Cricket Zte Score: First Android Gingerbread Smartphone Launch in US
Friday, September 23, 2011
Mobile carrier Cricket announced on Thursday it will start selling the ZTE Score, the first smartphone from Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier ZTE to launch in the U.S.The ZTE Score smartphone running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) with a 600 MHz of processor. It also features a 3.5 inch touch screen HVGA capacitive touch display, accelerometer and virtual qwerty keypad, with a 3.2 megapixel camera/camcorder and Wi-Fi capable. 3G real web browsing and XT9 Trace for easy text entry.
With the Muve Music smartphone plan, Cricket Wireless customers will enjoy unlimited song downloads, ringtones, and ringback tones, as well as unlimited text, picture, and video messaging, 3G mobile data, mobile video, data back-up, and 411 assistance.
Muve Music is the first unlimited music service to be included as part of a wireless rate plan and now has more than 200,000 customers. By applying its philosophy of unlimited services and value innovation, Cricket and Muve Music have given their customers a new music experience that ranks high in customer satisfaction.
Cricket, a U.S. mobile operator that offers monthly plans without contracts, said the phone will be available on Sept. 25 in Best Buy locations across the country. The phone is being sold for a suggested retail price of US$130.
ZTE, which also manufactures mobile handsets and tablets, has been looking to increase its presence in the U.S. market, and announced earlier this year it would launch its first smartphone in the country. The company previously launched a lower-end handset called the Salute in a tie-up with Verizon Wireless, the largest mobile operator in the U.S.
In comparison, Cricket is a small operator with 5.7 million customers. ZTE Score comes with the Cricket's Muve Music service, which allows for unlimited music downloads from different major record labels.
ZTE is launching the new phone as the company has seen sales of its handsets increase globally. It is currently the fifth largest mobile phone vendor in the world, placing it right behind Apple, according to research firm IDC. In the second quarter, ZTE's mobile phone shipments increased year-over-year by 36 percent.
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