Sprint launches more prepaid options, including smartphones with no data plans

Prepaid has been very good for Sprint, so good that it runs multiple no-contract services from Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile brands as well as the Sprint As You Go plans launched in 2013.

Apparently you can’t have too much of a good thing because Sprint is launching yet another prepaid offering, this one with the rather unimaginative name Sprint Prepaid. Instead of going after the youth segment the way Boost and Virgin do, Sprint Prepaid will replace As You Go and is targeting the same type of subscriber who would sign on with its main brand, just without the long-term commitment.

At launch, Sprint is offering the Spark-enabled Samsung Galaxy 4 Mini, the Galaxy S3, the Moto G and the iPhone 4S . But the carrier has included an interesting twist in its service plans: You can buy a smartphone with no cellular data connection.