To make up for the lack of hardware intros at this year's I/O edition, Google announced that it will ride with the Galaxy S4 global release with a welcome twist. The tech giant will sell a Nexus-packaged GS4 via the Google Play Store on June 26.

Yet unlike the usual Nexus devices that Google has developed with LG and Asus, the GS4 model comes with a steep price - at $US649 for the 16GB configuration, packed with the GS4 hardwares but minus the Samsung bloatwares.

The Nexus-inspired GS4 is priciest Google gadget to date, which for many would be an immediate turn off. Google, however, is seemingly confident that there is a crowd out there who love to get hold of the Samsung flagship with the advantage of directly relishing the raw Google environment.

Here are the top three reasons why the stripped-down Galaxy S4 could potentially beat the original handset's appeal, especially among the Android gadget vanilla.

Vanilla Android spells magic

By this time, a great number of Android device users react positively to the terms vanilla Android and stock Android. To them, these words point to expanded possibilities within the Google platform. They will be power users while skipping at the same time the trouble of rooting a handset and flashing custom ROMs.

The notion of owning a top-notch hardware like the GS4 will surely attract many users who appreciate Samsung's smartphone concoction but not necessarily the firm's device skin on top of Android. GS4 on raw Android will address two things - the elimination of annoying bloatwares and the freeing up of priced disk space.

In the process, the latter will solve the pressing concern about the less usable space found on the 16GB GS4 variant.

Better and faster Google software support

Google is known to quickly resolve bugs identified in the Android world. Such efficiency, however, is unknown to many and they have the fragmented Android update process to blame.

This problem disappears the moment a buyer picks up the Jelly Bean 4.2-powered GS4 next month. Right out of the box, he or she is assured of getting the latest patch that corrects anomaly and stabilises the gadget behaviour. While the original GS4 waits for months to chew in new Android versions, the edition on direct Google supervision will surely absorb Jelly Bean 4.3 or Key Lime Pie without the delay the moment they are queued for dispatch.

Across the board LTE support = Stable and faster connectivity

Samsung saw it appropriate to selectively deploy LTE with the GS4, causing an uproar among Galaxy fans. The same is not true with the Nexus-centric Galaxy S4, which according to Google will be able to use the LTE networks of most carriers in the United States. It is not remote then that the same capability is extended to many more once the GS4 on vanilla Android hits international theatres.

By itself, Samsung's Galaxy S4 is a powerful piece of work and putting it in a pure Google environment only underscored its already brimming sex appeal. But Samsung and Google fans alike are hoping that the two titans would push the envelope and make the Nexus-inspired GS4's price more irresistible.