On iOS I believe this is incorrect, the Passcode is another name for PIN on the iPhone.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4113
You can have complex or simple passcodes, but everybody I've ever seen who bothers to have a passcode (myself excepted), sets it to a 4 digit code (aka PIN). To make it worse, it's usually their ATM PIN.
On iOS I believe this is incorrect, the Passcode is another name for PIN on the iPhone.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4113
You can have complex or simple passcodes, but everybody I've ever seen who bothers to have a passcode (myself excepted), sets it to a 4 digit code (aka PIN). To make it worse, it's usually their ATM PIN.