Coolpad has announced that the Catalyst smartphone will launch with T-Mobile postpaid and prepaid service. The Catalyst will be the first phone from Coolpad offered to postpaid customers in the US. T-Mobile will start offering its version in stores on June 7 while MetroPCS Coolpad Catalyst will follow on July 11, 2016, also in stores. In addition, the Coolpad said that the phone will be available with T-Mobile prepaid service as well as with Walmart Family Mobile. T-Mobile will sell Coolpad Catalyst for $99.99.

The Coolpad Catalyst Specs

The Coolpad Catalyst is a 4G LTE smartphone with a 5-inch (854×480) display, Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system, 5-megapixel rear camera with video capture and 2-megapixel front-facing camera. The phone comes with video calling capabilities, Bluetooth, WiFi, WiFi Calling, GPS and 2,200mAh battery to power it all.

MetroPCS Coolpad Catalyst isn’t the first phone for this carrier from this Chinese manufacturer. In August 2012, MetroPCS has launched the Coolpad Quattro 4G for $149.






MetroPCS Coolpad Catalyst

The Coolpad Catalyst on MetroPCS can be paired with $30, $40, $50 and $60 plans that come with unlimited talk, text and data with 1GB, 3GB and 5GB at high speed and unlimited un-throttled data, respectively. In addition, the plans include Data Maximizer, $40 plan and up include Music Unlimited, and hotspot.

T-Mobile prepaid Coolpad Catalyst

T-Mobile is offering two sets of prepaid plans, Simply Prepaid and Simple Choice prepaid plans. Simple Prepaid plans offer $40, $50 and $60 options with unlimited talk, text and data with first 2GB, 5GB and 10GB at 4G LTE speed, respectively. In addition, the plans include Data Maximizer and Music Unlimited.

The Simple Choice prepaid plans provide $50, $65, $80 and $95 options with unlimited talk, text and data with first 2 GB, 6 GB, 10 GB of 4G LTE data and unlimited un-throttled 4G LTE data, respectively. The plans also include hotspot (with 14 GB of mobile hotspot usage on $95 plan), coverage in Mexico and Canada, Music Freedom and Binge On on plans with 6GB of data and up. On $65/6GB and $80/10GB plans, customers can rollover unused data for up to a year with Data Stash.

Walmart Family Mobile Coolpad Catalyst

Coolpad Catalyst on Walmart Family Mobile works with the $29.88, $39.88 and $49.88 plans, which include unlimited talk, text and data with first 1 GB, 5 GB and 10 GB at 4G LTE speeds. The plans also include Data Saver (aka Binge On or Data Maximizer).

Source: Coolpad Technologies