Best 2017 phones that run stock or near-stock Android

5. androiduser (Posts: 387; Member since: 18 Jun 2014)

They should also include the htc u11

31. cocoy (Posts: 445; Member since: 30 Oct 2015)

I was actually looking for sony there that's why I scrolled down until comment section. As a matter of fact sony is the first OEM to use Android Oreo and update the ZXP other than pixel phones and nexuses. Easy to update because it's near stock.

40. NickHill (banned) (Posts: 388; Member since: 07 May 2016)

If Sony qualifies then Xiaomi Mi A1 should too. That's stock under Android One program.

11. Arch_Fiend (Posts: 3885; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

Stock Android is the best, enough said!

17. trojan_horse (banned) (Posts: 5868; Member since: 06 May 2016)

Stock Android is the best, from a performance standpoint... But I need much more than just speed.

19. iushnt (Posts: 2953; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)

I agree. Every flagships give good speed now a days. We need something more.

20. Scott93274 (Posts: 5996; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

I love the fluidity and the simplicity of the stock Android OS, but I can appreciate your stance as your personal opinion and not trying to pass it off as fact like Arch_Fiend tried to do. I'll test out the new launcher, but I'll probably at least overlay it with Nova Launcher eventually as I have my ideal setup already on my Nexus 6P.

23. Arch_Fiend (Posts: 3885; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

I was just trolling Trojan lol, not trying to pass anything off as fact, I'm not currently using an android phone nor have I owned one with stock android.

Stock android is generally the best from a performance standpoint and that is a fact!

24. Scott93274 (Posts: 5996; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

I really am failing hard at identifying jokes recently... sigh...

28. piyath (Posts: 2388; Member since: 23 Mar 2012)

Stock android is not faster than normal android phones as of today. That argument is very old and invalid now. HTC U11, Note 8, Xperia XZ1, Oneplus 5 etc etc...enough said. Competition is fierce more than ever before. No one has to buy Pixel phones stating they run faster than above phones because they simply aren't. It's a lie Pixel fanboys say to win an argument....lol Value for money is the best measurement to buy an android phone these days.

30. Sammy_DEVIL737 (Posts: 1335; Member since: 28 Nov 2016)

Lol this guy usually bashes Note 8. But now he is bashing Pixel coz it runs on stock Android.
From where do you get all these thoughts?

26. Nine1Sickness (Posts: 882; Member since: 30 Jan 2011)

Agreed, too much crapware comes with skinned android.

27. Arch_Fiend (Posts: 3885; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

Crapware? skinned android? I'm lost. Stock android is normal android nothing skinned about it. OEMs like Samsung just throw their heavily customized UI on top of it, the very definition of crapware imo.

Again, I'm not entirely sure what your post is even saying, just guessing at what I think you mean because you certainly aren't clear as to which version of android you are referring.

29. piyath (Posts: 2388; Member since: 23 Mar 2012)

Stock android is not faster than normal android phones as of today. That argument is very old and invalid now. HTC U11, Note 8, Xperia XZ1, Oneplus 5 etc etc...enough said. Competition is fierce more than ever before. No one has to buy Pixel phones stating they run faster than above phones because they simply aren't. It's a lie Pixel fanboys say to win an argument....lol Value for money is the best measurement to buy an android phone these days.

44. Arch_Fiend (Posts: 3885; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

I know for a fact stock android is faster than custom versions. Yes it still pertains to today which is sad. Funny how the XZ1 and OP5 are pretty much near stock android and you mentioned them lol

33. Furkan (Posts: 544; Member since: 25 Feb 2017)

Stock android is very ugly. It is 2017 and still ugly

6. domfonusr (Posts: 856; Member since: 17 Jan 2014)

If that is true, it is a shame. I like my Moto E, and would prefer to get a Moto E4 for my next phone, all because I mostly enjoy the stock Android experience (provided one has enough ROM in their phone to handle the apps they need, because sending them to my old SD card really slows them down - some, like Facebook, for instance, won't even transfer to the SD card even though they are labelled for transfer) and I like Motorola's past commitment to timely updates and the like. I think it may have been a little while since my last security patch update, so I suspect you could be right about Motorola dropping support for its phones like that. Still, the primary problem with my phone now is that I only have 8GB of ROM, and as Google services-related apps grow in size from update to update, my ROM is slowly being squeezed dry of non-Google apps, and only a handful are labelled for transfer to the SD card (and even fewer can actually make it when I give the command to move the app to the SD card). My microSD card is an ancient (circa 2010) class-2 16GB SDHC card which my grandmother gave me for the last Christmas before she passed away, so I am unusually attached to it. My phone, otherwise, does okay for a phone with Android Lollipop and 1GB of RAM.

7. KingSam (Posts: 1162; Member since: 13 Mar 2016)

Ill say it again Moto delivered fast updates for 3 product lines. Now look what lenovo is doing, phones everywhere. Another day, another phone.

15. Sammy_DEVIL737 (Posts: 1335; Member since: 28 Nov 2016)

iSheep Alert.

21. Scott93274 (Posts: 5996; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

Umm.. last year's Pixel still outperforms this year's flagship devices, It also had the best camera on any smartphone at the time of its release, just like the Pixel 2 now, and people have been able to trade in their Pixels from last year for the same credit as iPhones towards the purchase of a new phone, Throw in unlimited free full resolution photo and video storage which is not offered on any other device and it's painfully clear that your statement of worst value is clearly BS.

39. L0n3n1nja (Posts: 1336; Member since: 12 Jul 2016)

Better value than an iToy.