As the executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent company for Google, he would be expected to be an avid user of his firm's Android mobile phones.
But Eric Schmidt has an embarrassing secret - he uses an iPhone 6s, a device made by his company's rival Apple.
The technology chief made the admission during an interview at a seminar in Amsterdam, admitting he carries both the iPhone and a Samsung Galaxy S7, which runs on his company's Android software.
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