Android phones download up to 20 times more data than iOS phones. Whether you are using an Android or iOS phone, they always collect and send your data, such as location, phone number, and network details to Google or the company. Apple, although those phones are not being used.
But what worries researchers is that Android phones are downloading a lot more user privacy data than iOS phones, according to the findings. By Douglas Leith, a technology researcher from Trinity College in Ireland.
Leith said that as soon as you turn on the phone, 1MB of data is sent to Google, but for Apple, only 42KB of data is sent to the company. For users in the United States, Google downloaded about 1.3TB of their data, and Apple downloaded 5.8GB in 12 hours.