On May 16 2013 ,Hugo Barra of Google kind of surprised the world , he pulled a Samsung Galaxy S4 out his pocket on a stage where you only expect to see a Google Nexus device.not only did he hold one he hold one up and talk about it, but he revealed that the one he was holding was a special one ...
It wasn't running the typical Samsung's touch wiz skin over the top of Android with all it's animation and Samsung feel.. his Galaxy S4 was running a Google version of Android. It has a Nexus experience and Google's clean lines and blue hollow accents and everything. his S4 was really special he called it the Google Play Edition and ..BUt not only was he holding a google play edition Galaxy S4 and not only was it a project that came together in the last weekbut he also announced that it would go on sale later that month in the google play store...And it did..then HTC One Google Play Edition came..
But after that there was nothing ,there was silence month after month of silence about the whole the Play edition thing until the begining of December where we got two new Google PLay Edition phones so we now have a Tablet in there the LG Gpad 8.3 and the Xperia Z ultra ...so now we have LG and Sony on board with them came a 8.3inch display and a 6.4 inch display after all that time we know that Google is continuing work with OEM's (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and continuing all most Nexus like experience and the really fast updates...but the question is Why??Why does google keeps doing this and Why does OEMs continue working with Google..
Wouldn't these be seen as acompetition to the non-Google Play Editions of these phones..if i was Samsung and i was spending my millions on these dumb marketing and advertising for my new Galaxy S4, what sort of incentive would i ever have to work on a side project with Google to for an alternate edition of my phone to sell in a different store..
wouldn't that sort of compete with my original goal well the truth is Google Play Editions doesn't sell like at all it has very very low sale no's and as a proof of that how many i phones do you see in a day? and how many Galaxy S4 you see in a day? then how many Google Play Edition you see in a day..??
not much and Let me Say it ZERO ..
On top of that Google Play Editions get zero advertising you have not and likely never will see any ads for a Play Edition device by Google or any OEM ,so it has become clear that Google just doesn't care about the sales no' of the Play Edition devices ,they are not supposed to sell millions .
But these devices are perfect for app developer they come with the latest Android and get updated very quickly so you can develop with the latest that Google has to offer and they ship with unlock boot loader which to put simply is way more developer friendly ..FRAGMENTATION is a word that is thrown around a lot and in couple of cases in an\pp that's developed on and tested in one Android phone will literally not work another Android phone because of the difference in screen size or resolution or SOC or graphics or any combination or those thing so there is a difference...
So there is a chance a very small chance that when developer have more hardware options to develop on will make it easier for more hardware option . there is a chance that a developer with a Google Play Edition LG G pad8.3 will develop an app to work perfectly with that hardware the 8.3inch Display 1080p resolution and all it's other specs ,theory that would translate a tiny advantage for LG because there more apps in the app store only for The G pad8.3 but that's just a theory...
I love using a Google Play Edition i love the experience of a Nexus device or stock Android or you are a geek like me you should really get one for yourself..
That's all, tell me which device would you like to have as a Google Play Edition in the comments section down below..
Peace..
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