Many smartphone makers choose to put custom
UI skins on Android.
It will now be leapt on by manufacturers, who will apply their own
UI skins on top of the existing interface, as well as remove and tinker with features.
Talking of the software, the FonePad 7 runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system with Asus's own
UI skin on the top.
The dual - SIM ZTE Nubia X6 comes with company's latest Nubia
UI skinned on top of the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean).
Running Android 5.1 Lollipop with a light - version of thecompany's Vibe
UI skin on top, the dual - SIM dual - 4G Lenovo K4 Note bears a 5.5 - inch full - HD (1080x1920 pixels) IPS display with a pixel density of 401ppi, and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
The Xperia XZ2 ships with Android Oreo with Sony's Xperia
UI skin on top.
Honor is shipping the Honor 8 Pro with latest Android 7.0 Nougat and company's new & improved EMUI 5.1 custom
UI skinned on top.
The phone runs on Android Lollipop 5.1 with Lenovo's own Vibe
UI skin on top of it.
The new Pegasus 2 Plus also comes backed with a 3,030 mAh battery and runs the latest Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with the latest Zun
UI skinned on top.
The software side of the things you get the Emotion
UI skin on top of the Android Marshmallow 6.0.
The handset will be running under Android 7.0 Nougat with a MiFlavor
UI skin on top.
The phones are also preinstalled with the latest Android Nougat OS along with Amigo 4.0
UI skin on top.
The A59 comes with the outdated version of Android, i.e., 5.1 Lollipop, but it is enhanced by the company's ColorOS 3.1
UI skin on top of it.
It runs the somewhat new Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS with Samsung TouchWiz
UI skin on top of it.
The device runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box with the LG UX 5.0
UI skin on top.
Not exact matches
The Lenovo A7000 runs
on Android 5.0 Lollipop and has been
skinned with the smartphone maker's proprietary Vibe
UI 2.0.
It is running Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with Huawei's EMUI (Emotion
UI) 3.1
skin on top of it
In the past, all e-readers either ran
on Linux or took the Sony / Nook route and just used Android as a framework and
skinned their own
UI on - top of it.
The dual - SIM dual - 4G Coolpad Note 3 Lite runs
on Android 5.1 Lollipop
skinned with Cool
UI 6.0, and features a 5 - inch IPS display with an HD (720x1280) resolution.
Android 8.0 Oreo comes pre-installed
on all devices, along with Huawei's Emotion
UI (EMUI) 8.0
skin.
Both of these tablets will ship with Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box, if Geekbench is to be believed, which means that Huawei's Emotion
UI (EMUI) 8.0
skin will be included
on top of it.
Android 8.0 Oreo is expected to come pre-installed
on all MediaPad M5 variants, along with Huawei's Android
skin, Emotion
UI 8.0.
There's even some styling that makes Emotion
UI 2.0 look like KitKat
on the Nexus 5, with transparent notification and launch bars, but these looks are only
skin deep.
Perhaps the only questionable element is that the MediaPad X1 launches
on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, so it's out of date
on arrival, and it has been
skinned with Huawei's Emotion
UI.
HTC Droid Incredible 2 is having both CDMA and GSM radio inside and it will support global roaming for more than 220 voice and 200 data services countries, and sporting a 4 inch Super LCD display, running with Froyo,
skinned with HTC Sense
UI 2.0,
on a 1GHZ Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, an 8 - megapixel rear - facing camera, and 1.3 - megapixel front - facing camera for video chats.
The voice - calling Huawei MediaPad T1 8.0 tablet runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with Emotion
UI 1.6
skinned on top.
Sony S1 comes with the tablet optimized operating system — Android 3.0 Honeycomb,
skinned with customized «Quick and Smooth» touch panel
UI with «Swift» web browser, running
on a NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip, having a 9.4 - inch display, Qriocity streaming service, and the PlayStation suite for gaming, DLNA functionality, Wi - Fi, 3G / 4G compatibility, cloud - based services, Reader Store, Android Market and more.
Dell Streak Pro has been rumored to come with tablet optimized Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS
skinned with Dells» Stage 2.0
UI, running
on 1.2 GHz Nvidia Tegra T20 Dual - Core application processor for increased performance capabilities, sporting 10 inches WXGA display with 1280 x 800 pixels of resolution, boosted by 1 GB of DDR2 RAM, a 5 megapixels rear camera, and an additional 2 megapixel front - facing camera for video chats, a modular modem for data only, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, dual band Wi - Fi connectivity, Android Market, measuring 13 mm thickness, and weighing 720 grams.
To integrate this here, the company introduced Ecosystem
UI as the
skinned version of Android to run
on their handsets.
This dual - SIM device is equipped with a fingerprint scanner
on its rear and runs Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box, coupled with the company's own
skin, Amigo 4.0
UI.
Both Volvo and Audi appear to have been given a lot of leeway with the
UI in the screenshots
on Google's blog, things look to be
skinned pretty heavily.
We were pleasantly surprised with LG's
UI 3.0
skin running
on top of Ice Cream Sandwich when we reviewed the Optimus L7 recently and we're happy to report that the Optimus 4X HD follows suit.
Here's how to get portrait mode
on Huawei's EMUI (Emotion
UI) Android
skin.
This handset also comes with rather capable cameras, and Nubia's feature - packed Nubia
UI skin, which is installed
on top of Android.
Huawei is planning to refresh both
on the Honor 8 Pro, Honor 9i, Honor 7X, and Honor 8 Lite — they'll all be getting Emotion
UI 8.0, the newest version of its Android
skin, and Android 8.0 Oreo.
These two phones will ship with Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box, with Huawei's Emotion
UI (EMUI) 5.1
skin on top of them, while the two devices also come with a 3,200 mAh and a 3,750 mAh battery packs, respectively.
You can do everything you can do
on regular Android phones without
UI skins such as TouchWiz and Sense.
Android 7.0 Nougat comes pre-installed
on the Huawei Mate 9, and
on top of it you'll a new version of Huawei's Android
skin, Emotion
UI (EMUI) 5.0.
On the software front, all of these devices come with the TouchWiz
UI which is Samsung's
skin over Android which many of their users hate.
It's called Emotion
UI and it's the same
skin you'll find
on many Huawei devices, such as the P8.
On the software front, the Honor 9 Lite ships with an Android 8.0 Oreo - based build of the company's Emotion
UI (EMUI) 8.0
skin.
Android Oreo will come pre-installed
on the two P20 flagships, while Huawei's Emotion
UI (EMUI) 8.0
skin will ship
on top of them, unless Huawei opts to introduce EMUI 8.1 during the launch event.
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge + runs
on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
skinned with the latest TouchWiz
UI.
On the software side, it comes with Lenovo's custom Vibe UI skin running on top of Android Marshmallo
On the software side, it comes with Lenovo's custom Vibe
UI skin running
on top of Android Marshmallo
on top of Android Marshmallow.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow comes pre-installed
on the ZenFone Live, with the company's Zen
UI 3.5
skin on top of it.
Android 8.0 Oreo comes pre-installed
on the device, along with Huawei's Emotion
UI (EMUI) 8.0
skin.
Asus could streamline its Android
UI by following
on the leads of Samsung and HTC, both known for significantly heavy Android
skin.
UI And Performance The P700i features Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with Lenovo's custom
skin on top of it.
This is a moderate
skin over stock Android and the exact same
UI found
on the Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro.
The Mate 10 Pro comes with the latest version of Google's OS, Android 8.0 Oreo, while you will find Huawei's very own
skin, Emotion
UI (EMUI) 8.0,
on top of Google's offering.