Straight Talk offering Galaxy S Showcase in some stores

Straight Talk has started offering the Samsung Galaxy S Showcase in some Walmart retail stores. It might be a new name, but the Galaxy Showcase is actually the original Galaxy S, meaning it is a two-year-old handset. It has a 4-inch screen and a 1GHz processor, which is fine and good, but it runs Android 2.3, which certainly downgrades the experience. That wouldn’t be such a bad package if the price were right, but at $250 it seems quite a bit overpriced. Then again, Straight Talk doesn’t offer any Android 4.0 devices, and they sell the Galaxy S II for $100 more. Again, this doesn’t appear to be available on the website yet. It’s at some Walmart outlets. It runs on the Verizon network. Via Howard Forums.]]>

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  1. TM on October 20, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    Are you sure that it uses verizon network? I was told that it will use at&t towers.



  2. Swesley on October 31, 2012 at 11:13 am

    Yep, it says CDMA-V right on the box. Against my bank account’s better judgment I snatched it off the shelf. I to like it quite well. Svc is just what I expect from verizon around here. I can’t think of anything I can grump about. GPS is great. …less than excited about the browser; I’ll b trying a different one.



  3. Jaraldo on November 8, 2012 at 10:27 pm

    I have it and am using it now…found it in one of the stores. It uses Verizon.



  4. emtguy on November 20, 2012 at 4:56 pm

    the new GALAXY S 2 and 3 do not run on the verizon network for straight talk. the run ATandT. the only galaxy phones they have for verizon are the proclaim and the showcase



  5. darlene on December 14, 2012 at 2:32 pm

    Does the Samsung Galaxy S showcase have a front facing camera? I have the phone, and it seems to have one, but I’m wondering if straight talk has disabled it somehow. Does anybody know for sure? Thanks



  6. Ethan on February 25, 2013 at 3:02 am

    It looks like a camera but its actually a light sensor for the automatic brightness setting. it fooled me as well