Cricket Wireless first prepaid carrier to sell Apple’s iPhones
<Cricket Wireless, which has an operations hub in metro Denver, said today that it will begin selling the iPhone 4 and 4S on June 22.
The prepaid carrier will offer the devices with $55-a-month unlimited talk, text and data plans.
The Cricket iPhone 4 will cost $400 and iPhone 4S with 16 GB of storage will run $500. In comparison, Apple sells an unlocked iPhone 4 for $550 and unlocked iPhone 4S for $650.
Other regional carriers have also landed the iPhone along with three of four the majors, with T-Mobile being the only national carrier to not sell the iPhone.
Prepaid customers have long flashed CDMA-compatible phones to Cricket, but doing so often eliminates some of the devices’ features.
Bargain hunters can purchase a pre-owned Verizon iPhone 4, which uses CDMA technology, on Craigslist for between $200 to $300, and many area Cricket resellers will flash the devices.