RadioShack is going back to basics, but it won’t be taking thousands of Defense Mobile cellphones with it, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The electronics retailer is looking to unload more than 17,000 Defense Mobile prepaid cellphones to Quality One Wireless for about $1.8 million, according to court papers. Defense Mobile, led by Virgin Mobile USA cofounder Peter Lurie, sells inexpensive cellphones for active duty military service members, their families and veterans on Sprint’s network. At the time of its bankruptcy, RadioShack was the exclusive national retailer for Defense Mobile. “These handsets are a new product offering, and the debtors have not had success selling the handsets in a large volume,” RadioShack lawyers said.
