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Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’
(www.forbes.com)
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this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2025
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Mostly because Apple's update policy is superior to A LOT of Android companies. OEMs are really slow when patching known vulnerabilities.
Quick study I found when trying to find evidence:
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/16-Acar-A-Device-Centric-Analysis-of-Android-Security-Updates.pdf
Example from that study:
It's utterly insane this is noteworthy. Not delaying security updates for KNOWN vulnerabilities should not be exemplary.