It runs Android apps so it must be a smartphone, right? Maybe. Nokia sold vast amounts of Symbian phones and they were technically smartphones, because you could install extra apps on them.

iPhone vs Android: which is the better smartphone platform? And what are the differences between iOS- and Android-based devices? iPhone vs Android (or iOS vs Android, to be more precise) has been ...

There are thousands of Android devices in the world. The iPhone is the opposite — one phone, made by one company, with one type of software.