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One possible scenario about HTC is mirrored by Microsoft, HP and Alcatel.
All of the latest Windows phones are designed for GSM carriers only. None of them were submitted for CDMA certification. As such, none can be used on Verizon Wireless, Sprint and US Cellular.
Microsoft, HP and Alcatel, in a nutshell, have determined that it is not financially feasible to go the CDMA route, thus, the Lumia 735 is the only Windows phone left for Verizon Wireless customers to purchase. At some point the 735 will disappear as Microsoft has ended Lumia production.
Now Verizon Wireless will be capping the existing CDMA network once the next generation network is implemented in 2018 or 2019.
The upshot is that HTC may be stepping back from Verizon Wireless until the new network is in service.
