APRIL 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 115S10+easilydeliversthebestend-to-endSamsung
experiencein years.Majorupdatesarestillanissue
- One UI 2 based on Android 10 likely won’t arrive
until 2020 – butSamsunghasdonea fantasticjob
withcrafting an OS that’s all its own.
The OnePlus 7T is one of the very few phones to
ship with Android 10. Its Oxygen OS skin is every bit
as light and airy as its name suggests. It sticks close
to Google’s vision of Android and even feels like an
Android One phone at times. However, powerful
customizationandsmartfeatures,plusa healthy
doseofspeed,giveOxygenOSitsowncharacter
whilestill giving Android purists enough to love.
The Pixel 4’s main reason to exist is as a showcase
for the latest Android build, so like the OnePlus 7T, it
ships with Android 10 on board. But unlike the iPhone
11, which runs iOS 13 like it was tailor-made (because
it was), I encountered more issues with Android 10
on the Pixel 4 than I have with any other Pixel phone.
App crashes and hangs, laggy scrolling, and general
slowness has plagued my time with it. Worse, the
November update that should fix things has been
slowtoreachmyphone.Softwareproblemswith
newphonesarehardlyuncommon– Applecertainly
hasits share of them each year – but the Pixel is
supposedtorepresentthebestofAndroid,andso
farthe Pixel 4 doesn’t.
Winner (Android): OnePlus 7T
Miscellaneous features
Each phone offers apps and features that are unique
to the experience. The Galaxy S10+ has its Edge