Cricket to release Android-powered feature phone

Cricket has released a number of Android handsets, including the just-announced Samsung Transfix, they’ve all been of the standard smartphone variety. Their next move will be quite different. The plan, according to senior director of business and product management Sergio Garcia, is to release an Android-powered feature phone. Because Android is a royalty-free operating system, they can use it to keep down handset costs. This will also allow them to offer a low-cost handset compatible with Muve Music that won’t require a $65 monthly plan. Instead the feature phone plan will cost just $55 per month. Cricket plans to release this handset before year’s end, though they are coy about the specifics.   Via FierceWireless.]]>