While it's not always buttery - smooth, Sony's UI layer brings a lot to the table: people might not miss many of the fun aesthetic touches, but
genuinely useful additions like the repositioned buttons, small apps, and the remote - control utility would all go away with a stock build.
The Moto Mods ecosystem has grown slowly but steadily, and it's reached a point where there are
some genuinely useful additions.
However, the ability to multi-task and split the screen into whatever sized sections you like is a very nice touch indeed, and is definitely one of
the genuinely useful additions over stock Android.
Against the Pixel 2, you get a larger screen and battery size, similar light software experience with
some genuinely useful additions to vanilla Android, and (most importantly) a headphone jack.
Not exact matches
More importantly though, many of Samsung's functional
additions are
genuinely useful.
The
addition of Alexa does add some intriguing functionality to the robot, but I don't UBTECH has quite hit the nail on the head as to how that can be
genuinely useful.
We like BlackBerry's approach here with the software: It's relatively lightweight, with a few
additions that some may find
genuinely useful.
The inclusion of LTE connectivity, a big, high - quality screen and
genuinely useful software
additions such as Google Caller ID make the Nexus 5 a great purchase for anyone looking for a high - end Android phone without breaking the bank.