This is an irrational comparison. You are comparing an expensive brand phone to a cheap no name Android phone. If anything, you should compare the iPhone SE to a device by Samsung or similar which costs as much as the iPhone SE. I highly doubt you would get any malware there.
The article also mentions that the problem is not with Android, but with some unknown phone brands.
The article also mentions that the problem is not with Android, but with some unknown phone brands.