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Verizon will very soon impose a strict rule, requiring all smartphones on its network to be 4G LTE compatible, CNET reports. 

If it didn't immediately strike you, Verizon's phone lineup includes the iPhone as well, which has led to speculations that Apple's next iPhone will support 4G LTE networks.

CNET reports:

From now on, nearly every smartphone, wireless hot spot, tablet, and Netbook that Verizon offers will come with LTE guns a-blazing. Yes, Virginia, that includes Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices, too.

There will be the occasional exception, however. For instance, phones on Verizon's push-to-talk network are 3G-only for now, and will remain that way until further notice.

Verizon's clear, unyielding stance on 4G--"a hard requirement," according to Verizon--may partially explain why it has picked up only one Windows Phone so far.

Of course this doesn't ensure that the next iPhone is going to be LTE compatible. If Apple still feels that 4G LTE severely degrades battery life, they would ship the device sans 4G. We all know that Apple doesn't give in to demands like these made by carriers. John Gruber sums it up perfectly:

Negotiations with the carriers:

Android handset makers: Here are our phones. How would you like us to change them so that you will sell them?

Microsoft: Here’s $200 million. Please sell our phones.

Apple: Here is our new phone. It comes in black or white. We will let you sell it.

[via CNET]

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