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TL;DR Cricket Wireless has refreshed its plan lineup with four new options starting at $30 a month, featuring lower pricing and a few other tweaks.
Taxes and fees remain included in Cricket’s advertised prices, unlike some competitors.
Overall, these plans appear to be an improvement, assuming network priority and other factors remain the same.
This has been a big year for prepaid shakeups, with several brands refreshing their lineups, including Metro by T-Mobile and Google Fi. Now it seems Cricket is also set to overhaul its offerings with the introduction of four new plans starting at $30 a month.
The new lineup isn’t dramatically different from the old one, but it makes some notable tweaks to pricing and features. Here’s a quick breakdown: Sensible 10GB Plan : Previously, Cricket offered 5GB and 10GB plans, but this new offering replaces the former while retaining its lower $30-a-month pricing.
: Previously, Cricket offered 5GB and 10GB plans, but this new offering replaces the former while retaining its lower $30-a-month pricing. Select Unlimited Plan : This is a complete rebrand of the Simply Unlimited Plan, but now starts at $35 a month, which is $5 less than before. This plan includes unlimited talk, text, and data, as well as international calling and texting to Canada and Mexico, starting at $35 a month. That’s $5 less than the old basic unlimited plan.
: This is a complete rebrand of the Simply Unlimited Plan, but now starts at $35 a month, which is $5 less than before. This plan includes unlimited talk, text, and data, as well as international calling and texting to Canada and Mexico, starting at $35 a month. That’s $5 less than the old basic unlimited plan. Smart Unlimited Plan : This includes everything in the Select plan, as well as international texting to 200 countries. You’ll also get 100GB of cloud storage and 15GB of hotspot access, starting at $45 a month.
: This includes everything in the Select plan, as well as international texting to 200 countries. You’ll also get 100GB of cloud storage and 15GB of hotspot access, starting at $45 a month. Supreme Unlimited Plan: For $55 a month, you get everything from the Smart plan in addition to HBO Max with Ads, 35GB of extra hotspot data, and 50GB of extra cloud storage. As you might have guessed, prices can drop even further for those with multiple lines. Cricket has yet to update its official pages with all of its discount breakdowns, but we do know a little about what to expect. For example, you can get two lines of Smart Unlimited Plan for $75, or what works out to $37.50 per line. This drops even further for four lines, with Smart Unlimited dropping down to $25 per line.
These new plans might not be as big of a shakeup as we’ve seen from some other players, but the lower pricing is very much welcome. I honestly half expected Cricket to advertise lower prices while quietly excluding taxes and fees for the first time — yes, I’m jaded from T-Mobile’s move. Thankfully, that’s not the case here, and Cricket’s rep made it clear that taxes and fees are still baked into the advertised pricing.
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