Cricket announces Huawei Ascend II

US Telecom operator Cricket has announced the launch of Huawei Ascend II on its network. “We are excited about the sleek, new Huawei Ascend II,” said Matt Stoiber, vice president and general manager of devices for Cricket Communications. “The original Ascend has been our best-selling smartphone and the Ascend II is sure to impress our customers with its faster processor, 5 megapixel camera and the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.”

Cricket is now offering it for a suggested MSRP of $179.99 with Cricket’s all-inclusive $55 Android plan, which provides users with unlimited talk, text, 411 information, international text, unlimited and video picture messages, unlimited data services.

Huawei Ascend II Features:

• 3.5 inch HVGA touch-screen
• 5 MP camera
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread
• 600 MHz processor