http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/htc-one-google.jpgSpeaking to Walt Mossberg at D11 this morning, Google’s Sundar Pichai offered glorious news for anyone who loves the HTC One but craves an untouched Android experience: he confirmed that there is indeed a stock Android 4.2.2 version of the flagship device One coming, and it will be fully unlocked for T-Mobile and AT&T at the solid price of $599. It’ll go on sale in the Google Play Store on June 26th, the same date as its $649 counterpart, the Samsung Galaxy S 4 stock edition. The new version of the device – which will be sold in the US initially – will come SIM-unlocked, with an unlocked bootloader and 32GB storage. In terms of radios, it will offer quadband LTE (700/850/AWS/1900), triband HSPA+ (850/1900/2100) and the usual quadband GSM / EDGE. There is some give and take involved with such a device, of course; since it’s pure stock, any Sense 5 features that you may actually love (BlinkFeed, Zoe and so on) probably won’t be included. Still, we’re quite excited to see companies like HTC and Samsung embrace the “Nexus experience,” and we’re hoping this is just the beginning of a new trend.
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