With a user interface and
stock apps mostly using white backgrounds, the decision to opt for an LCD screen makes sense for a neutral balance.
Not exact matches
Robinhood's
app launched about three years ago as a way for customers,
mostly younger investors, to trade
stocks through their smartphones for free.
The Xperia Play comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a
mostly stock version, save for Verizon's bloatware
apps
And there's no discernible reason for such terrible performance: The OS is nearly
stock Android, there's no bloatware, and the
apps are
mostly stock as well, save the camera.
The default
apps are
mostly stock.
Unlike a program like Bluestacks, which is all about getting specific
app functionality on the desktop, AMIDuOS is a complete virtual machine of (
mostly)
stock Android, recreating the interface and experience of a full Android tablet.
But HTC's software pedigree shouldn't be dismissed, even if Sense has been dailed back to a (
mostly)
stock Android experience, augmented by one or two extra
apps and tricks.
Lawnchair provides a
mostly stock experience mirroring the Pixel launcher, with its Oreo shortcuts and
app notification dots.
HTC's decision to use
mostly stock Android
apps is a good one.
While the phone is
mostly stock Android, there are a couple OnePlus
apps.
Android, meanwhile, is still
mostly controlled by OEM manufacturers and many of those use their own overlays and
stock apps.
The icons in the status bar however, as well as the
app drawer design, the design of the settings menu, and the design of the quick settings menu all look like they should for a phone running on what is
mostly stock Android with little adjustment.
Mostly the UI looks like
stock Android from AOSP builds, but if you enter into the settings menu you can find options for gestures, screen wake options that launch
apps or shortcuts when draw something like the letter C on the display from a sleeping lock screen, and the device has DuraSpeed which just like on the OUKITEL device we reviewed last week will restrict background
apps to a degree so that the performance and speed of the foreground
app can be boosted to run better.