We have all been impatiently watching the Play Store every day or so to see what is going to happen to the Google Play Edition devices that have been out of stock since June 20th. Seems Google is cleaning house on the Play Store device page and has removed the listing for most of them, but curiously enough left the Samsung Galaxy S4.
There have been a few leaks and tips that a Samsung galaxy S5 GPE device is on the way, so it would make sense that the Galaxy S4 variant hasn’t totally been removed yet. However, we wonder if GPE variants could be falling off by the wayside entirely. They were never really meant to be HUGE sellers. More so options for consumers who wanted the flagship device look and feel but with a straight Google experience. I personally wouldn’t lose any sleep if they did move away entirely. I would  like to see the manufacturers offer up the ability to have the stock Google OS or their bloated OS somehow. The first manufacturer/carrier to bring that to consumers will do pretty well I think.
If you have been hesitant to grab a GPE device, you might want to consider pulling the trigger sooner rather than later. Who knows, they might disappear entirely.
Via AndroidPolice
