The Google Edition Htc One and Galaxy S4 are now available from the Google Play Store. There are the stock version of the original S4 and One. These phone don't run the skins from their Oem's but google's own stock android. But still there are some customization in the software, lets find out what these customization's are in our review.
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| Htc One and Galaxy S4 Google Edition |
The Google Edition Htc One and Galaxy S4 run Android 4.2.2 out of the box. No skins but pure android. The phones look very pretty with the stock software on them. In terms of performance these phones are just like bullets, there is no studder and no lag in the entire software. These phones handle almost everything you throw at them.
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Htc One and Galaxy S4 Google Edition
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The software though has some minor tweaks thus making it a little bit different from the stock android found on any nexus device. The beats audio functionality is still available in the Google Edition Htc One. The rest of the software is almost same. Having these Google Edition phones though sometimes feel a little empty on the feature side as you lose the software tweaks present on the non-Google Edition phones such the air gestures on the Galaxy S4 and the blink feed on the Htc One. Still these phones are good and sacrificing the software tweaks is worth.
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| Galaxy S4 Google Edition |
In terms of Camera these phones lose a lot of functionality specially in the case of Galaxy S4. These phones loose all the software tweaks for the camera such as the drama shot, dual shot, sound shot and other different modes on the Galaxy S4 whereas the Zoe feature on the Htc One. The phones still with stock Camera experience take some good looking and high quality pictures. Even in the stock Camera experience you will find some tweaks that are completely different from the Camera interface on a nexus device.
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| Htc One google Edition |
At the end i would like to say that these phone are amazingly good in terms of performance and any other field. Yes you will lose some software tweaks but these phones will fill those gaps by hook or crook. The point where the whole story changes is the price point, these google editions are so highly priced that most people who are willing to buy these phones might ignore them and go for something else or buy their respective OEM edition phones. But still is any one of you have decided to buy one of these phones then don't wait because these phone will not disappoint you.
