The age-old debate over choosing an Android or iOS-powered smartphone have been going on ever since these systems were launched. While Apple fans feel their devices are far more secured, Google’s Android System has managed to establish a significant impact in the mobile security world as well.
However, it appears like the UK Ministry of Defence will be opting for iPhone 7 over any other Android-enabled smartphone for a secure communication.
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"We've been working very closely with them to develop what we've commonly called a 'dual-persona device'," Steve Bunn, technical business manager for defence at BT, told Tech Republic. "Essentially this means you can have voice at official and at secret."
The Telegraph report suggests that the defence agency was initially going to use Samsung Galaxy Note 4. However, they ruled out Android devices all together for not being safe enough. Bunn said that the work on Note 4 was going quite well but as more and more development and testing was done, the security associated it wasn’t deemed to be sufficient. Therefore, the agency has now decided to make use of Apple’s latest devices instead.
