Djjim Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 So Sprint announced that wifi calling would be available on the Galaxy S4 Mini and the Mega on February 21. I have looked high and low for a S4 Mini around my city and they are all sold out. Then, the store manager I am working with tells me the phone will be discontinued this Friday! How does that make sense? Why would they announce wifi calling for it and d/c it less then a month later??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 So Sprint announced that wifi calling would be available on the Galaxy S4 Mini and the Mega on February 21. I have looked high and low for a S4 Mini around my city and they are all sold out. Then, the store manager I am working with tells me the phone will be discontinued this Friday! How does that make sense? Why would they announce wifi calling for it and d/c it less then a month later??? I can't speak officially on it as I'm not in the know, but I believe this is what is occurring: You more than likely can not locate an S4 Mini as sales may not be up to expectations, so the device has been deemed "End of Life" and will no longer be manufactured and all remaining inventory to be sold until gone. Even though the device has been deemed EOL, if the device supports a feature offered by Sprint, it still may be enabled for those that have purchased the device. That model is not out of the ordinary. Hopefully that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djjim Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Any idea if wifi calling will be coming to any other devices soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawvega Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Yes, more wifi calling devices will be coming. Soon? I don't think anybody could say at this point unfortunately. FWIW there's currently a couple of S4 Minis on Swappa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Wow, I was hoping the S4 mini would last a little but longer than it did, but I guess the S4T was just more popular. Sent from Josh's iPhone 5S using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrknowitall526 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 My stepdad recently went to Italy, where the S4 mini was all the rage! Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansltx Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Too bad...the S4 mini seemed like a nice step-up successor to the Galaxy Victory, particularly for folks who don't want a large phone (which the S4 and the S5 qualify as). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket87 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Man i was wondering why no stores in my area had any for the last week. Sucks. It was a great phone and very popular due to price for easy pay. The mini is a sprint prepaid launch device tomorrow, sprint must have felt the need to shift the entire mini inventory over to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Man i was wondering why no stores in my area had any for the last week. Sucks. It was a great phone and very popular due to price for easy pay. The mini is a sprint prepaid launch device tomorrow, sprint must have felt the need to shift the entire mini inventory over to that. Oh, so they just took it off of regular service. So not full EOL, just shifted to prepaid. Sent from Josh's iPhone 5S using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djjim Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 Sprint really needs to look at T-Mobile and AT&T. Prepaid devices and postpaid devices should be interchangeable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuunkychicken Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I wonder if the S4 mini will be Tri Band on prepaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I wonder if the S4 mini will be Tri Band on prepaid According to Sprint's Sprint Prepaid announcement, it will be Tri-band. Sent from Josh's iPhone 5S using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.