Not surprised it is slower as it's obviously much older so not a fair test there. Never used Duckduckgo so unable to comment there. But am surprised at the image test and that's on old hardware so wow to that. Have always been surprised at the following Apple has as there is better hardware around on both phones and tablets but somehow all Apple users have always had blinkers on and can't see past the Apple logo which has got almost a cult following. Personally I like having a full choice of software but on Apple hardware you are only allowed to use Apple software almost so that's a no go for me anyway. Another is the price, I appreciate in the states you probably get Apple stuff much cheaper than in the UK as we are ripped off over here by Apple but they still have their sheep here who will follow them anywhere and upgrade every year to the latest stuff lol. Don't get me wrong their hardware is good but just too restrictive and expensive. My daughter has an iPhone but I can still exchange messages and the like with her so don't see your point with that one. As far as security goes well every bastard steals info from you these days whoever you are with lol.