Cricket to Launch Android Phone

[lbclerk]

Yeah, Kyocera did say $169 - $219. I'm guessing it'll be closer to the $219. The MSRP that I recently heard is $249, which is $50 less than the first leaked MSRP of $299. So, I'm guessing there will only be rebates and no further discount because of the free month being taken away. I guess we can expect the phone to cost around $200. That's what I've been telling friends and family. I told them there might be a rebate or something, so it might initially cost more, but the end cost will be around $200 or so. Hopefully that's right.

It's been said that the phone is made by Sanyo several times, but I don't like how they put the Kyocera logo on some of the images. They should move it to the Sanyo site and not Kyocera. Maybe that would help some of us to relax a little bit.

[bigclownshoes]

Will you be able to upgrade this to android 2.2 and future versions?

[AlmaaPattinson]

no, cricket will never force you to change your plan. only if you ask.:2thumbs:

[Frances M]

Im sure the hardware would be sufficient. Lets hope there is enough interest in this phone for some android rom developers to want to build something for this phone.

Also, keep in mind that when these phones are "rooted", an exploit of some sort is utilized. If none exist/are found, then no custom roms can be installed. An example is the CLIQ XT where nobody has found a way to root it.

I'd like to hope an official update to froyo would come for this phone at some point. It's much better than eclair.

[CloserToLove]

don't know if this matters but today i type *228 on my half flashed moto droid and it work!