# Recommend me an Android Phone **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 14, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-android-phone/821341 "2018-09-14T15:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-android-phone/821341/21 "2018-09-17T14:14:32Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > On my old phone hitting back enough to go to the home screen would close programs. On this one that takes you back to Home but I see the program is still open under the square button and I have to close it there. Is that normal? Yes. At least that’s the way my Pixel phone works. If you use the square button to select one of those “open” programs, you’ll likely find that it wasn’t really open. its final state was just saved to speed up the reloading process. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-android-phone/821341/22 "2018-09-17T15:26:20Z")
Word of advise regarding Moto: If you shake the phone to turn on the flashlight, do _not_ also use the same method to turn off the alarm. Damn near blinded myself trying to turn the alarm off this morning. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-android-phone/821341/23 "2018-09-17T19:45:58Z")
> [@sevenwood](#): > > Yes. At least that’s the way my Pixel phone works. > > If you use the square button to select one of those “open” programs, you’ll likely find that it wasn’t really open. its final state was just saved to speed up the reloading process. Thank you. So the programs are actually closed and this is just a quick way to reopen them. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-android-phone/821341/24 "2018-09-17T21:38:07Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Thank you. So the programs are actually closed and this is just a quick way to reopen them. On Android Nougat or newer, it’s also how you can do a split screen. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-android-phone/821341/25 "2018-09-18T02:21:30Z")
> [@Turble](#): > > It’s not a high-end phone but my Moto E4 Plus does everything I want it to do and the battery lasts for days (I am a light user). My sons and I all have these phones and they are indeed great for the money. We bought them off Amazon for about $160 each I think it was. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-android-phone/821341/26 "2018-09-18T13:55:54Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > My phone unexpectedly died and can’t be repaired so I am shopping for a new one. The only smart phones I have ever owned were Droids, the Droid X and the Droid Maxx. I really liked the battery life of my phones. They seemed much better than my friends’ Samsungs and iPhones in that regard but I am willing to branch out though since Motorola has fallen on some hard times. What Androids would you recommend? Thanks. I got a LG G7 2-for-1 deal, which replaced a LG V30 that broke after a drop and T-Mobile wouldn’t cover. I liked the display of the V30 better, and didn’t care for the “notch” at the top on the G7, however I found an app that pretty much hides it by keeping the top notification area background black. It’s a pretty good phone, LOVE the camera. Everything else is pretty much a standard Android experience, which is more than I can say for Samsungs (way too much bloatware). I’ve had a few Samsungs, I like them okay, their AMOLED displays are pretty vibrant and if that’s your most important criteria, I’d probably do that, even though they’re going to be a bit more expensive. LG seems to be becoming pretty good competition to them though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-android-phone/821341.md?page=1)