international debut last fall is now available at a US
carrier for the first time. Said company is Cricket
Wireless, the AT&T subsidiary focused on prepaid
plans. The Grand Prime is already listed in Cricket's
online store.
Cricket Wireless today released a new Samsung smartphone that won't break the bank: the Galaxy Grand Prime, a device that's been available in Asia since last year.
Customers can buy the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime from Cricket for $179.99, no contract required. The highlight features of the new handset include LTE connectivity, an 8 MP rear camera with LED flash, and a 5 MP wide-angle lens front-facing camera. The smartphone also comes with a 5.0-inch, 540 x 960 pixels display, a quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, and 8 GB of expandable internal memory
It's priced at $179.99. Since this is a prepaid carrier,
the price is without any long-term contract signing requirements.
The device is in stock in white. The smartphone comes
with a 5-inch 540x960 touchscreen, an 8 MP rear camera,
a 5 MP selfie snapper, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of expandable
internal storage, and a 2,600 mAh battery. At the helm we
can find Qualcomm's Snapdragon 410 chipset with a
1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU and Adreno 306 GPU.