Was I the only one that laughed at the idea of Verizon having higher standards? Their coverage is top notch above anyone else but any higher standard comes to a dead stop right there. Can we flash back all the way to the Thunderbolt? Maybe that's too far. Shall we go with the last time they had a shot at having a Nexus on their network and dragged their feet with it then too and still the phone had issues? Those are two examples of how many others that I am sure people can come up with so there go the "higher standards". Verizon drags their feet with the Nexus line in particular as they know the owners will do exactly what they don't want them to do, root and completely remove their bloat. Now, someone could even come back with the argument that they try to keep customers from rooting to protect them then too, but only a corporate shill would even dare. In the end, it has nothing to with standards or good business practices and everything to do with control.