Samsung’s Galaxy S8 is a stellar achievement in design — assuming there are no unforeseen disasters to come. You can read all about the phone’s fantastic hardware in both Dan’s review and Vlad’s piece on the S8 Plus somehow being usable in a single hand.

But the S8’s hardware stands out in another special way, and it’s something that Android smartphone shoppers in the US rarely see: there’s no carrier branding on the device on any of the big four networks. The front of the S8 is free of any logos. It’s all screen. But the phone’s tall form left plenty of room on the back for a Verizon or AT&T stamp. T-Mobile and Sprint have largely stopped putting their mark on flagship phone hardware, but the biggest two carriers haven’t shown the…

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