and it was not a great user experience. Since 2008 Verizon has offered their open development initiative that enables other companies to have devices on Verizon's networks including LTE, but they are required to follow Verizon's specs and certification process to do so, but the Verizon program would stop Google from delivering updates in a timely manner, as firmware is required to be tested and certified by Verizon beforehand. As for GSM HSPA carriers the problem isn't access but rather economic, with T-Mobile, AT&T and international carriers all allowing unlocked handsets on their networks, with AT&T stating they will allow unlocked devices to access their LTE network, but wont give any guarantee that everything will work or that the carrier would give technical support. So basically the quantity of customers Google could reach with an unlocked Google Nexus 4 is somewhat on the small side, which would reduce an already small market to almost nothing, and although Google is getting serious on selling hardware, they don't really want to compromise with carriers, which is basically the only way to deliver a device with LTE. Rubin says that tactically they wish to ensure their handsets are available for every network on the globe, which means for now anyway the Google Nexus 4 will be an unlocked device for HSAP+ networks. So there you have it, if you do purchase the Nexus 4 you obviously wont be able to play nice on an LTE network, could the lack of LTE connectivity be