Futhermore, the Nexus 5 is rumored to be coming out on Sprint (though definitely not Verizon).
The reason Verizon is getting passed up for two Nexus devices in a row (and probably will continue to be passed over indefinitely) is not because they are a CDMA carrier, but because of they way they mishandled the Galaxy Nexus.
In essence, Verizon doesn't want to allow phones on their network without Verizon controlling them, installing bloatware on them, etc. Verizon insisted on handling the updates for the Galaxy Nexus, and these were a joke; the Verizon GN is still not up-to-date with the most recent version of Android, last I heard[0].
And because they're a CDMA carrier, they can easily prevent phones from being used on their network.
[0] I have one, but I use Cyanogenmod so I can get timely updates.
Futhermore, the Nexus 5 is rumored to be coming out on Sprint (though definitely not Verizon).
The reason Verizon is getting passed up for two Nexus devices in a row (and probably will continue to be passed over indefinitely) is not because they are a CDMA carrier, but because of they way they mishandled the Galaxy Nexus.
In essence, Verizon doesn't want to allow phones on their network without Verizon controlling them, installing bloatware on them, etc. Verizon insisted on handling the updates for the Galaxy Nexus, and these were a joke; the Verizon GN is still not up-to-date with the most recent version of Android, last I heard[0].
And because they're a CDMA carrier, they can easily prevent phones from being used on their network.
[0] I have one, but I use Cyanogenmod so I can get timely updates.