAssassin® 2.5 with wind reduction. Jawbone ICON HD lets you privately listen to music, podcasts, sports, phone calls in HD-quality sound.

About Cricket

Cricket is the pioneer and leader in delivering innovative, value-rich prepaid wireless services with no long-term contracts serving 6.2 million customers. Cricket offers wireless voice and mobile data services over the latest, high-quality, all-digital 4G (LTE) and 3G CDMA wireless networks. In 2011, Cricket launched its award-winning Muve Music^® product, the first music service designed for a wireless phone that now has more than 600,000 customers. Cricket's innovative products and services are available at Cricket branded retail stores, dealers, national retailers and at www.mycricket.com.  For more information about Cricket, please visit www.mycricket.com.

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Switcher incentive is only available for post-paid customers porting-in from AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint in most areas with special offers in regional markets- ask your local Cricket store representative for more information.

Rebates may vary depending on region or market

SOURCE Cricket Communications