Cheap Android devices aren’t just for the Third World. The ZTE X500 Score, a prepaid handset available on Cricket, has become available for purchase on Amazon for $69.88 without a contract.
The Score packs a 3.5-inch display, 3.2-megapixel camera, 4GB of storage, and Android 2.3, Gingerbread. While we haven’t experienced Cricket firsthand, it is a subsidiary of Sprint so you should see some good speeds. This device seems ideal for youngsters or a new smartphone user with that low price tag and cheaper prepaid plan through Cricket. Or maybe you want to pick up a VoIP app and use that Wifi zone that you spend 98% of your life inside anyway.
Check it out on Amazon. Video review below:
btw, first commenter to say “you can get an iPhone 3GS for free” loses.
Sorry to tell you but Cricket is NOT a subsidiary of Sprint. They are owned by Leap. They do have roaming agreements with Sprint as do most CDMA carriers excluding Verizon.
You also must buy the $55 plan…. nothing less.
True, but you'd have to get a plan like that for any smart phone. A $70.00 entry price for a device that can probably anything in the Android Market is pretty good. It means that anyone with an extra $55.00 a month can enjoy the internet in their pocket, plus a phone.