In last week the big news in tech world was Google I/O. Lots of people were expecting a new version of android there as well as next generation Nexus 7. But it was about new APIs, Desktop voice search, Google maps and many other developer tools.
Out of all those my favorite was Samsung Galaxy S IV with pure android. This is kind of an unexpected and a weird move for Google as well as Samsung. This is something worth discussing about. Let’s go!
Pros and Cons of Nexus Experience Galaxy S IV
When Samsung release Galaxy S IV it was a loaded with lots of software gimmicks beyond Android. Practically they have modified the Android OS to a level you can’t call it Android anymore. Samsung spent hours and hours to demonstrate different applications that comes pre installed with Galaxy S IV. It comes with lightning fast processor, GPU, RAM and all the hardware goodness you can imagine of.
The Nexus 4 has previous generation Snapdragon S4 pro platform and 720p display. But it has the latest software pushed directly from Google. Due to this it could perform even faster than devices with latest hardware.
Nexus experience Galaxy S IV is combining the power of latest pure Android as well as stronger hardware platform. Good news is, it will get the Android updates parallel to other Nexus devices. You can call this the “Super Nexus”, the most powerful Nexus device available.
If you take a look in to the dark side, you will miss all the Samsung software goodness such as dual shot camera, drama shot, Knox framework and many more. Actually the advantage of S IV over S III is this software goodness. Without that might be only a stronger muscle. After all it’s not a true Nexus experience. Still it has physical capacitive buttons, not on screen buttons.
Finally
As I mentioned before, this is kinda weird move. I agree to the fact that this will be THE most powerful Nexus experience device with latest hardware and timely updated OS.
When you think about Samsung’s point of view, they don’t really have any market advantage, since it will be sold directly through Google Play. And it won’t be loaded with Samsung software as they demonstrated in launch.
In Google point of view, yes they have a Nexus device with stronger hardware with timely update enabled pure Android. I have a question however, is this the end of official Nexus line? Or is this only filling the time gap till next Nexus comes?
You can join the discussion in the comment section below and tell me how you feel about this. What would you prefer, Nexus S IV or original S IV?
Tags: #Android #Nexus #Samsung