BlackBerry Z10 not coming to Sprint, company focused only on BlackBerry Q10

Sprint was the only carrier at the BlackBerry Z10 launch event not to announce that it would offer the BlackBerry Z10 on its network, and the third-place U.S. carrier has since confirmed that it will not sell the flagship BlackBerry 10 smartphone. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon all expressed intentions to sell the BlackBerry Z10, but Sprint mentioned only the BlackBerry Q10, the more traditional BlackBerry smartphone model that has a portrait QWERTY keyboard. Some hoped that Sprint might simply be biding time or waiting to finalize plans, but those hoping to see a Sprint BlackBerry Z10 can cease hoping.

Bloomberg reports that Sprint will be the only major carrier in the U.S. not to offer the BlackBerry Z10. Sprint executive Mark J Elliot confirmed that the carrier is instead focusing on the BlackBerry Q10 expected to launch weeks after the Z10 goes on sale. That means Sprint will not offer a BlackBerry 10 smartphone until April at the earliest, but it's possible that the wait could be extended several weeks.