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Specs in the "Processor" category are significantly different with Apple having a huge lead, but spec-to-spec comparisons are often misleading since they don't show the whole picture or are hard to quantify with a single number or spec.  There are legitimate reasons to choose Android, but technology-wise it is hard to compete with Apple's control of the whole stack.  For example iPhones are much more efficient with their RAM use due to no garbage collection overhead, more efficient resource utilization in background processes, and more efficient at offloading inactive memory to SSD.   You can basically double the iPhone RAM specs for the sake of comparison with Android.  Apple's processor is significantly more advanced than anything offered by Qualcomm putting it in a league of its own.   Apple's battery chemistry is very good, but there is no specification to show that.  Apple could easily match RAM or battery size specs, but it chooses not to because it doesn't matter.  Android generally gets earlier access to commodity tech like the latest cellular chips due to release cycle differences.  You are also comparing last years iPhone with this years Samsung phone.  I don't know enough to compare the large camera MP difference when not using binning (although Apple seems better in the typical case 12MP vs 10MP), but I assume that is due to the huge camera array on the Samsung.  I'm not sure if that tradeoff makes sense for an iPhone, but I'm sure it will attract someone to the S20 Ultra.

DavidAlGregory said:

Had Apple designed the iPhone with a battery compartment where owners could swap batteries without special tools this could have been avoided. Of course, then millions would get off of the 2 year upgrade cycle. Finally, what about iPod Touch & iPads?

There is a reason nobody does that anymore.  A battery compartment makes the phone bulky and less durable.  Why have a replaceable battery if your phone bends before you need a new one.  Older phones mainly allowed swaps to increase runtime, not for easy repairs. Making the phone sealed also allows it to be waterproof.

lkrupp said:

Yet another security update out this morning. I wonder if this one is for the file sharing issue. The terminal command could be a problem for the common user who has no clue about syntax. Better Apple does it for them in a security update.

Sounds like the file sharing issue may actually be a pre-existing issue with the machine.  LKDC is broken, but due to the root user bug the system was ignoring the errors.  Maybe caused by a machine that was incorrectly cloned or imaged.  The LKDC must be rebuilt after cloning a machine.