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Cricket Brings 5G to its Entry-Level Icon Phones

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Sep 2, 2025, 2:51 PM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social
updated Sep 2, 2025, 3:28 PM

Cricket has started selling the Cricket Icon Plus, its first Icon-series phone with 5G. It also has a larger display than previous Icon phones at 6.9 inches. The Icon Plus replaces the Icon 6, and most other features and specs are similar, including a 50 megapixel main camera, 64 GB of storage (expandable), 4 GB RAM, MediaTek processor, and NFC for tap payments. Cricket is charging $100 for the Icon Plus. The phone comes in "twilight purple" with a distinctive design. Like the Icon 5 and 6, the Icon Plus is manufactured for Cricket by Coosea. For the first time, Cricket is adding a model year to one of its own-brand phone names, calling this the "Icon Plus - 2026" instead of, say, the Icon 7. Motorola and Boost use a similar naming scheme.

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Cricket Icon Plus (2026) / AT&T Verge 2

6.9" display HD+ resolution
MediaTek Dimensity 6100+ processor 4 GB RAM
5,000 mAh battery
Wide-Angle Camera, Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm), NFC, Fingerprint Reader

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