It was just a bit over a week ago when we informed you that the Nokia Mural was heading to AT&T. The messaging device was supposed to attract the tweens with a personalized cover that had different color options that would light up when the handset was open, closed, getting a call, or if you had a notification on the device. With a $50 price tag, AT&T might have sold a ton of these to the texting crowd. But now, according to a tipster who informed BGR, the carrier has pulled the Mural from all sales channels and all shipments of the phone have stopped. It seems that a mistake at the factory has left the Mural unable to connect to AT&T's 3G network and instead, the handset will offer 2G connectivity. No one wants to pay for 3G and get 2G speed from AT&T (insert iPhone 3G joke here). The retail stores have been told to send the Mural back to the AT&T returns facility by September 25th in order to get a software update, which means that the prospects are good that we will see the Nokia Mural return to the carrier as fit as a fiddle and ready for some 3G action. The only thing up in the air is the return date when once again the device can ring the registers.
Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon. Beyond smartphones, Alan has covered the emergence of tablets, smartwatches, and smart speakers.
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