Samsung’s Galaxy Note II may be the device everyone is talking about, but that’s not stopping small prepaid carrier Cricket from launching an HTC handset. No, it’s not the One X or anything like that, but rather the compact Desire C. Featuring a 3.5-inch screen, 25GB of Dropbox storage, Beats Audio and Android 4.0 under Sense 4, this little handset offers quite the bang for your buck. And what is that buck? Right now Cricket has it available online for only $159.99, contract free.

For those of you who have been looking to make the prepaid jump – and don’t need the highest end handset – this may be the phone and carrier for you. Or, maybe you have a tween who you’re looking to purchase their first phone. Once again, great value for what is sold. Hit the Cricket source link to grab it now, and in the meantime let us know what you think of prepaid.

Cricket via Android Central