iOS security focuses more on software-based protection, while Android uses a mixture of software and hardware-based protection: the Google Pixel 3 features the ‘Titan M’ chip, and Samsung houses the KNOX hardware chip.

Why is Android safer than iOS?

The security of Android and iOS devices differs as night and day. Apple uses the so-called ‘sandboxmethod, where apps have limited access to the rest of the system. For example, if an application contains malware, it cannot infect the rest of the system. You can best compare this with a fire in a building.

Is iPhone the most secure phone?

No, Your iPhone Is Not More Secure Than Android, Warns Cyber Billionaire. One of the world’s leading cybersecurity experts has just warned that the alarming new surge in malicious apps is a much more serious threat to iPhone users than you might think. iPhones, he says, have a surprising security vulnerability.