I had flagship Samsung phones for years and was always 2-3 OS versions behind. Awful. No support, terrible implementation.
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iOS 11 Now Installed on 76% of iOS Devices, While Android 8 is Installed on 4.6% of Android Devices
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[doublepost=1524692664][/doublepost]I tried to hold out as I had some older 32bit apps which I was replacing. A crash on my mountain bike destroyed my Apple watch. Setup for the new watch forced me to iOS 11. Lost valuable data as a result.
The iOS 11 operating system is installed on 76 percent of devices as of April 22, according to statistics Apple shared today on its App Store support page for developers.
That's up 11 percentage points since January 18, when iOS 11 was installed on 65 percent of devices, and 24 percentage points since November 6, when iOS 11 was installed on 52 percent of devices.
19 percent of devices continue to use iOS 10, while 5 percent of devices use earlier versions of iOS, such as iOS 9. Many of these devices are likely older and unable to be updated to the newest version of iOS.
iOS 11 adoption rates have been growing steadily, but adoption has been markedly slower than iOS 10. In February of 2017, for example, iOS 10 was installed on nearly 80 percent of active devices.
iOS 11 has been plagued by high-profile bugs and issues like the HomeKit bug, the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, and most notably, the iPhone slowdown controversy that saw Apple throttling the performance of older iPhones. Though not directly related to iOS 11, it's likely people shied away from updating after reading about the issue.
The 11 percent uptick in iOS 11 adoption from January to April can be attributed to the launch of iOS 11.2 in December and iOS 11.3 in March, both of which were major updates introducing key new features.
iOS 11.2 brought Apple Pay Cash and faster 7.5W wireless charging for Apple's newest devices, while iOS 11.3 included a new battery health tool, ARKit 1.5, a Health Records feature, and many other smaller changes.
iOS 11.4, which is in the works, is another update that could spur adoption, as it will introduce Messages on iCloud and AirPlay 2 if the features currently in testing make it into the release.
Customers may be wary of iOS 11, leading to somewhat slower adoption rates, but Apple's iOS 11 install base is beyond impressive compared to Google's adoption numbers for its latest operating system update.
As of April 16, just 0.5 percent of Android devices are running the newest version of Android Oreo, and only 4.6 percent of devices total have Oreo installed. The majority of Android users continue to run Android Lollipop, Marshmallow, and Nougat, operating systems that came out in 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively.
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My 9.7 Pro is flawless on iOS 9. I see no more compelling reason not to update than maintaining top-notch performance.
Every year I see the same pattern. Here’s quotes from the similar post 1 year ago about iOS 10 adoption.
As soon as new iOS out there’s people who insist that old one was faster, battery worked longer and it had fewer bugs.
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As soon as new iOS out there’s people who insist that old one was faster, battery worked longer and it had fewer bugs.
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It changed already. Brute force bug (when you can attempt new password without a limit) was fixed and we have default 2 factor option.
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Even if we overlook the alternative facts and the spin, what does have to do with iOS?
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I'm still running iOS 9 on my iPhone 6S. So fast. And still a ton of battery life.
On the flipside I get apps now which don't want to install on my 3 year old phone cos it's "too old".
Once I upgraded to iOS 11, my car (VW) stopped connecting via Bluetooth. It manages about 5% of the time. I have to force reboot my phone to connect. Presume it has to do something w/ the new always-on Bluetooth setting.
That said, at least Apple doesn't use dumb names for its OS's. The cutesy names are about as bad as jokes that Siri makes. Almost.
Oh mate how can you live without dock and improved split screen and slide over. It makes iPad much more useful. iOS 11 is dedicated to make iPad better.
I also benefit from:
- Files app
- new keyboard with numbers and symbols always accessible.
- improved multitasking screen
- new App Store
- better spotlight
- more powerful notes
- faster Safari
- better design and accessibility
- screen recorder
- new screenshot and markup tools
- shared iCloud storage
- improved widgets
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unless you have a pixel the updates are embarrassing on android.
Well personally i don’t this is A problem for Android. It’s the nature of the OS and the various manufacturers that use it. E.g Not all pcs in the world are on Windows 10, right? Not all servers are running on the latest and greatest windows server or Linux releases! Etc...
It’s easy for Apple to keep,the devices it makes, at the same OS level. A good comparison would be googles pixel devices, which google updates itself, just like Apple and thus those are ALL at the same os level as long as the device is supported.
It's up to you. If what you have is totally okay and you don't really care much about anything new that might be there (including security fixes) you can stay with what you have if that's what you want.
My wife updated to 11.0 on her 5s. It’s fine. You should do it because there’s a lot of security fixes there and new App Store is nice. Here some other comments from people with 5s.
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Still better! Especially on iPad. And why all this people say iOS 10 is “buggiest release ever”.
So,because Google only supports an OS for less time than iOS makes it worse?
At least Android OEM's doesn't put features in that have been around for years and claim to be better.All the features that iPhone has like Face ID and wireless charging have been around for years.
I'm presently using iOS 10 on an iPad, with no intention of updating it. The reason why is simple enough: It came with iOS 10, and for what I want to do with it this iPad as is Just Works. 'Upgrading' to iOS 11 is a risk I'm not willing to take, all the more in knowing all the bugs that infest it, AND in not knowing what it might break.
More than anything, however, is because Apple is its infinite wisdom and avarice have made it difficult if not near impossible to revert to an earlier OS if desired or necessary. That is beyond inconvenient, indeed reprehensible.
Then, constantly nagging one to 'upgrade' (which they never did before), all the while aware this could potentially cause their customer (er, consumer) a host of unnecessary problems . . .
So they might be bragging about the adoption rate of iOS 11, but that says nothing good about that OS or Apple. Instead perhaps the stupidity or apathy of their customers. If not the latter, why not long since in open revolt?
Yeah, I don't do any of that. Also, I've never had AirDrop work properly upon first try, and people don't use it. Easier to just message things to people, plus you get persistence.
Handoff features work without it, somehow. Like I can handle phone calls and SMS on my Mac, which is great.
IOS 11 or higher will never be on my iPhone. I think the increase in percentage in usage is due to new devices being sold with that version installed and not people choosing to upgrade, unless tricked in it by constant nags when logging in. I have changed router to block all apple upgrades. iOS 10 is last version to support 32 bit apps. It should be my choice to run them with a performance hit apple claims they cause. Also that is last version to display network MAC addresses. I use for maintaining and identifying the various devices on my LAN.
This must be the buggiest version of iOS to date, I have issues on 3 seperate iPhones running iOS 11, iPhone X, and two different iphone 7's.
This article is a legit criticism of Android.
Years of slow updates finally pushed me to a Nexus (Nexus 5) and the update from KitKat to Lollipop flushed it's already limited battery life straight down the toilet.
I finally got fed up and jumped to an iPhone (iPhone 6) when Apple launched the SIM free version that would work on every US carrier.
I wish I was in the 19% that stayed in iOS10 with my iPad Mini 2. iOS11 made it mega laggy, to the point of rendering it almost useless 