I’m hoping with you 🙏🏻. But my rational sense says NO 😂
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iOS 18 Installed on 76% of iPhones Introduced in the Last Four Years
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iOS 18 has been stellar for me, and if you read through other people as well.
Maybe you don’t do that much with a smartphone. There are so many bugs in iOS 18.x.x. Go look on the Apple support pages, have a look at YouTube, read the news.
Nah. The vast majority are like my elderly parents. They don't know or care about what is in the updates. They just have "a phone" and/or "tablet" and use it as a tool. They update as soon as the device badgers them into doing so via an on-screen notification. It takes a certain amount of tech knowledge to have reasons to delay the update.
Forced migration.😑 Upgrade or we nag you into submission. And can't go back. Muhahahahaaa... How about statistics of how many want to go back to iOS 17 or older?🤔
The other thing is Apple's upgrade is monolithic. If you want the latest iMessage, you have to upgrade. On android you can upgrade ala carte. I can upgrade (or not) whatever built in app I want.
The Devil will to skate to work the day I install any AI garbage on my phone. Hail, I'd remove it if it comes preinstalled like the rest of the bloatware that came with my Android phone.
The other thing is Apple's upgrade is monolithic. If you want the latest iMessage, you have to upgrade. On android you can upgrade ala carte. I can upgrade (or not) whatever built in app I want.
The Devil will to skate to work the day I install any AI garbage on my phone. Hail, I'd remove it if it comes preinstalled like the rest of the bloatware that came with my Android phone.
These numbers are inflated due to the fact that Apple won’t stop pestering you to upgrade till you do it.
There are bugs in all software. But “many” is not a quantifiable word.
Of course it is given how they badger you about it and put that red badge on settings until you finally "accept it"
Apple - I dare you to make previous iOS versions available for a trial period to see how many would downgrade
Prove me wrong!
Apple - I dare you to make previous iOS versions available for a trial period to see how many would downgrade
Prove me wrong!
Anyone who has used the new photo app has learned that rushing to update isn't always a great idea.
That’s like saying “government remove speed limits and show how drivers are responsible”.Of course it is given how they badger you about it and put that red badge on settings until you finally "accept it"
Apple - I dare you to make previous iOS versions available for a trial period to see how many would downgrade
Prove me wrong!
Never say never, but probably will never happen.
it's good because it tells us two important facts:
2025: 87% of iPhone users are using an iPhone which is less than 6.5 years old.
2024: 89% of iPhone users were using an iPhone which was less than 6.5 years old.
So the data doesn't support a claim made by some that Apple's iPhone users are increasingly using older devices due to lack of sales, also considering the "2025 numbers" were released earlier.
I’m on an XS running 17.7.2, mainly because the new Photos app is awful, but also because I know 18 will be slow and kill battery life on 6 year old hardware.
I sometimes get up to 4 notifications per day pestering me to upgrade. I also have a persistent red dot on the Settings app.
iOS 18 shouldn’t have been made available to XS models. The device isn’t really capable of running it properly. I have no doubt the vast majority of XS users would be happy to stick on an older version of iOS and keep receiving security updates.
They do that BS to the user ... but then roll out "XYZ% of folks are on our latest iOS! See how successful it is!?"
It's such a bunch of fake data nonsense
To stop that pestering simply switch to the iOS 17 beta profile, i did and like it! 👍
To stop that pestering simply switch to the iOS 17 beta profile, i did and like it! 👍
Good call - I'd forgotten about that trick, which I used to do when jailbroken in the past
I have always updated my Apple devices on day 1 of the patch being available and will continue to do so.
iOS 18.3 will be no different.
Eventually they will. It’s just like how airdrop started out being available only for the iPhone 5 and 5s but is now standard issue across all Apple devices. Do you realise how ridiculous this argument would have sounded in 2013?
Right now, I have the M4 iPad Pro and M1 MBA which will be ready for Apple intelligence whenever it is available in my region (I think around April?). I am using the 13 pro max, and maybe I will upgrade this year or next but either way, I am not switching platforms anytime soon. So I have to wait a little longer. Big whoop.
$1000? I paid S$2049 for my 13 PM and I will do it all over again.
I am honestly not sure what to make of your arguments. Like yeah, noted and … so?
I'm happy with my 3rd gen SE running 17.6.1 with no issues. I can't see any benefit to iOS 18 for my use case.
I went from 14.8.1 to 17.7 on M1 iPad Pro, and it was noticeably slower already. 18 is slower than 17, I heard.
It means more than acceptable, which is not a quantifiable phrase. What is quantifiable is whether people spend money or not on Apple hardware when buggy software is factored into the equation.
i.e. -> AI