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Funny thing id imagine those cheap Samsungs are more powerful than the expensive iPhones as you can just inherently do more and you by default have a better charging port it's a idk if I'd call it a miracle miracle that apple isn't considered a scam
I've certainly run emulators, p2p software and other things on my android that Apple would never allow in their store but Google does, plus of course easy sideloading. I don't know if that would matter to kids but honestly when I run an iPhone or an Android phone these days the functionality is so similar that the choice just boils down to price and variety - Android phones sell at lots of price points and in a variety of form factors and iPhones don't. That means when I'm buying a kid a phone I can spend €100 on a PAYG device with a 6" screen that runs all their apps rather than the very cheapest iPhone for €549. Same functionality for less that 1/5th the price. I'm sure some kids don't see it in those terms but I do and I imagine most parents do.