CES 2011 Dell today announced a new smartphone, the Venue, adopting the Sony Ericsson approach of offering
a vanilla version of the handset sans keyboard and a «Pro» version with a slide - out Qwerty deck.
Not exact matches
Both
handsets were running Android 7.1.1 Nougat at the time
of their testing, and the actual software on the two devices should essentially be the stock
version of Google's omnipresent mobile operating system, with the Chinese firm recently stating that all
of its future smartphones and tablets will be offered with a
vanilla Android experience and not the Vibe Pure UI.
HMD said when it introduced its first Nokia
handsets a few months ago that its devices will run a near -
vanilla version of Android, which should guarantee speedy and steady Android updates.
The new company is currently selling a bunch
of affordable Nexus - like devices that run a pretty
vanilla version of Android, and it's preparing an assault on flagship
handsets from Apple, Samsung, and everyone else.
Finally, fans
of Nexus devices and stock Android in general will likely be pleased to know that the
handset ships with a
vanilla build
of Android 7.1.1 Nougat and is promised to be one
of the first to receive future security patches from Google, as well as the upcoming stable
version of Android 8.0 O.