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iOS 7 Now on 73% of Devices, But Adoption Rates 'Much Slower' Than iOS 6
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Because it's ridiculous.
iOS has the HIGHEST rate of adoption of any other OS. Saying that it's slower against itself is trying extremely hard to be negative.
It's like laughing at someone donating $100 to charity because they donated $125 last year. And everyone else is donating $30. Seriously?
iOS7 on my iPad2 seems A-OK to me. I'm not experiencing any problems at all, other than the blinding white in all the Apps that cause using it late at night to burn out my retinas.
But I wish I could revert my iPhone 4s. My battery is crap, and I've tried every suggested item I could to improve it. One thread in the iOS7 section suggested it could be due to a constantly poor cellular signal. That is about the only thing I can point to at this point. I am amazingly dissatisfied with iOS7 on my 4s.
But I wish I could revert my iPhone 4s. My battery is crap, and I've tried every suggested item I could to improve it. One thread in the iOS7 section suggested it could be due to a constantly poor cellular signal. That is about the only thing I can point to at this point. I am amazingly dissatisfied with iOS7 on my 4s.
I've been accused of that as well. Making unwarranted claims about others can be churlish as well.And don't forget the ones that get paid to come to places like this to tell people they hate the product. I would say that accounts for most of the hate.
A couple other notes....
I agree with a previous poster that the new calendar is awful.
I believe iOS 7 runs better on the iPhone4 than the iPhone4S, which is strange, but my phone definitely runs better than my girlfriends even with the auxillary features such as parallax and translucent backgrounds turned off. I think they really need to improve performance on iOS7.
I also do wish they had an option for switching from white backgrounds to black backgrounds without inverting all the colors on the phone. I really like the black keyboard more than the white keyboard that appears in some of the apps and wish that would be the standard.
Removing the size limitations on folders was very helpful IMO. I hope they release a significant iOS 7 update in the next few months.
I agree with a previous poster that the new calendar is awful.
I believe iOS 7 runs better on the iPhone4 than the iPhone4S, which is strange, but my phone definitely runs better than my girlfriends even with the auxillary features such as parallax and translucent backgrounds turned off. I think they really need to improve performance on iOS7.
I also do wish they had an option for switching from white backgrounds to black backgrounds without inverting all the colors on the phone. I really like the black keyboard more than the white keyboard that appears in some of the apps and wish that would be the standard.
Removing the size limitations on folders was very helpful IMO. I hope they release a significant iOS 7 update in the next few months.
And don't forget the ones that get paid to come to places like this to tell people they hate the product. I would say that accounts for most of the hate.
And what about those who just sit there and reply with:
1. "I've never had this issue on my xxxxx"
2. "User error"
3. "Switch to Android"
No, it's showing that there is a definite pause from the public to update to the latest iOS in the time frame... nothing more nothing less.
Here's what Apple said in a press release about iPhone 5S/C on September 23.
Last year at the iPad event on October 23 Tim Cook said 200 million devices were running iOS 6. How can the adoption rate be slower if Apple had 200 million iOS devices running iOS 7 a week after the iPhone launch whereas last year it took about month to get to that figure? Are we really supposed to believe a week after that 200 million mark the adoption rate really dropped off? That's not what Chikita or Mixpanel showed.
Last year at the iPad event on October 23 Tim Cook said 200 million devices were running iOS 6. How can the adoption rate be slower if Apple had 200 million iOS devices running iOS 7 a week after the iPhone launch whereas last year it took about month to get to that figure? Are we really supposed to believe a week after that 200 million mark the adoption rate really dropped off? That's not what Chikita or Mixpanel showed.
That's not iOS7, that's your new 64 bit processor not working well with iOS7. I have a 5 and have zero crashes or issues of any kind.
Maybe the people doing the research should ask some people with iOS6! On balance Id like to upgrade but my iPhone 4 has got rather slow with age and I dont want to slow it down any further.
Disable any exchange calendar syncs, there's a bug with calendar sync constantly running and draining battery, might fix your issue.
No surprise there. I hated the iOS 7 experience so much that I sold my trusty iPod Touch 5 and bought a new one that still had 6.1.3 on it just to downgrade. I have no intention of ever updating it unless iOS 8 rolls around and doesn't suck.
I had all the same issues he has and I was on an iPod Touch 5 with an A5.
Why did you upgrade your 4S? I didn't upgrade my 3rd gen iPad because I was concerned about potential performance issues. Sure we can knock Apple for not making it work perfect on every generation of device, but no one is forced to upgrade right away.
I had the same Battery issues on my 4S when I first installed it and found the location settings were killing mine. My battery works great now. here are some settings I posted on a different thread that helped me. I think this was all of em:
Settings > General > Background App Refresh : Turn off almost all (left Maps, Reminders and Weather)
Settings > Privacy > Location Services : Again, turn off pretty much all of them.
Settings > Privacy > Location Services > (all the way at the bottom) System Services : All off for me.
Settings > Privacy > (all the way at the bottom) Advertising : Limit Ad Tracking
as far as iPad3... Lag could be caused by the default dynamic (moving) wallpaper.If you upgrade the 3, I suggest using a static one and see if it helps.
Only 40% of the eligible devices at my house have been upgraded. My wife hasn't had the time to give me her iPhone 5 for upgrade and been waiting for one more release before I decide if the iPad 3 and iPhone4 should be upgraded at all.
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There are many more iOS devices out there this year than there were last year. That can account for some of the discrepancy
Seeing as I am in the minority of folks having excessively bad battery performance with the 4s, I doubt the 1%ers would have dissuaded me. I would have read all "I disabled this and that, and now my 4s battery is great", and the "Your phone isn't doing that, you are a samsung plant" , etc... and said "My phone won't do that".
Besides, I installed it on the iPad2 1st, and had no problems.
It's not really fair to claim I was not forces at gunpoint to do this, when Apple claimed that iPhone 4, with it's prior generation < A5 CPU, was supported.
It sucks just enough for me to swear a little when something is bad.
Map bar on top too thick overlaying another app and one has to close it to go back to the underlying app.
Type to thin for old geezers (I know can be adjusted)
Sometimes too many steps needed to get a certain task done.
iMessage hold bubble, select "more" wait to delete a convo
But then it makes up with other nice features now easier to get things done.
It does need work.
The icon n designs are a matter of personal taste, some have lost their meanings, i.e. it is not obvious what the app does (iPhoto)
We all know Apple will work on it, so patience people