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$100 nets you a big screen and a fingerprint scanner if you get the new LG Harmony on Cricket

By Luis D.

Updated: Apr 21, 2017, 6:47 AM

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That's a lot of phone for $100!

$100 phones just get nicer with every passing year. If you look back a year or two ago, the choices in this price range were mostly rare and borderline offensive to anyone after a remotely decent user experience. Not any longer. Today, a Benjamin gets you something like the new LG Harmony, which just launched on Cricket.

The phone has a simple plastic build with metal accents, but isn't ugly in any way. More importantly, it has a fairly big 5.3-inch display with a 720p resolution that's not as sharp as 1080p, but still quite serviceable. There are an 8MP rear camera, a 5MP selfie snapper, and 16GB of expandable storage. Also – wait for it – a fingerprint scanner! Yes, there's one on the back of the phone. We're finally in an era where top-notch biometric security is accessible on an entry-level mobile device.

Powered by an 1.4GHz chip and with a 2800mAh battery, the LG Harmony runs Android 7 Nougat out of the box. All things considered, it sounds like a perfect inexpensive backup phone, or one to give to your kids before they are old and annoying enough to demand the latest iPhone.

For more information, check out Cricket's page.

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Luis D. has a multitude of news, features and review articles written for PhoneArena. He adeptly demystifies complex technology topics, such as the development of advanced materials for bendable device displays and the evolution of chipset manufacturing.