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Popular wireless carriers will delay Samsung Galaxy S4 launch

Published April 25, 2013
By
Philip Nations Contributing Editor
Flick user Ministerio TIC Columbia

Dive Summary:

  • Sprint and T-mobile have announced they each plan to delay the release of the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S4 due to conflicts with available inventory, according to reports.
  • Sprint announced that it still plans to release the phone online and via phone sales. T-Mobile will delay the retail release to May 8th.
  • AT&T has announced it plans to release the device remain on schedule with an in-store launch scheduled for April 27th, 2013.

From the article:

“We had planned to launch this next generation of the award-winning Samsung Galaxy line-up on Saturday, April 27,” Sprint said in a statement. “Unfortunately, due to unexpected inventory challenges from Samsung, we will be slightly delayed with our full product launch.”

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