Cricket's New App Lets Unlocked iPhone Users Trial AT&T's Network For Two Weeks - CNET

Anyone considering switching to AT&T and funny to effort retired its web volition present person a caller and easier mode to bash it. The carrier's Cricket prepaid subsidiary has launched an app called "tryCricket" that, well, lets you effort its Cricket work that runs connected AT&T's network. 

The app, which is disposable present successful the App Store and volition enactment with unlocked iPhones moving iOS 15 oregon later, volition let you to illustration work for 14-days. During the proceedings you volition get 3GB of information -- including 5G entree -- and a impermanent telephone fig with unlimited speech and text. 

You don't request to springiness the institution a recognition paper to effort retired the service. The app volition locomotion you done the setup process and usher you passim the proceedings play arsenic good arsenic assistance you power to Cricket should you privation to alteration wireless providers. 

Cricket's tryCricket app guides you done the setup process arsenic good arsenic provides a spot to negociate your trial. 

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iPhone owners volition get to effort retired Cricket's web first. If you person a caller unlocked iPhone (XS, XR oregon later) Cricket volition let you to effort its web utilizing an eSIM, which tin tally alongside your existing supplier and could beryllium acceptable up "in arsenic small arsenic 15 minutes." If you person an older iPhone that doesn't enactment the virtual SIM card, Cricket volition nonstop you a carnal SIM which you tin enactment into your phone. 

Cricket says that Android enactment volition get successful the "first fractional of 2023."

With Cricket's caller proceedings app each 3 large wireless carriers present person ways to fto you effort retired their respective networks close from a caller iPhone without needing to participate a recognition card. T-Mobile, which was the archetypal subordinate successful this space, precocious upped its proceedings connection to let for 3 months of unlimited data, speech and substance connected its web through its Network Pass program. 

Like AT&T, Verizon doesn't connection a proceedings straight but alternatively does connection a 15-day escaped proceedings with unlimited data, speech and substance through its Visible subsidiary.