I have never owned an iPhone , but dang the 7 wrecks the pixel , and that ' s a sad realization for android , I hope android can finally start fixing the one thing that I once praised it ' s softwareYou are misinformed , my friend . The iPhone wrecks it in hardware speeds , not software . Anyone who have used both iPhone 7 and Pixel would also say the Pixel is smoother . And I ' m not just talking about all the features and the capabilities of Android , but the fact that Android 7 on the Pixel is noticably smoother than iOS 10 on the iPhone 7 . iOS , ever since 7 , has had sporadic frame drops , lag and jitter . And because of lack of mention from reviewers as well as Apple being Apple in terms of never listening to issues about their product , nothing has been done to fix those problems ever since . It ' s gotten to the point that Google has already surpassed them in terms of offering a smoother interface . It ' s even the case on Android 6 with a stock Androidis device like the Nexus , or OxygenOS on my OnePlus 3 . I have an iPad Pro 9 . 7 , with hardware that completely crushes the Pixel . And yet I find myself experiencing lag and jitter all over the place . The same is not the case for the OP 3 . It most certainly is not the case for the Pixel with Nougat , which is buttery smooth all over . This is kind of sad , really , seeing as iOS 6 had an overall smoother experience than the current iOS 10 does today .