Samsung galaxy s4 nexus (Google edition) 10 things you need to know

Are you confused between Samsung galaxy S4 and S4 Google edition? This article will give 10 things you need to know about Samsung galaxy S4 nexus: S4 Google edition.

1. Same hardware:-

Samsung galaxy S4 Google edition has the same hardware as of the Samsung galaxy S4 as shown in below.It  have stock android powered by Google instead of Samsung customized Samsung Android.

2. Completely Unlocked:-

As announced by Google Samsung galaxy S4 nexus: S4 Google edition will be unlocked. This is good news for those who are stuck with 2 year contract and want to buy a S4.

3. OS Updates:-

No waiting for the android OS updates. Google announced that Samsung galaxy S4 nexus receives the android OS updates same as the other Nexus devices. And as we know Google provide the OS update much faster than anyone else because they create it.

4. Bye Bye S4 Feature:-

Samsung galaxy S4 Nexus has Google OS. It doesn’t have normal S4 features like:-
- Air View: Show useful information when a user hovers his finger over the screen.
- Air Gesture: Allow user to control like for answering a call & scrolling through music with their Smartphone hand gestures.
- Smart Stay: Turn on the display when a user looks at the phone.
- Smart Pause: Pauses video when the user looks away from the display.
- Smart Scroll: Scrolls up or down when you tilt the phone.
- S Voice: Samsung-branded voice-activated assistant
- S Voice Drive: car mode option
- S Health: calorie and overall health tracker
- S Translator: language translator.
- Story Mode: Organizes photos from your gallery into albums, which you can then send off to print as hard copies.

5. Nexus Feature:-

You are definitely loosing Samsung galaxy S4 feature but how many of those are useful. You can easily get the alternative app for the useful one. But the feature provided in nexus devices is much more useful for the user like simple GUI, better speed and faster updates. As we can see in the upcoming update of android key lime pie the user interface is much more interactive than any other interface.

6. Samsung galaxy S4 nexus is Fast:-

People love Samsung customize android OS because of its features shown above. But you can’t deny the fact stock android provided by Google is faster. Samsung customization made to the OS slow. Samsung galaxy S4 nexus has Google stock android so it works much faster than normal S4.

7. Camera Feature:-

Samsung galaxy S4 Nexus you get normal, panorama and photosphere mode. But it doesn’t have some cool camera feature like Sound and Shot, Dual Shot and Drama Shot.

8. More Internal Memory:-

Samsung shows that S4 has 16GB of internal memory. But what the user has experience is 9.10GB for sprint and 9.09GB for Verizon. In Samsung Galaxy S4 google edition it gives 12.65GB of glorious space that you can fill with your stuff. And more internal memory is always preferred in Android Phones.

9. External Memory:-

Other then HTC nexus one all the nexus devices don’t have an external memory card slot. Now we have nexus devices with Micro SD card Slot. You can use up to 64 GB of memory card in it.

10. Availability and Price

Unlike the other nexus devices Samsung galaxy S4 nexus will run on both T-Mobile and AT&T’s LTE networks. Samsung galaxy S4 nexus come with a price tag of $649. Google announced it on June 26th and will available on Google play in July.

Source : http://the10things.com/