Given that almost no major company
provides a stock Android experience, I'd say that's enough of a differentiator.
It appears that the interface
provides the stock Android - like experience users were expecting.
For all the Android purists, it's interesting that we have a phone like the Essential that
provides a stock Android experience, that can challenge the Pixels and Nexuses of the world.
It surpasses the competition in almost every single way and still
provides a stock Android experience.
Samsung is offering no guarantee that it'll
provide a stock Android upgrade path into the future, and even the software on the tablet at launch, while technically stock - based, has a handful of OS - level modifications in place.
Android One
provided a stock Android experience on entry - level devices.
While the choice will be a little difficult (I did warn you), any one of these options will be a significant upgrade over OEM launchers while
providing a stock Android experience.
You'll have to look at Chinese manufacturers like Huawei, ZTE, and OnePlus if you want powerful specs at low prices, but none of
those provide a stock Android experience.
Nexus devices are popular for
providing a stock Android experience in a high - quality package for a low price.
It is quite interesting that HTC is shedding its Sense 5 UI from the rumoured HTC One smartphone, instead
provide stock Android UI.
Whether you like or not, Xiaomi will keep using its MIUI skin and will not
provide stock Android on any of its future devices.
«MIUI has many features that stock Android does not have,» Mani said, adding, «That's why we don't have any plan to
provide stock Android on our devices.»
As Motorola has
provided stock Android, the Moto G (2nd Gen) has Google Chrome browser for web surfing.
Apart from promising software updates, Google has
provided stock Android on the Android One smartphones which means that these affordable smartphones will not carry any heavy tweaks on the interface front, such as TouchWiz, Sense, MIUI or Emotion UI, which eat most of the available resources.
Google will be happy to
provide stock Android along with updates to any company that wants to put it on their phone instead of some bloated ROM.
Not exact matches
Android One phones run on the
stock version of this OS and
provides local language support to the users.
Barnes and Noble
provides the general e-reading experience from their
stock Android app.
The full Settings menu has a different layout than the one on
stock Android devices,
providing tabs for Connections, Device, Controls and General settings, all adorned with Samsung icons.
With haptic feedback enabled on the
stock keyboard, the Thrive 7 - inch
provided one of the most comfortable and accurate typing experiences we've had on an
Android tablet.
T - Mobile
provides its own keyboard from Swype; I found it easy to use and responsive, with convenient multipurpose keys that are better defined than those of the
stock Android keyboard but cluttered with secondary characters.
There are certainly lots of benefits to Google's Nexus program, and one of them is that the search company
provides flashable
stock images to make it easy for developers (and
Android enthusiasts) to get a fresh start after bricking a Nexus device.
You can restore it by re-installing the
stock Android OS, or by updating your tablet with an official firmware
provided by Google and Samsung and suitable with your Nexus 10 device.
In fact, it has several display options that the
stock Android Calendar apps (both the Gingerbread version and the Honeycomb version) do not
provide.
I am using an
Android and I'm not sure if this is exactly research, but they
provide a «Recent News» section (at least for the
Stocks that I've looked into (IGC, XXII) Is that excluded from the research bit, out of pure curiosity.
Capital One Investing (previously called ShareBuilder)
provides $ 6.95 online
stock trades, as well as
providing mobile trading apps for the iPhone,
Android, BlackBerry, iPad, and Kindle Fire platforms.
Google will
provide partners with hardware reference designs and
stock Android software, allowing for automatic updates.
The OnePlus's OxygenOS
provides a closer - to -
stock Android experience, while the Honor phone's EMUI is considerably more customized.
It
provides a healthy dose of
stock Android minimalism with support for popular, newer features.
GravityBox is a module which primary goal is to
provide the users of devices running vanilla or close to vanilla
Android with a tweak box that turns their
stock ROM into a custom ROM packed with additional features and tweaks; without the need of flashing a custom ROM.
I wonder why Google does not
provide this kind of functionality in
stock android, at least for tablets.
Everything gets a refresh from wallpapers to new HD Image Effects and all of the
stock goodies
Android Marshmallow
provides.
It's an odd sight considering that ZTE had pledged itself to cleaning up its custom
Android UI with the Oreo update, though it did say that it would
provide a «
stock - plus» experience.
Samsung
provides more on Galaxy devices than you will find on
stock Android phones so you should buy a phone you know you will be happy with at the time of launch.
Others are simple but usable, not really offering anything over what Google
provides in
stock Android.
The term «game changer» gets thrown around way too much in the tech industry, but if any phone of 2013 deserved the epithet, it was the Moto G. For $ 180 unlocked, it came with a spec sheet typically reserved for phones $ 200 more expensive and
provided the (then --RRB- cheapest route into Google's
stock Android software.
Instead Razer is allowing the freedom of
stock Android and
providing a theme store if you want custom Razer looks.
In such a scenario, if a company like Google is willing to load up a feature / spec packed Xiaomi
Android One device with
stock Android and
provide it with the latest software updates, then that would be a deadly combination — earlier
Android One devices suffered from mediocre hardware and poor design, something that is unlikely to be the case with a Xiaomi phone.
Some of the most interesting apps include the 7 - minute Workout, which guides you through some exercises; Tasker, which controls your
Android phone from your watch; and If This Then That, which
provides custom alerts based on conditions you set, such as news, weather or
stocks.
Like the original Pixel, I was immediately impressed by the ease and fluidity that Pixel's form of
stock Android provides.
The presence of MIUI 6 on the Mi4
provides a fresh experience over any smartphone that has
stock Android.
A key part of the Moto X has always been
providing a clean, near -
stock Android experience.
The Pixel is built to compete with powerhouses like the iPhone and modern Samsung devices, but there was a time when Pixel's maker, Google, had additional phone options, ones that did not have the premium pricing model and
provided a more «
stock»
Android experience for interested consumers.
Android One is a program aimed at
providing cheaper devices running near
stock builds of
Android.
The Pure Edition's user interface is crisp and modern, just like the previous Moto X. It's running near -
stock Android Lollipop, and Motorola has said it will
provide the phone with Marshmallow.
When it comes to
Android customization, the launcher apps are something that
provides a lot of impressive features and customization options that
stock launchers just can not offer.
It doesn't take long to get a handle on the Essential Phone's software,
provided you've used another phone with a «
stock» implementation of
Android Nougat like a Pixel, Nexus, Motorola or OnePlus phone.
The black design back with golden outline on the the rear camera, then it's Snapdragon 630 which outperform's every phone in its price segment in battery life and performance, then it's fast charging support which enables the user to
provide fast charging, then Dolby Atmos enhancement which gives you a advantage of customising the volume frequency of your volume speaker which is a very good thing done by Nokia, it's 16MP camera can record videos in 1080P 60 FPS and lastly it's
stock android which gives a top notch performance and is very snapy.
This processing package
provides ample power for any tablet, and even more so in the case of one that is running a
stock version of the
Android software.
Samsung's TouchWiz does a better job of
providing multi-app flexibility than
stock Android.
Vivo has
provided its Funtouch OS 2.0 skin on the top of
Android 4.4 KitKat operating system to deliver users a fresh experience over
stock Android.