Christmas is fast approaching, and no doubt there will be many hoping to find a new smartphone in their Christmas stocking this year, and there are many top notch handsets available in the run up to Christmas. However if you are over in the good old US of A, and have been contemplating purchasing the hugely popular Samsung Galaxy S3 for yourself or for a loved one this Christmas, perhaps you’d like to buy the Android smartphone and get another Android handset for free.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 might be 6-months old already, but it is still popular with the Android faithful, but of course in these financially strained times, you naturally look for the best price or deal for a handset before parting with your hard earned cash.

According to a report over on Gadget Insider, RadioShack kicked off their Buy One Get One (BOGO) deal on Sunday whereby if you purchase the Samsung Galaxy S3 at a very reasonable cost of $99 on either Verizon, Sprint or AT&T when signing up for the usual two-year agreement you will also get a free Galaxy smartphone.

So if you buy that Samsung Galaxy S3 you can opt to have either a Sprint Galaxy Epic 4G Touch, an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, or the Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere 2 on Verizon.

The Sprint Epic 4G Touch has of course been available for some time and offers a 4.52-inch Super AMOLED Plus touch screen along with Gorilla Glass, 16GB internal storage, 1GB RAM, an 8 megapixel rear facing camera, 1080p video, a 2 megapixel front facing camera, and a 1.2GHz dual core processor.

The AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket sports a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus touch screen along with 16GB internal storage, 1GB RAM, again an 8 megapixel rear facing camera, 1080p video, a 2 megapixel front facing snapper, and a 1.5GHz dual core processor.

The Verizon Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere 2 is an entry level handset offering a 4-inch Super AMOLED touch screen, 8GB internal storage, 1GB RAM, a 5 megapixel rear facing camera, 720p video, 1.3 megapixel front facing snapper and a 1.2GHz dual core processor.

Apart from gaining those Android smartphones for free in the BOGOF deal, customers will also apparently receive a $50 Google Play credit for all purchases that are made via physical RadioShack outlets, whilst online purchases of both Verizon and Sprint activations will also get you that credit.

So there you are, if you are in the market for a Samsung Galaxy S3 this festive season you might like to visit RadioShack and take advantage of this BOGO and Google Play credit deal.