Late Friday Conspiracy Theory -
So. Google specs the phone, but VZW is able to spec supply commensurate with their network/needs (obvious per radios).
And suddenly it hits VZW execs what they have been seeing in popular news reports and what it correlates to - the same excitement they saw when the iPhone came out.
Concerned about prior commitments to Apple for the iP4s, they delay the phone looking for loopholes until they discover that they can restrict sale of the 32 GB model and reset pricing in order to prevent square-deal 1-to-1 comparisons between the Galaxasaurus Nex and the iP4s.