I am not making any claims about the actual, present presence of malware.  My only claim is that it is unduly optimistic to believe that a vetting process offers a complete immunity from malware.<p>Maybe I mis-interpreted your position, and you meant only that malware is less likely in a ‘gated community’ such as that offered by the iPhone and pals.  If that is what you mean, then I agree.<p>If you would like a more grandiose claim, then I am willing to strengthen it slightly by making the definite claim that, some time between now and the heat death of the universe, there <i>will</i> be malware on the iPhone.  However, this statement, being (practically) unfalsifiable, isn't worth much, which is why I didn't make it originally.