It is a pity iPhones are tied to Apple and iOS (mostly - see the recent news about Android on an iPhone 8) without the possibility of escape which many Android

It is a pity iPhones are tied to Apple and iOS (mostly - see the recent news about Android on an iPhone 8) without the possibility of escape which many Android devices offer. For iPhone to be an alternative to Android in this respect it would need a few extra features: - the possibility to install your own distribution, whether that be alternative versions of iOS or a totally different OS - expandable storage, preferably with a boot option - an official method to side-load software outside of the 'walled garden' - either more extensive access to the innards of iOS or root, this to allow e.g. a true firewall (with ingress and egress blocking), a system-wide network blocker ('adblock' et al), etc. - the possibility to run interpreters and compilers - a real browser choice, not just a shell around Safari In short, the possibility to have a less restrictive system. Since I don't see Apple opening up in this way unless they're forced to by law or by declining sales I don't see myself buying any of their products in the near future.