Sprint announced that it will finally launch its 4G LTE network on July 15.
The 4G LTE network live metros will be Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City and San Antonio. Sprint has delayed the release of the 4G LTE-enabled Samsung Galaxy S III, again, however buyers may receive their orders in time in these markets. Other 4G LTE smartphones are the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and HTC EVO 4G LTE.
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The release date delay continues to hit carrier by carrier. First it was Sprint, that was slow to ship the Samsung Galaxy S III and now AT&T is warning that preorder shipments may not be delivered until Monday or later. Then there's a public relations fire that Samsung is trying to douse.
AT&T issued a statement “Manufacturer supply constraints of the 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy S III have caused a delay to expected preorder shipments. Customers who were previously quoted a delivery date of June 21st should now expect their device to arrive no later than Monday, June 25th."
Customers who now preorder the "next big thing" from AT&T reportedly are getting email notices that the expected ship date won't be until June 28.
After Sprint sold out of its preorders for the Samsung Galaxy S III last night, the company has officially delayed the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S3 in stores tomorrow, July 21. Online retailers ( Wirefly/LetsTalk) are accepting preorders and offering substantial discounts.
Sprint announced in its blog that Samsung informed the company that Samsung "will not be able to deliver enough inventory of Galaxy S III for Sprint to begin selling the device on June 21.”
Sprint began shipping preorders of the 16 GB Samsung Galaxy S III and expect they will be delivered tomorrow.
Sprint is working with Samsung to get inventory as soon as possible but has not stated a new release date.
The shortage of Samsung Galaxy S III smartphones to carriers is already beginning. Canada had to delay the launch, Sprint ended preorders and now there may be shortage for T-Mobile.
T-Mobile offers no preorders and will not release the phone to certain markets until June 27. T-Mobile is not subsidizing it as much as other carriers either (see all carrier release dates with prices).
The T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S III webpage states that it will be available on June 21, 2012. The major feature T-Mobile is highlighting is the ability to send content to Wi-Fi SmartTVs to share in more ways with more people.