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Samsung Galaxy S5 flagship comes to Cricket for about $100 less

The newly reborn no-contract carrier is the latest to offer Samsung's flagship Android smartphone.

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Cricket says hello to Samsung's flagship smartphone. Cricket

Cricket Wireless has become the latest US carrier to announce support for the Samsung Galaxy S5 . Available starting Friday, June 27, the smartphone costs $540 after a mail-in rebate.

The newly reformed wireless provider, now owned by AT&T, offers unlimited talk and text with 500MB worth of 4G LTE data that starts at $40 per month.

Customers who sign up for the Auto Pay option can save an additional $5 per month, knocking things down to a $35 monthly plan.

Indeed, this is the same Samsung Galaxy S5 that sells everywhere else, except that it costs about $100 cheaper on Cricket. Powered by Android 4.4 KitKat, the flagship model includes a 5.1-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, 16-megapixel rear camera, and has 16GB of internal storage.