iOS 15 Adoption Lower Than iOS 14 Over First Two Days, Says Mixpanel

[Xtir]

maybe people are not impressed with the “new” features

or they don’t want the “soon to be implemented without telling us” features.
Throttling, privacy invading, the whole secrecy thing, locked in syndrome, appletax/level playing field, etc.. I’m overthinking my next buy and until then I’m not going to be an early adopter.. if at all..

 

[now i see it]

I set up a refurbished 8+ yesterday and thought I try phone to phone transfer (old phone is on 14.8) and everything was going smoothly- until the setup assistant insisted I install iOS 15 on the new phone. Couldn’t get past that prompt.

Surely not wanting to do that - since I wanted both phones on the same mature OS, I had to actually turn off the new phone during setup and set it up as new on my Mac then update it to 14.8 THEN restore it from my old phone’s 14.8 backup.

I’d say that was the most convoluted new iPhone set up I’ve ever done — but everything is working great now!

 

[jz0309]

Oh oh, Apple is DOOMED
LOL

 

[winxmac]

In terms of customization, I pretty much only change the widgets used and I don't like the App Library and the new widgets introduced since iOS 14...

I could have stayed on iOS 13.4.1 but iOS 14 has several releases at the time and there is no way to update to iOS 13.7 since it was no longer signed... It seems iOS 14 is still way more stable than the latest iOS 13 release at the time...

 

[progx]

I’m telling you right now, if millions and millions, if not billions, of people are willing to put up with Facebook crap, Apple has absolutely nothing to worry about

Plus, having Alexa active in their homes too. We all know how secure that service is through Amazon

 

[AxiomaticRubric]

maybe people are not impressed with the “new” features

I’m actually repulsed. I hate the new Safari. It is a UX disaster. I wish I had not upgraded to iOS 15.

 

[mingravity]

I never got a notification to update to iOS 15. Didn't even know it was out on Monday.

Maybe Apple is staggering the updates to better offload the servers.

that is what is the problem. You now do not get a notification but will show so at the bottom of the screen when you into software updates. Definitely something many would miss and explains for low adoption rate

 

[ersan191]

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[progx]

iOS 13 and iOS 14 had enough bugs when they were released, this time I'm waiting a bit. Tired of having to deal with their buggy initial release. Nothing that I'm super excited about anyways making me want to take that chance.

iOS 13 was pretty buggy from what I remember. So, if people have learned from the last two releases that the first one may not be perfect, then I don't blame for waiting on iOS 15.1 instead.

However, I updated to iOS 15 on Monday on my 11 Pro, so far no issues. Not much of a huge change from iOS 14.8.

 

[CTHarrryH]

Maybe the way the company has measured this has been effected by the security changes which prevent applications from gathering the same data they used to.

 

[bousozoku]

I'm still waiting for iOS 14 to be finished/fixed. I'm not sure I want to jump onto another bugfest. Every time I update, my Mac on Catalina needs to download another patch to sync my phone.

 

[err404]

Live Text is definitely the stand out this year. It is so genuinely useful in a day to day flow. Paper document? No problem, open camera and copy paste. Text on an image in safari? No problem, copy paste. Text in an app that is not selectable? No problem, snap a screenshot and copy paste.

 

[d21mike]

The software update screen was telling me that my iOS is up to date at 14.8. Then a small banner at the bottom told me I can upgrade to iOS 15 too. Apple doesn’t want people to update.

I showed Live Text to some of my family members and friends - all of them updated to iOS 15 immediately afterwards.

Same here. Have never seen that before.

 

[nathan_reilly]

I'm in the boat with folks who don't want more spyware on their phones.

 

[JosephAW]

This is where Apple missed it. They should have shown how iOS 15 is 20% faster than iOS 14 with launching apps, safari uses less storage, battery battery life, on older devices, etc… People would upgrade in a heartbeat. But wait, never mind.

 

[SidricTheViking]

I’m actually repulsed. I hate the new Safari. It is a UX disaster. I wish I had not upgraded to iOS 15.

You can revert to the previous Safari layout. Settings > Safari > Tabs > Single Tab.

 

[libertysat]

maybe people are not impressed with the “new” features

That would be me

 

[lucaseve]

Perhaps people don’t like the new icon layout on the home?
However that was already clear from the feedback they got with the beta versions.
But they insist to want to teach people how to use their own devices…
Perhaps the team who made the butterfly keywboard has been moved to iOS design? 😉

 

[Konigi]

The release is quite stable on my end. I've been experiencing a few UI bugs (notifications not well displayed, options not clear in the French translation), but no crush and nothing to destabilize the device. I recommend upgrading.

I'm loving the Focus upgrades and the Notifications summaries. Also the new UI for notifications, with pictures of senders through iMessage (although I'm hoping other apps, such as Messenger and Signal, adopt this feature too).

 

[Calle68]

No significant updates = slower rate of initial upgrading. Golden rule.

 

[lucaseve]

You can revert to the previous Safari layout. Settings > Safari > Tabs > Single Tab.

Unfortunately there is no way to revert the icons layout, at this time…

 

[Sf844]

Laughing about os fragmentation is going to be the new laughing about phablets.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I have one device in house with iOS 15 on it (iPad mini 5)

I hate - hate - HATE the new Safari

 

[Techwatcher]

Don't flip flop on privacy then. We said this would happen.

Additionally, iOS 15 being optional with 14 continuing to be the main support line played a part as well.

All that aside, iOS 15 is actually pretty good. I've enjoyed it so far especially the head tracking spatial audio for Apple Music.

 

[boss.king]

There’s nothing that interesting this year. I’ve used the betas for the last couple of years because there was always a compelling new feature. This year I didnt even bother to update on day 1, let alone bother with the betas on my phone.