Withdrawal from an online store Play smartphone HTC One M8 indicates that Google decided to finally end its program for the sale of equipment in special versions of Google Play Edition. Their updates come directly from the corporation, and users were given into the hands of the pure Android. Time to sum up the whole idea, and think about what to do next.
Not all of the readers need to know what’s going on, so hurry with the explanation – as part of its Google Play store sells not only apps, music and videos but also smartphones and tablets with the Nexus series. Unfortunately, the ability to make such purchases are not yet available in our country and do not know when this state is changed. In 2013, during the conference Google I / O bit unexpectedly presented the first device in the series Play Edition – it was a very popular Samsung Galaxy S4, which benefited from significantly modified from the original software.
The biggest advantage of this type of equipment was to be a pure Android directly from Google. Without sluggish overlays such as TouchWiz, and for that the essence of the services offered by the corporation. This carries some undeniable advantages: first, the whole works much faster, because it is subject to numerous applications, producer, and secondly, it provides access to all relevant Google services, and, thirdly, updates flow straight from the creators of Android, so it is not have to wait until the manufacturer chooses (or not, which is more common) to update their equipment.
Devices with Google Play Edition series have unlocked bootloaders, moreover, seemed to be so excellent opportunity for developers who are thus able to read the full benefits and modify the system to their own needs. Over time in the shop appeared Play more devices in this series: smartphones HTC One M7 and M8, Sony Z Ultra, and also a very popular Motorola Moto G. At the end of December 2013, even visited him in the form of a tablet LG G Pad 8.3. Was it so the best choice for which you can not decide?
Unfortunately, no. These products kill Price: said Galaxy S4 GPE at launch cost $ 649, and it’s much more than interested came to pay for eg. Nexus. Other devices were a bit cheaper (not to mention expensive M8 record – $ 699), but the price was still high enough that deterred customers. Famous for only Motorola. Last year, planned to release a version of the Samsung Galaxy S5, but the Prime Minister did not come to fruition. In recent days were withdrawn and the last device and now you can not buy anything from the series Play Edition. Why? Because the device is completely lost their raison d’être. Now, in principle, anyone interested can turn your device on something similar, all thanks to the applications that Google has placed in the store.
In recent months, Google has been made available keyboard used in pure Android launcher, application for email electronic and even Messenger is a simple program dealing with SMS in the new Android. You can see that in this way the company is trying to fight the fragmentation of its platform, but of course a lot of it can still be criticized, the more it distances itself from issues older than Android 4.4 KitKat. On the one hand, we can say goodbye to Play Edition, on the other hand, nothing prevents to replace our equipment in something – a popular modifications such as CyanogenMod only help.
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