Kyocera Dorado KX13 is a slim, affordable bar-style phone with an internal antenna, built-in LED flashlight and a large, vivid color display. Its robust, front-ported speakerphone is ideal for hands-free talking and listening as well as for crisp, clear sound to play 32-chord polyphonic ringtones. Kyocera Milan KX9B is specifically designed for mobile phone users who want a basic, voice-centric design without sacrificing style. A compact clamshell with a vertical external caller ID and an easy-to-use keypad for quick dialing and text messaging, Milan offers a high-quality, 65,000-color display, speakerphone and Enhanced Messaging Services (EMS).

"Cricket's customers have a very unique sense of style to go along with a propensity to talk on their phones a lot," said Lee Ittner, vice president of Sales and Marketing at Kyocera Wireless Corp. "Cricket's unlimited minutes pricing model requires that phones be simple and easy to use when making a call or sending text messages, and both Milan and Dorado were designed to meet that need without sacrificing style or features."

"Our Cricket customers talk 1,500 minutes a month, nearly double the industry average -- so it is extremely important that we offer the latest, user-friendly handsets with a long battery life, and the Kyocera Dorado and Milan meet these needs and round out our stellar portfolio," said Nitu Arora, vice president, product development for Leap. "The majority of our customers use their Cricket phone as their primary phone due to our unlimited rate plans, so they are always on-the-go. The functional and stylish features of the Dorado and Milan complement our packages, and we are excited to add these latest Kyocera handsets to our lineup."

Compatible with BREW(R) 2.1, the Dorado can support Cricket Clicks(TM) downloadable wallpapers, screensavers, games and ringtones directly over the air to augment those included on the phone.

Both Dorado and Milan feature predictive text-input software for rapid text entry as well as standard features such as scheduler, calculator, alarm clock, stopwatch and a tip calculator. Each phone comes standard with a high-capacity battery offering superior performance, allowing up to 3.8 hours of CDMA talk time and up to 160 hours of standby time for Dorado and up to 3.3 hours of CDMA talk time and up to 200 hours of standby time for Milan.

Kyocera Milan KX9B is available starting today for $139.99.and will be available in Cricket's newest market in Fresno, Calif., which is launching today. Kyocera Dorado KX13 will be available at all Cricket retail locations in mid-August and will sell for $129.99. Both handsets will be compatible with Cricket's new roaming service, Travel Time(TM), which launched in all markets in June. For more information, please visit a local Cricket retail location, visit www.mycricket.com or www.kyocera-wireless.com.

Additionally, both phones offer a complete lineup of Genuine Accessories by Kyocera(TM). Please visit the Kyocera Web store online at http://store.kyocera-wireless.com for additional information.