Is this the Samsung Galaxy S5 Google Play Edition?

posted by Florin T. / Jun 04, 2014, 9:45 AM

Is this the Samsung Galaxy S5 Google Play Edition?

Just like the Galaxy S4 from last year, Samsung’s new Galaxy S5 is expected to have a Google Play Edition. While Samsung and Google haven’t confirmed the handset’s existence yet, the S5 GPE seems to have been caught in the wild recently - and you can zoom in on the image on the left for a closer look at it.

This alleged Galaxy S5 Google Play Edition appears to be of the golden variety, but this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t expect to see the handset in other color versions (like black, white, or blue - the ones that we’re familiar with from the regular S5).

Specs-wise, the Samsung Galaxy S5 Google Play Edition is (probably) not different from the S5 that’s already available to buy around the world. The big difference is that the GPE variant will be sold unlocked (likely for more than $600), being devoid of Samsung’s TouchWiz, and offering a stock Android experience - like all the other Google Play Edition devices.

There is no word on when the Samsung Galaxy S5 Google Play Edition is supposed to be released, but we’ll be here to let you know when it happens.

source: TK Tech News

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18 Comments

1. Arte-8800

Posts: 4562; Member since: Mar 13, 2014

There's no diffrence to the S5.

posted on Jun 04, 2014, 10:01 AM 0

2. PowTheBowl

Posts: 86; Member since: Apr 19, 2012

Google logo looks too small for a boot animation tbh

posted on Jun 04, 2014, 10:03 AM 4

3. fzacek

Posts: 2486; Member since: Jan 26, 2014

This phone is going to be sweet. Stock Android FTW!

posted on Jun 04, 2014, 10:06 AM 0

5. Arte-8800

But it has no feautres It's like driving a BMW 7series with 3series specs

posted on Jun 04, 2014, 10:19 AM 5

7. fzacek

Like what exactly? I'm happy with the little amount of non-gimmicky features on my Nexus 5...

posted on Jun 04, 2014, 10:31 AM 1

8. Arte-8800

That's cool, just pointing out the indifferences.

posted on Jun 04, 2014, 10:51 AM 0

11. chocowii

Posts: 478; Member since: Jan 30, 2014

+1 for that. Thats what Nexus and GPE is all about. Plain vanilla experience. Wait, is there a fingerprint scanner and pulse monitor still attached to it?

posted on Jun 04, 2014, 11:00 AM 0

12. fzacek

Those will still work. Google implemented the Duo Camera on the HTC One M8 into the Google Play Edition, so they can do that with the S5's features too. No problem...