Google sells smartphones HTC One with pure Android - Golem.de

Google will sell at the end of June 2013, a special version of the HTC smartphone in One Play. The Google Edition runs with pure Android, so that buyers do without the improvements built by HTC.

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For weeks there have been a rumor, now it’s official: Google will also offer a special version of HTC one with pure Android. This month Samsung Galaxy S4 Google was presented with stock Android. Google has not announced any unique names for these special models. Besides the addition of “Google Edition” or “Vanilla” has the word “Nexus user experience” was established.

Google’s version of the HTC One (Image: Google)

Google’s version of the One will run with stock Android, and any future software updates to be distributed directly from Google, as it is usual for the Nexus models. Thus, users will get the Android update much earlier than the normal one buyer in the HTC version. Because on the base-One runs HTC’s Sense user interface specific, and usually it takes a few months to get to other Android devices after the Nexus models an Android update. For example, many devices are currently using only Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean and not the current version 4.2.

Play store selling the one with stock Android is on 26 Starting in June 2013, where it will then be had for $ 600 in the 32-gigabyte version. For now, it has been announced for the U.S. only if it will be available later in Germany, is not known. A version with 64 GB is not planned, which may be a problem with heavy use, because that one has no slot for memory cards. It is delivered simultaneously with the current Android version, so with Android 4.2.2 aka Jelly Bean.

special features of the absent one of Google’s version

By not using Sense buyers get the Google version of the One but less features than the normal model. For all special camera functions are missing then. IR transmitter included in the device are disabled in the Google version. Only the hardware for Beats Audio is available in order to achieve better sound quality. But it is still unclear how this can be used by apps.

Nexus line is continued

new Android chief Sundar Pichai insured on the D11-All Things Digital conference that despite the special versions of the Nexus One and Galaxy S4 product line will continue. Accordingly, it will continue to provide new Nexus models by Google, which will then always supplied with stock Android.

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