I know for a fact you can't buy a phone such a Straight Talk on Amazon only at Wal-mart. I know this because my nephew purchased the Iphone thru Amazon and wanted the ST services, and could not switch to them. Nevertheless, keep on checking about this, but Straight Talk has lots of cellphones at a very affordable price, even the smartphones. Hope my info. helped a bit.

No - If you want straight to activate it then it must be a straight talk branded phone.

if i bought an E-71 smart phone that straight talk offers, but lets say from a website such as amazon, will i be able to switch phones with the one i have? it doesnt say for any specific network, but its the same phone.