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hello everybody it's Lynn law from cnet and today I have with me the samsung galaxy s4 Google Play edition by now you should be pretty well acquainted with the device given that it's been available from carriers for a couple of months now however Google's unlock variant just hit stores and you might be wondering what the difference is for the most part not much physically you won't see a carrier logo or the words galaxy s4 on the back in addition hardware specs are all the same this includes the same beautiful 5-inch 1080p touchscreen the same 2.6 amperior battery and the same quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor previously seen in the US model so what exactly has changed them well for one thing you won't get Samsung's TouchWiz UI rather this G is for runs the skinless for point-to-point to jellybean OS which I frankly find more elegant and user-friendly you also won't get the usual slew of carrier and Samsung branded bloatware just your usual lineup of google apps like chrome Gmail and maps this does make a difference in terms of the amount of available space you get out of the box true the gs4 does have expandable memory upto 64 gigs and you could always uninstall some of the apps that come pre-loaded but with the 16 gig model at least starting out you'll get 12 gigs of storage with Google's s4 compared to about nine gigs from carrier editions unfortunately with Samsung's branding stripped away so goes a lot of cool software features that some users might find really useful for instance you won't get those neat I control functions that automatically pause videos or keeps the display lit by sensing your eye movements earlier versions of the Jewess will also let you use the touchscreen with gloves on and it could simultaneously display more than one app on the screen at a time these features and many other photo features for the 13 megapixel camera won't be natively available on the handset the 4G LTE device is optimized for GSM networks like AT&T and t-mobile and while it's not a nexus branded device google has confirmed that there s4 will receive updates as quickly as any other google edition handset now the smartphone does come at a pretty penny however and while it's 649 dollar price tag isn't uncommon or even unusual for a top-tier unlock phone in the u.s. it is still a steep price compared to s fours under contract ultimately if you're a die-hard and Jordan thusi 'used or someone who wants total freedom from a carrier or someone who can simply afford it you won't be disappointed with the device for everyone else however it may be more economical to get the gs4 with the carrier again I'm Lynn and you've been checking out the samsung galaxy s4 Google Play edition