Most people think Apple's devices beat Android in smartphone security, especially in the never ending debate on Android versus iPhone. Researchers have decided to test that notion, and while Apple's smartphones do appear to be more secure than the competition, the iPhone is far from a perfectly locked-down device in terms of security issues.
Ernestas Naprys of Cybernews performed the research by taking a brand new iPhone and Android phone and installing the top 100 free apps from each platform's app store. He also created new social media accounts and authorized them in apps that would allow it.
