Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt claimed that Android is "more secure than the iPhone" at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Monday.
Schmidt made his comments after Gartner's chief of research for mobility and communications, David Willis, explained to Schmidt that Android is not secure.
"If you polled many people in this audience they would say Google Android is not their principal platform... When you say Android, people say, wait a minute, Android is not secure."
Schmidt quickly replied: "Not secure? It's more secure than the iPhone."
Reportedly, the audience laughed at Schmidt's response, as he then explained that Android's billion-plus activations put it through vigorous security testing.
Android is often criticized as being a fragmented platform, and Schmidt was quick to shoot down. "With Android we have an agreement for vendors that you keep the Android stores compatible and that is a great breakthrough for Android," he said.
Schmidt closed with saying how users "will be happier with Gmail, Chrome and Android more than you can possibly imagine" and reiterated his belief that "Android is very secure."
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Koenig - October 10, 2013 at 6:27am
Not a day goes past without a change to google apps , the user expireance is rubbish. Google is losing it IMHO..
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Great - October 9, 2013 at 11:40am
Just like Qualcomm , google will eat their words and get indigestion! “The comments made by Anand Chandrasekher, Qualcomm CMO, about 64-bit computing were inaccurate,” said a Qualcomm spokesperson in an email. “The mobile hardware and software ecosystem is already moving in the direction of 64-bit; and, the evolution to 64-bit brings desktop class capabilities and user experiences to mobile, as well as enabling mobile processors and software to run new classes of computing devices.”
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lemon4611 - October 8, 2013 at 8:11pm
Did anyone expect him to say it was less... lol
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radfan957 - October 8, 2013 at 3:07pm
Even the Android users know that's not true!!
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gamerscul9870 - October 8, 2013 at 2:41pm
Yeah, this is how it sounds when Apple just came with a fingerprint scanner along with maps and data erase, tell me again how Google does things more than iPhone?
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areilly111 - October 8, 2013 at 1:31pm
You know the company must be having trouble when they come out and say lies like this
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Emrah Aslan - October 8, 2013 at 1:00pm
How he became a CEO. Just google it to find out how many viruses available for Android.
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areilly111 - October 8, 2013 at 12:53pm
That's why the pentagon uses android. OH WAIT...... They use iPhones!!!!1
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Kr00 - October 8, 2013 at 12:35pm
And google don't track your every move, or subversively spam you with advertising, or even steal your wifi address and password, or track your GPS movements, and they never based android on the Apple OS, no never.
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jeroen - October 8, 2013 at 11:10am
Android informs u when u install an app what the app will do on your device, u must agree to that, on apple u just instal, the app will not ask u what it may do an what u don't like i does..
There is no anti virus in appstore, because apple does not allow!!
And people say android is a children os??
On android, mama does not screen the appstore/playstore to tell what i can and can not install.
On android we can install a app right from a website, thats a risk, and thats why we need anti virus apps, on apple it is just not possible!! So yes, apple is more secure, but it's a children os!!
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ratGT - October 8, 2013 at 10:52am
Google Play store has hundreds of antivirus applications and even more antimalware, antispyware, etc. ---- Apple App Store = 0 antivirus ---- Enough said!
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Great! - October 8, 2013 at 7:32am
Yes, and Samsung never copies Apple.
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gamerscul9870 - October 8, 2013 at 2:38pm
Oh really, what about Siri to s voice, earpods design, find my iPhone and passbook feature, Apple TV to chrome cast, 64 bit processors? What about stealing?
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Saivenkatcherukuri - October 8, 2013 at 6:18am
Haha Schmidt u crack jokes, android I got effected with malware & now I'm using apple never I got from past 1year. Within 12 months of my purchase phone got effect with malware with android.
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bobdupa - October 8, 2013 at 6:10am
more secure because google interns read your emails and apple does not?
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Kuldeep kp - October 8, 2013 at 6:09am
Apple is best. Bcz ios security is best like find my iphone.
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