After recent announcement of LG Stylo 2, AT&T’s prepaid brand Cricket Wireless has added another budget smartphone to its prepaid lineup, LG Escape 3. Cricket LG Escape 3 is available at carrier website and at stores for $109.99. At the same time, AT&T’s prepaid division GoPhone has launched the same smartphone just under different name, LG Phoenix 2, for $99.99.

Cricket LG Escape 3 (GoPhone LG Phoenix 2) Specs

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Cricket LG Escape 3 (GoPhone LG Phoenix 2) is a stylish smartphone that runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. The phone is powered with 1.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8909 processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory and microSD card slot for memory expansion up to 32GB. It features bright 5.0-inch HD Zero Gap touch screen display with curved design and power, lock and volume rear key placement. LG Escape 3 uses 8-megapixel rear camera with autofocus, LED flash, 4x digital zoom, maximum resolution up to 3264 x 2448 pixels and 720p (1280×720) HD video recording and 5-megapixels front-facing camera with HD video recorder.






The phone is 4G LTE enabled. It uses WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, Mobile Hotspot and USB Tethering for connectivity. LG Escape 3 is powered by a removable li-ion 2125 mAh battery with up to 12.8 hours of talk time and 15.9 days of standby time. Dimensions of the phone are 5.69″ (H) x 2.81″ (W) x 0.34″ (D) and it weighs 4.94 oz.

Cricket Wireless prepaid plans

LG Escape 3 can be paired with Cricket’s monthly unlimited plans that start at $40 per month or $35 if customers enroll in auto pay. The plans include:

$40 plan ($35 with auto pay) – unlimited talk, text and data with first 2.5GB at 4G LTE speeds

$50 plan ($45 with auto pay) – unlimited talk, text and data with first 5GB at 4G LTE speeds, unlimited international texting (SMS only) to 38 countries, unlimited calling, texting (text, picture and video messaging) and data roaming in Mexico and Canada

$60 plan ($55 with auto pay) – unlimited talk, text and data with first 10GB at 4G LTE speeds, unlimited international texting (SMS only) to 38 countries, unlimited calling, texting (text, picture and video messaging) and data roaming in Mexico and Canada

$70 plan ($65 with auto pay) – unlimited talk, text and LTE data plus unlimited international texting (SMS only) to 38 countries, unlimited calling, texting (text, picture and video messaging) and data roaming in Mexico and Canada

LTE data speeds on Cricket Wireless are throttled to 8Mbps and 4G to 4Mbps. Also, when high speed data limit is reached in a monthly plan, data speeds are throttled to 128Kbps until the next billing cycle.

GoPhone prepaid plans

The LG Phoenix 2 works with GoPhone’s $45 and $60 prepaid monthly plans:

$45 plan – unlimited talk, text, unlimited messaging to Mexico, Canada and over 100 countries, and unlimited data with first 2GB of high speed

$60 plan – unlimited talk, text, unlimited data with first 5GB of high speed, unlimited messaging to Mexico, Canada and over 100 countries, unlimited talk and text from the U.S. to Mexico and Canada and talk, text and data usage in Mexico and Canada.

LTE data speeds on GoPhone are not reduced, it’s full LTE speeds. When high speed data is used up in a month, data speeds are throttled to 128Kbps until the next billing cycle. Both $45 and $60 plans are $5 cheaper per month when customers enroll in auto pay so service is available for $40 and $55 per month, respectively. Also, both plans feature rollover data that rollover only for a 30 days. Rolled over data are used last, after data add-ons (if any are added) and regular monthly data allotment.

Source: Cricket Wireless, GoPhone