You've seen your last WiMAx phone

[legion125]

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 12 January 2012

 

Sprint is done selling WiMAX phones based on this article. There won't be any new launches and Sprint will sell what it has in inventory so I expect to see fire sales by this fall. I've also heard that WiMAX sales are falling and Sprint has a a huge inventory because everyone is holding out for LTE. Of course iPhone sales are the exception.

http://www.phonedog....windows-phones/

 

 

Sprint talks up its incoming LTE devices, explains lack of Windows Phones

 

Sprint announced back in October that it was planning to launch an LTE network, and since then new details on the impending switch have trickled out, most recently with the naming of its first four LTE markets and the news that its first two LTE smartphones will be the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper. Today Sprint's VP of product realization David Owens talked to PC Mag a bit more about the carrier's LTE plans as well as what the switch means for any future WiMAX smartphones. (Hint: There probably won't be any.) Owens said that although the Galaxy Nexus and Viper will be hitting other carriers before they arrive on the Now Network, Sprint will differentiate its models with things like Google Wallet support. It's also possible that we'll see other LTE handsets by the middle of the year, which Owens explained means that Sprint is basically finished with releasing any new WiMAX-capable smartphones.

 

Owens also talked a bit about Windows Phone and why Sprint has only released one device (the HTC Arrive) running Microsoft's mobile OS thus far. "We have a Windows device in our lineup, but honestly, it hasn't done well enough for us to jump back into the fire," he told PC Mag, adding that the number one reason that the Arrive was returned to stores was the user experience. Sprint director of product development Lois Fagan chimed in by saying that the carrier wants to take part in selling the devices, but that Microsoft needs to help build excitement around the platform. Owens said that Sprint is considering giving Windows Phone another shot around the "August-September period."

 

Obviously Owens' statements about Windows Phone are kind of a bummer for fans of the platform, especially ones that can't or won't leave Sprint for another network. Sprint isn't the only carrier that doesn't seem particularly excited about Windows Phone, though, as its CDMA compatriot Verizon has also only released one of the platform's products to date. Right now the go-to carrier for Windows Phone folk looks to be AT&T, especially with the recent introductions of the HTC Titan II and Nokia Lumia 900. The good news is that we've heard that Microsoft may be planning to release the next major version of Windows Phone, codenamed Apollo, around the same timeframe that Owens said Sprint may try the platform again, so both Sprint and its customers could have some new Windows Phone goodies to check out by the time that that August/September window rolls around.

[AJames25]

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 12 January 2012

 

I'm okay with that. Just get me my Galaxy Nexus.

[S4GRU]

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 12 January 2012

 

I'm working on this article right now actually, but I keep getting interrupted this morning. Thanks legion125.

[pyroscott]

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 12 January 2012

 

I tried to hold out for LTE, but I caved and bought the Epic 4G Touch... I think Sprint would be shooting themselves in the foot releasing any more WiMax phones. They already said they would be phasing WiMax out in 2013, so unless you want your customers screaming for an early upgrade to get an LTE phone when Wimax goes dark, you should at least stop releasing new phones with WiMax.

 

 

Edit: the WiMax agreement with Clearwire was extended through 2015

[S4GRU]

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 12 January 2012

 

 

I have our article up now: Sprint VP: No more new WiMax phones, speculation of LTE devices selling in April and don't expect Windows Phones in the near future

[autoprime]

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 12 January 2012

 

i'd take a lumia 900 if it were cdma. it's a beauty. shame we prob won't see any cdma nokia devices.

[S4GRU]

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 12 January 2012

 

 

Although I'm probably not going to get one, I would love to have more choices on the Now Network.

[legion125]

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 12 January 2012

 

@autoprime If I remember correctly, Nokia couldn't/wouldn't build a CDMA phone and had contracted that out to another OEM before it pulled out of the market. Nokia can make a good phone, but I think it will be on AT&T and T-Mobile for the next year or so before the CDMA side can get one from them.

[pyroscott]

They finally came out and admitted what we inferred from their comments in January http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprints-azzi-we-wont-launch-more-wimax-devices/2012-03-29

[legion125]

The NS4G is already on sale for "free" for new customer lines. The Photon is being EOL'd in April. Inventory clearance sales are starting to occur more frequently. The best selling phone that Sprint has in its line-up today is the Epic Touch, and I expect bigger sales and discounts on that beginning in May.

[runagun]

If you wanna watch Azzi Spech heres the link.

 

http://www.livestream.com/RCRTV/video?clipId=pla_b1b6ff3f-81e2-4e20-96d8-173f62be9745&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb