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Just bought Galaxy S5 today (no contract) - when is the Dev Edition coming?

I really wanted to buy a Nexus S5, which does have the Verizon bands, but is "not allowed" on the Verizon network.

So, I settled for the Samsung S5, which is great so far. I bought it outright - for $600. But I'm a developer and I like to mod my phone and flash various OS's on it. So I'm frustrated to find out that the bootloader is locked and that if I do load a custom bootloader, I may void the warranty.

When is the Dev Edition of this device coming? I see news articles that vaguely say "soon". Does anyone know for sure? Can you provide me with a general idea?

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greengrass95

Here is what I saw on gottabemobile.com

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/04/11/galaxy-s5-developer-edition-heads-to-verizon-google-play-edition-mia/

japetty

The only issue I have with that is I don't read anything really about a 32gb or 64 gb version which I would think as a Developer Edition they would have and not the tiny 16 gb, but the Samsung page on it has 16 gb only when I looked. It will have an unlocked boot loader. Samsung is still saying coming soon (No Date)

dcunit3d

Yeh, for the dev edition, 16GB may be a little low if you want to swap out multiple OS images. I'd be fine with 16GB though.

I'm sure the bootloader will be cracked eventually, but this voids the warranty apparently. womp womp.

Hopefully it's sooner than later. Kind of irritated about this really. Irritated about lacking the choice of buying a Nexus 5**, which can't be used on Verizon's network, even though the phone has all the bands it needs. And irritated about lacking the lacking the freedom to put whatever software I want on my phone.

** Nexus 5 is the phone i referred to to in my original post. This is the phone I preferred to buy, but could not use on Verizon's network according to the internet.

greengrass95

I called Google today and asked the rep, he said, no it cannot be used on Verizon. I was thinking of buying it as well. Too bad, that is a nice phone for $349.00, and no contract.

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