This is typical competitive business behaviour. I don't see a problem with it as long as it doesn't go overboard and I don't consider this to be the case here.

This is typical competitive business behaviour. I don't see a problem with it as long as it doesn't go overboard and I don't consider this to be the case here. People tend to choose between competing products based on comparisons so the perceived value of the android platform would be based on how it compares to the iphone platform.