Although already available through other carriers like Net10 and Straight Talk, the Samsung Galaxy Discover will be available on Cricket Wireless starting this summer.
The news was made official during a press conference today during CTIA. The carrier also announced that it will release the Samsung Admire 2 in the summer, as well as the Galaxy S4 on June 7.
Though Cricket did not release final pricing, the Galaxy Discover currently retails for about $100.
Its bezel is all black and it has a deep chin, but the battery door is stylized with a brushed metallic look that gives the Discover a slight aesthetic edge over other low-end handsets from Cricket.
Though there is no front-facing camera, you'll find a 3-megapixel camera on the back. Unfortunately, there is no flash for taking photos in dim settings. To the right of the lens are two small slits for the speaker.
Features
The smartphone is powered by an 800MHz single-core processor, which isn't very powerful, but will most likely provide enough of what you need to carry out various handset tasks. Users will also get a 1,300mAh battery, which has a reported talk time of 8.5 hours and a stand-by time of 11 days.
As for software, the Discover ships with a rather untouched version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (good news for those who don't like Samsung's TouchWiz UI). A few Cricket applications include its own brand of navigation and Muve Music, the carrier's music subscription service.
Additional features include Bluetooth, 4GB of internal memory, 512MB of RAM, and a storage capacity expandable up to 32GB.