Each has its pros and cons in software and hardware. But judging from the Pixel reviews I've read it's on par with the iPhone from a performance, touch latency

Each has its pros and cons in software and hardware. But judging from the Pixel reviews I've read it's on par with the iPhone from a performance, touch latency and UI fluidity perspective. And this is all without Google producing their own silicon yet. As for security, which OS gets monthly security patches? It's not as if iOS security is impenetrable because you just need to look at the number of CVE's raised against it each year. And if you're going to use 0day bounties as a metric then you should also realise that there's just more demand for iOS exploits then there are for Android exploits due to the calibre of targets that have iOS devices. And to imply that Android is simply not hardened or built with much security in mind is ridiculous in my opinion. Security is a challenge for all popular OS's, but for all of the security issues it's had there has yet to be the so called armageddon these shock-jock journalists have all predicted at one time or another. I guess all of the mitigation strategies are working quite well not to mention the side benefit of exploits being device dependant. Meanwhile, every security nightmare you read or hear about always involves Windows. >the problem is that the Android ecosystem is brutally fragmented. Looks like Android now has company. http://www.zdnet.com/article/ios-also-has-a-fragmentation-problem/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/ios-also-has-a-fragmentation-pr...