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by vetinari 3585 days ago
Apples and oranges.

On iPhone, user-mode exploits may remain sandboxed, unless they break from sandbox too. On jailbroken iPhones, that last step may be pre-made for them.

On Android, user-mode exploits may remain sandboxed too, unless they break from the sandbox - same as iPhone. On rooted Android devices, the last step may be pre-made for them.

You can not compare stock iPhone and rooted Androids - just like you can not compare jailbroken iPhone and stock Android.