iPhone No Longer Available From Virgin Mobile

It was probably a long time coming, but Virgin Mobile USA officially no longer offers any model from Apple's iPhone lineup. The Sprint subsidiary stated it had no plans to offer the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus shortly after their release, however they used to offer the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, and iPhone 4S. The carrier also went into the holiday sales period without any iPhone stock, but the online store pages for the earlier devices simply said "out of stock," leading some to expect their return in the near future.

Virgin Mobile's site used to have a dedicated page with details about the iPhone models it offered, including that they were available for prepaid and unsubsidized prices. That page now merely redirects to the carrier's full range of smartphone offerings, minus any mention of Apple's devices.

Should users try the Virgin Mobile online store's search function, the results will still present several iPhone listings, including the 5C and 6, which, again, the carrier never offered. Sprint has been offering the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus since launch, and continues to, but it's not clear if Virgin's dropping of the iPhone is related to Sprint's previous limitation on subsidiaries that they wait to offer the latest smartphone models.

Interestingly, this could make Virgin Mobile the first U.S. carrier to once offer the iPhone and then stop. Unfortunately for them, customers have plenty of other carriers to choose from when looking at iPhone plans, including those with prepaid plans.

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SOURCE Virgin Mobile