Cellphones, Providers, and Plans → No Nexus 5 from Google...

Though they'll be selling GS4 in pure Android form on June 26 for $649.

»news.yahoo.com/event/goo ··· -stream/

This is awesome, but way too expensive. Needs carrier subsidy.

unit will come unlocked...incl. the bootloader for geeks...

»www.geek.com/android/sam ··· 1555174/

»gizmodo.com/whoa-googles ··· cialflow

That's more than double the price of the unlocked Nexus 4. Wow.

IMO they need to do away with subsidies.

Never gonna happen.

well...kinda agree...

there's always a market for people who don't want to pay full price and get a subsidized unit with a 2 year contract...

they're more of the not seeing the whole picture cost thing...

unlike the month to month OR prepaid, BOYD crowd where they can see the real value of plans...