Just about every other carrier has its own variant of LG’s fast-selling Optimus One smartphone, and you can now even count Cricket Wireless among that group. It recently launched the LG Optimus C, which offers yet another oh-so-slightly-different design along with all the same specs we’ve seen before — a capacitive 3.2-inch HVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, a 600MHz processor, and Android 2.2 with some minor LG customizations. That may not sound like much, but we’ve found the other versions of the phone to be surprisingly snappy and solid for such a budget-priced smartphone. That budget pricing of course continues on Cricket, which is offering the phone for just 0 after a web discount and mail-in rebated — and, yes, that’s without a longt-term contract, although you will apparently have to sign up for Cricket’s a month unlimited Android plan to start with.

[Thanks, PHug]

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The Samsung Stunt, a basic candybar phone, is now available on Cricket Wireless.

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My Samsung MyShot II review: The Samsung MyShot II is a fairly simple flip-phone for Cricket Wireless. The style of the handset is actually quite attractive and the controls are easy to use. It comes in a maroon & black combo color. The exterior screen isn’t that great, but you do get a decent sized (2.1″) inner display. The call quality is above average for phones that are in its price range.

A couple of the Samsung MyShot II’s most notable features include: a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0, 2.5mm headset jack, speakerphone, MP3 player, GPS & microSD slot. You would think the 1.3 megapixel camera would take better photos, but it really isn’t that great. I think there are definitely more positives than negatives for this phone. Overall, it’s a pretty decent handset, with the exception of the camera & call volume.