> Just read John Gruber's gleeful posts deriding the (admittedly astonishing) lack of high-speed data on the Nexus 4.
Lack of high-speed data? HSPA+ 42Mbps isn't "high speed"?
Yes, LTE may be "the future", but right now, there are few places you are going to get better speeds over LTE than HSPA+. And there's enough headroom in HSPA+ for the next couple of years; it can go up to a theoretical maximum of 168 Mbps. LTE definitely has more headroom, but given that people tend to upgrade phones every 2 years or so, I'd say that HSPA+ has plenty for the lifespan of the Nexus 4.
I think that selling an unlocked, unsubsidized, $300 phone with only HSPA+ is a much better strategic move for Google than a locked, subsidized phone on Verizon that does LTE.
Lack of high-speed data? HSPA+ 42Mbps isn't "high speed"?
Yes, LTE may be "the future", but right now, there are few places you are going to get better speeds over LTE than HSPA+. And there's enough headroom in HSPA+ for the next couple of years; it can go up to a theoretical maximum of 168 Mbps. LTE definitely has more headroom, but given that people tend to upgrade phones every 2 years or so, I'd say that HSPA+ has plenty for the lifespan of the Nexus 4.
I think that selling an unlocked, unsubsidized, $300 phone with only HSPA+ is a much better strategic move for Google than a locked, subsidized phone on Verizon that does LTE.