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hi this is Brian Bennett for cnet.com and right now we're taking a first look at the simpson galaxy Discoverer smartphone for Cricket Wireless with a retail price of one $29.99 off contract the discover is one of the least expensive Android handsets on the market measuring four point six inches tall by 2.4 inches wide and almost half an inch thick the discover is pretty compact if not exactly thin the phone's 4.5 ounces light as well don't expect to be blown away by the discovers features speed or software though the phone runs outdated Android 4.0 4 Ice Cream Sandwich it's also powered by a weak 800 megahertz single core processor linked to just 512 megabytes of RAM the Discover's 3.5 inch LCD screen is small too and offers a low 480 by 320 pixel resolution there's no front facing camera either usually they placed that above the display below the screen are three capacitive buttons for basic Android control on the left is a volume rocker the right edge has a tiny power key up top is a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack and a grue for removing the back battery cover there you'll find a removable 1500 milliamp battery and SD card slot also on back is the three megapixel camera but no flash the camera app is very basic too with none of the slick filters or shooting modes such as HDR or panorama 4G data isn't an option on the discovery there since the device supports 3G only the handset does support crickets move digital music service that offers unlimited downloads included with your monthly service fee I'm Brian Bennett for cnet.com and this has been a first look at the Samsung Galaxy Discoverer