Google to start selling the Galaxy S4 running stock Android

15 May, 2013
Instead of a new Nexus device, Google has announced a stock Android edition of the Galaxy S4.

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  • Anonymous
  • jCQ
  • 15 May 2013

... Not to mention how much this is gonna boost Samsung profits.

There will be many Sammy executives clinking champagne glasses tonight.

Meanwhile in Cupertino... LOL

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    • AnonD-50353
    • v0I
    • 15 May 2013

    i like it... i only want the S4's hardware and don't care about the software (touchwiz). now that there will be stock android in, imma get this soon. hope the price will be cut lower too.

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      • loreni
      • 0TF
      • 15 May 2013

      This sucks . A major disappointmen by google. The better be bring in a nexus 5 soon

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        • Anonymous
        • gIV
        • 15 May 2013

        650$ just because it's from samsung factories

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          • Anonymous
          • 0K$
          • 15 May 2013

          No interest. Too expensive. Waiting for the next nexus

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            • AnonD-73765
            • vwu
            • 15 May 2013

            AnonD-6855, 15 May 2013Bad idea Well other things in the above advert seem ok given d trend of things, except for the 16GB. This is 2013 for God's sake! How can ANY company still proudly advertise 16GB internal memory as a flagship feature?? We ought to have had 128GB phones by now! There's been no real progress in the mobile world 4 several years now! Oh wait, there's ac2ly been a lot of "progress" - we're gettng "phones" d size of mini laptops alrdy n they keep gettn better n better (bigger n bigger)! ROFLMAO! Hey Google n Gang, u guys r seriously starting 2 bore! And Google what wonderful 1 button headphones Android still has, it'd make my good old feature phones proud! Lol!

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              • Anonymous
              • jCQ
              • 15 May 2013

              That's better. The Nexus 4 was hopeless.

              It's much more expensive though. A decent spec'd Nexus mini with a sub $200 price tag would be a great compliment to this.

              Nexus 3, 4, 5, 7 and 10 would be a cool Google line up.

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                • AnonD-6855
                • bCd
                • 15 May 2013

                Bad idea

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                  • mahmood
                  • pTF
                  • 15 May 2013

                  Can I change my touchwiz version into android stock version ?

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                    • SGS4 User
                    • Rt%
                    • 15 May 2013

                    Isn't what TouchWiz makes the S4 the S4? lose all of the motion features..................

                      A crappy OS with an even more crappy phone.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 3Je
                        • 15 May 2013

                        Anonymous, 15 May 2013DAYUUUMMM!!!! Now I'm confused whether to get this or the G... moreget the cheaper one, you could always flash samsung rom or stock android rom (soon)

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                          • discbrake
                          • jKr
                          • 15 May 2013

                          GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
                          HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
                          LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100

                          ^^^I hope the radio frequencies are exactly like this! T-Mobile and AT&T - friendly out of the box!

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                            • Galaxy Nexus
                            • kLX
                            • 15 May 2013

                            YES FINALLY!! Coming from the Nexus S to a Galaxy Nexus im ecstatic to see another Samsung with official Vanilla Android!! WOOT!!!

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                              • discbrake
                              • jKr
                              • 15 May 2013

                              AnonD-49204, 15 May 2013Bloatware and gimmicks gone! Now this will be a interest... moreI'm positive this will be a Qualcomm Snapdragon. I am excited for this. I mean STOCK ANDROID! How can you beat that?! Radio frequencies will be like Sony Xperia ZL C6506 (2G/3G HSPA+/4G LTE). Amazing!

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                                • Anonymous
                                • TfX
                                • 15 May 2013

                                DAYUUUMMM!!!! Now I'm confused whether to get this or the Galaxy S4 with TouchWiz!!! Nice move Google and Samsung!!!

                                  There you go. Samsung is all for their TW thingy, it looks stupid and ugly to kids, but it's the most efficient framework so far, better than Sense 5.
                                  Now there went Google, the stupidest decision they have ever made. Really stock Android? Nonsense.
                                  Just wait a quarter, and see how many S4 sells, with TW and without it. After all whatever whoever might say, it's ultimately the number that matters.

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                                    • AnonD-19153
                                    • arf
                                    • 15 May 2013

                                    Why they didn't call it "Galaxy Nexus 5"?

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                                      • AnonD-52738
                                      • ibp
                                      • 15 May 2013

                                      This is a mistake decision by Google.

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                                        • AnonF-85937
                                        • fjI
                                        • 15 May 2013

                                        The best smartphone to date just became a new Nexus, brilliant stuff by Samsung and Google. R.I.P Xperia Z, Htc One, LG Optimus G Pro and every other 2013 flagship that tries to challenge this beast. :)