Meet HTC's first budget-friendly LTE smartphone. Photo: HTC.

Meet HTC’s first budget-friendly LTE smartphone. Photo: HTC.

Cricket Wireless has announced that it will start selling HTC’s latest premium budget-friendly smartphone from Friday, September 19, on any of its no-contract, prepaid plans for just $149.99 upfront.

Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android.

Google has silently updated its support pages to mention the fact that the Play Store refund window for paid apps and games has been increased to 2 hours. 

Image: Play Store.

Image: Play Store.

Today’s selection for our weekly Wednesday’s Must Have Game column is Swamp Attack. It originally launched for Android back in January, 2014, and has since racked up a bunch of hefty updates crammed full of great features — helping to make it one of the best and most advanced action games currently available on the market.

Photo: LG.

Photo: LG.

While the new Apple Watch may deliver a few features that might make Google and its Android Wear partners a little shaky, its $350 price tag certainly won’t be one of them. Every Android Wear watch we’ve seen so far has been considerably more affordable, and Google has this week make the gap even greater by making the LG G Watch just $179 through Google Play.

The Galaxy S5. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android.

The Galaxy S5. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Verizon’s just started rolling out an over-the-air (OTA) update which transports a handful of new features and stability improvements, in addition to the much-anticipated Android 4.4.4 software build, to its carrier-branded variant of Samsung’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5.

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