I would bet money it has to do with business decisions that relate to carrier demands to support Android. People forget that Android is not in the same position as iOS to impose its will on carriers. Rather, the power dynamics are rather significantly the opposite, Android has to do far more negotiation and accommodating to assuage carriers.
Unfortunately, with the waning and sobering infatuation with iPhones and iOS, I have a sense that iOS will start and maybe even has made concessions that it otherwise would not be willing to. We have to realize that as long as network carriers are not what they should be, dumb pipes for data who make their money simply on competitive network performance, we are all subject to a protection racket type dynamic.
Unfortunately, with the waning and sobering infatuation with iPhones and iOS, I have a sense that iOS will start and maybe even has made concessions that it otherwise would not be willing to. We have to realize that as long as network carriers are not what they should be, dumb pipes for data who make their money simply on competitive network performance, we are all subject to a protection racket type dynamic.