Even though announcing the upcoming ZTE Engage earlier this week at a press event in New York, Cricket didn’t mention its pricing and availability details. Today, Cricket Communication, a leader among prepaid cell phone companies and ZTE, mobile manufacturer announced the availability date of the ZTE Engage. ZTE Engage will be available at Cricket company-owned stores, dealers, and its respective website beginning Tuesday, October 2, 2012 with no contract price of $250.
The ZTE Engage is a full-featured, multimedia powerhouse based on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), equipped with a 4.0 inch capacitive touchscreen, a 1.4GHz CPU, and an 8.0 megapixel camera with LED flash. With Android 4.0, Cricket customers will benefit from a range of improved features that offer an exceptional, interactive experience – from multitasking, customizable home screens to Swype predictive text. It also features Cricket’s innovative Muve Music service.
Brief ZTE Engage features:
#4-inch WVGA (800 x 480) TFT-LCD display
# Qualcomm MSM8655T Scorpion – 1.4GHz CPU
#Dual-Facing Cameras: Rear (8.0MP) w/LED Flash & Front (VGA)
#MUVE Music Ready with 4GB Muve Music SD Card included
#MicroSD Memory Card (expandable up to 32GB)
#Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
#Lithium Ion 1900 mAh battery
The ZTE Engage will be available with Cricket’s new value-rich no-contract smartphone service plans. Users can choose three Cricket no-contract smartphone plans for the ZTE Engage. The rate plans start at $50 for unlimited talk, text and 3G data plus 1GB of full-speed data per month. The $60 smartphone plan contains 2.5GB of full-speed data per month and the $70 smartphone plan offers 5GB of full-speed data per month. Both the $60 and $70 plans include the ability for customers to tether their device to power additional wireless devices.
Via Engadget