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Virgin Mobile will no longer sell Android phones in favor of the iPhone [Update]
June 30, 2025
Update – July 14: A Virgin Mobile PR rep sent over a statement to Android Authority, stating that the carrier will still support their current Android smartphone owners until mid-2018, including offering those customers updates to their devices. In addition, while Virgin Mobile is still only selling iPhones in its own stores and on its site to new customers, the carrier will continue to sell new Android devices via other retail outlets, such as Walmart, Best Buy and Target, until the end of 2017.
Original Story – June 21: One of the biggest no-contract wireless carriers in the US is making a very surprising change, and it’s not good news for Android fans.Virgin Mobile USA, owned bySprint, has revealed that as of June 27, it will only sell Apple’s iPhone devices. Yes, that means it will no longer sell any Android phones at all.
So why is Virgin Mobile completely getting rid of Android phones? In a chat withAd Age, Angela Rittgers, the chief marketing officer at Virgin Mobile, said this change is because the carrier wants to “disrupt” the mobile phone industry and make choosing a carrier more “fun and exciting”.
This is certainly a risky move by Virgin Mobile. There are a bunch ofunlocked Android phoneson the market that that are cheaper to buy than the iPhone, and they also can offer features like more memory and larger displays. We will have to wait and see if this 180-degree shift will be a success.
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