MetroPCS and Cricket start financing high-end handsets
0. phoneArena posted on 13 Dec 2012, 21:55
MetroPCS and Leap Wireless' Cricket Communications have each started financing programs to help its customers finance the purchase of high end smartphones like the Apple iPhone 5; Cricket customers can walk out of the store with a brand new Apple iPhone 5 which Leap sells partial subsidized for $500, after paying only $105...
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9. skymitch89 posted on 14 Dec 2012, 22:27 0 0
Too bad you are wrong. I can only speak for Cricket because I have used their 3G modem (about 3 years ago), and their 3G speeds aren't all that bad, I was averaging about 1Mbps download (which is better than what I am getting from Sprint, an average of about .5Mbps).
2. squallz506 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 22:15 0 2
I'm really hoping sptint will buy both of these carriers.
5. Patrik69 posted on 14 Dec 2012, 04:50 0 0
Sprint has a 5 year contract with Cricket till 2015.
4. Topcat488 posted on 14 Dec 2012, 03:55 0 0
Hey, didn't the housing crisis start with trying to give cash-strapped customers loans... Whats the difference here? People should STOP trying to keep up with the Joneses... I think it's a bad idea.
6. Jyakotu posted on 14 Dec 2012, 17:55 0 1
I don't think prepaid phones should be high end models, but mainly mid-tier.
8. cripton805 posted on 14 Dec 2012, 19:11 0 0
Why? They provide needed competition to keep prices low.
7. roscuthiii posted on 14 Dec 2012, 17:56 0 0
Is this an article on MetroPCS & Cricket or an advertisement for iPhone 5?
10. Fuego84 posted on 15 Dec 2012, 20:56 0 0
I seen banners at cricket stores advertising that you can leave the store with a Samsung galaxy s3 for $49 . I'm thinking about going to inquiry about that but I'm on T-Mobile. Not sure if it's worth over paying though.
