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hey everyone I'm Jessica dull court for CNN and today I'm taking a first look at the Huawei mercury this is a new phone for cricket so I'm pretty much just gonna give you some highlights of the phone it does run Android 2.3 Gingerbread and that is with Huawei's skin on top so there's some nice things like this unlock screen there's a certain styling down here at the bottom and here for the quick access pull down menu so again 4 inch screen on here 8 megapixel camera and there's a front-facing camera as well so those are some pretty good specs for this kind of phone usually cricket phones aren't that advanced and this one definitely is so I personally think this is one of the best phones on the market it boasts a very very impressive battery life but honestly my test so far I haven't found it to be any better than any other battery life there is 3G support on this phone and so if you're in a strong cricket Network area it will probably be just fine although the speeds that I experienced here in San Francisco which is in crickets roaming Network were not exceptionally fast they were fine though as for the look and feel of the phone itself originally it was the Huawei honor and the review unit we got here was white which looked a little bit classy this is black shiny plastic very good for picking up smudges very glossy so it looks okay but it doesn't have the premium look and feel however I do think that this is one of the best phones that you can possibly get for cricket it is Android it does have those two cameras and the back camera so far does seem pretty advanced in my photo tests the phone's going to cost you $180 after $50 mail-in rebate and if you can't get your hands on a $20 instant online rebate so this is the huawei Mercury for cricket I'm Jessica Dahl Court and you're watching cnet.com