For 300 dollars you're lucky the screen is even a capacitive touch screen. Look at similarly spec'd phones on post paid carriers. Those are in the 600 dollar area. You aren't a big bad spender with only 300 dollars.
Which is a good point, if that screen only comes on more expensive phones, where is the savings?
Yes, I have seen reviews and they are generally positive, which leads me to wonder even more. It almost seems too good.
The money comes from somewhere. Rebadging the same phone over and over again helps (reduced R&D) as does bundling apps, but it won't cut a phone price in half.
Same for the new Cricket phone.
Either Huawei has a sneaky trick or they are buying some pretty crappy internals for these. With the turnover rate for cell phones though, it probably won't matter. Especially pre-paid "Oh your phone died? go buy another." Imagine if an Iphone lasted only 6 months to a year before conking out. You can bet there would be some irate people, not to mention broke companies due to insurance.
I'm not saying these phones will be crap, nor am I saying Huawei is terrible (just don't drop it!

You say Virgin did it for name recognition?
That hasn't stopped them before, and it isn' stopping Cricket. At the same time you think we take whatever they give us, so there is no reason this phone wouldn't go over just fine.
Who knows, maybe it will be all it's cracked up to be though.
I'm not angry at Moto or VM, or anyone. Meh, it is what it is. This happens all the time.
I'm just trying to understand the decisions and the price and if it will all be worth it.