Cricket Wireless
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Video captures courtesy of
Phone Ringtones & More, MORGBORG Tech
Background
Cricket Wireless is an American prepaid wireless service provider. It was founded in March 1999 by Leap Wireless International. AT&T acquired Leap Wireless International in March 2014, and later merged Cricket Wireless operations with Aio Wireless. Cricket Wireless competes primarily against T-Mobile's Metro, Dish's Boost Mobile and Verizon's Visible in the prepaid wireless segment.
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1st Logo (2006?-2009)
- Startup animation
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- Shutdown animation
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Visuals:
- Startup: On an orange background, a green circle grows from the bottom with the white text "free from hassles" in it, followed by another above with "free from counting". The background changes to white as a green "k" appears moving at the bottom left of the screen to off-center. The rest of the word "cric et" in black fades in-between as radial semi-circles emerge next to the "k".
- Shutdown: The Cricket logo is shown on a green background. Then it spins rapidly into the screen as a radial blur emerges from it, covering up most of the screen. The screen fades to black.
Variants: On Samsung’s line of Cricket phones, the Samsung logo would fade in after the shutdown animation.
Technique: 2D animation.
Audio:
- Startup: Eight clanging ascending notes, followed by a two-note atmospheric synthesizer with a bell tune.
- Shutdown: Another bell tune, with a descending synthesizer and then the clanging notes in reverse order, based on the startup theme.
Availability: Seen on Cricket phones from the late 2000’s;those to be the earliest ones.
2nd Logo (2009-2012)
Visuals:
- Startup: On a black background, the "k" from the Cricket logo fades in glowing. The rest of the word "cric et" fades in white, accompanied by "wireless" below.
- Shutdown: A reverse version of the startup animation.
Technique: 2D animation.
Audio: Same as the previous logo.
Availability: Seen on early 2010s Cricket phones.
3rd Logo (2012-2014)
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Visuals: On a green gradient background, particles form the "cricket" text from previous logo.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A six-note guitar theme.
Availability: Seen on Cricket Wireless phones at the time.
4th Logo (2014-)
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Visuals: On a white background, many lines appear in different colors. They then move away while the current Cricket logo is shown, without the green part of the "k". Then a line zooms to form the finished "k".
Technique: 2D animation.
Audio: A remix of the current Cricket Wireless jingle.
Availability: Seen on current Cricket Wireless phones.
