iOS 8 Now Installed on 68 Percent of Active iOS Devices

[ThunderSkunk]

I doubt it would make much difference, less than 1%.

Perhaps you missed the shiny graph, showing the 29%, nearly a third, of all potential iOS8 users who won't even install it, which says nothing of how many took the one-way trip of installing it and wished they hadn't.

This is the first release of iOS we've seen major pushback on resulting in fragmentation. No surprise that people would be resistant, considering the unpleasant experience going from 6 to 7 was, and how long that wreck took to stabilize. iOS8 has been even more troubled, and if people actually rely on their devices to function reliably, they're right to just keep what's working, working.

 

[goobot]

Perhaps you missed the shiny graph, showing the 29%, nearly a third, of all potential iOS8 users who won't even install it, which says nothing of how many took the one-way trip of installing it and wished they hadn't.

This is the first release of iOS we've seen major pushback on resulting in fragmentation. No surprise that people would be resistant, considering the unpleasant experience going from 6 to 7 was, and how long that wreck took to stabilize. iOS8 has been even more troubled, and if people actually rely on their devices to function reliably, they're right to just keep what's working, working.

Some people just can't update due to lack of space on their phone, yes you can use iTunes but many don't realize this.

 

[Jsameds]

Perhaps you missed the shiny graph, showing the 29%, nearly a third, of all potential iOS8 users who won't even install it, which says nothing of how many took the one-way trip of installing it and wished they hadn't.

This is the first release of iOS we've seen major pushback on resulting in fragmentation. No surprise that people would be resistant, considering the unpleasant experience going from 6 to 7 was, and how long that wreck took to stabilize. iOS8 has been even more troubled, and if people actually rely on their devices to function reliably, they're right to just keep what's working, working.

Or have an iPhone 4 or below, or think they don't have the space to install it, or haven't got round to it, or don't know there's an update waiting etc etc.

Besides you're moving the goalposts now. Your original comment was "It's as if people buying apple devices over the holidays had any choice in the matter of OS".

AFAIK the only people who would wish to downgrade at this point in time are the one's with older devices, which iOS 8 has crippled (Myself included). With newer devices (ie the ones people have bought over the holidays that had iOS 8 pre-installed) - there's no reason to downgrade as they can handle iOS 8 with ease and most bugs and glitches have been sorted in x.1 or x.x.1 updates.

 

[heeloliver]

I take great pleasure still being on iOS 7.1.2. I will never put the garbage that is iOS 8 on my iPhone 5S.

Still rockin iOS 6 on my iPad 3, too. Will never upgrade that either.

have fun being behind

 

[Digital Skunk]

This is a pointless statistic if there ever was one.

It's as if people buying apple devices over the holidays had any choice in the matter of OS, and picked 8, and could change it to a different one if they wanted to but kept it because it's so wonderful.

No, no, and no.

That's a sizable percentage of users who will not install it.

I agree. Having an OS pushed on you daily until you install inst so bad as doing it then acting like people are flocking to it.

I'd like to see a survey of users that updated just so they could fix the bugs in iOS7 or the ones that did it just to get comparability with Mavericks.

I did it for handoff and iCloud Drive ONLY.

 

[heeloliver]

Same happens every year. People championing the fact they are on iOS x-1.

Apparently being one behind is cool.

yup. never thought i'd see the day people boasting how they're still on iOS 7...

 

[CmdrLaForge]

have fun being behind

I assume he has fun enjoying his devices.

 

[peglegjack]

The fact that iOS 8 fails at something as simple as syncing music to your phone or syncing your photo events in the right order is completely and totally inexcusable. And Apple can go climb a tree if they think that I will buy another one of their phones while this is all still happening.

 

[Yvan256]

Same here…. not sure why anyone would stay on iOS7 at this point??? We have iOS8 on an iPhone 5, 6 and iPad II with no issues on any of them.

I get the impression there's a very vocal minority that wants to just trash on anything Apple without any merit behind their rants.

They may be a very vocal minority, but they are not Android users bashing Apple products. They are Apple users preferring an older Apple product to a newer Apple product.

The same principle goes for OS X and Apple hardware. Changing things that used to work with new features that only do half the things the old one could do is not a good thing for the users.

 

[Alphabetize]

iOS 8 is running smoothly for the most part now. Most of the bugs I get are from old 3rd party applications that haven't been updated yet.

Otherwise the only annoying things are that sometimes the screen just won't register my touch for a minute or two, sometimes Control Center won't come up, sometimes when I open the camera app the camera won't start up for a minute.

 

[ls1dreams]

I'm still on a 5s, and mostly holding out because I've read that iOS8 is more laggy/less responsive than iOS7.

Seems like iOS just gets more and more bloated every year.

 

[KdParker]

I'm still on a 5s, and mostly holding out because I've read that iOS8 is more laggy/less responsive than iOS7.

Seems like iOS just gets more and more bloated every year.

laggy and less responsive how? Any details on what issues you MIGHT experience?

 

[crsh1976]

Thanks, but no thanks; I'm sticking to iOS 7.1.2 on my iPad 2.

 

[thekeyring]

I'm still on a 5s, and mostly holding out because I've read that iOS8 is more laggy/less responsive than iOS7.

Seems like iOS just gets more and more bloated every year.

Running the latest version of iOS 8 on my year-old iPhone 5C and not had any problems with lag, other than the game 2048. Seriously. That game lags like my friends' old Vista laptops, but the rest of the OS is fine.

Bare in mind this is an A6 processor, so half the speed of the iPhone 5S' A7.

Edit;
I've got 17.6gb free of 32gb if this makes any difference.

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I'm still on a 5s, and mostly holding out because I've read that iOS8 is more laggy/less responsive than iOS7.

Seems like iOS just gets more and more bloated every year.

Not bloated, but Apple keep moving iOS on with the latest processors.

Try running Android 5 on a 2011 Android phone, and compare it to iOS 8 on the 4S.

 

[HenryDJP]

Thanks, but no thanks; I'm sticking to iOS 7.1.2 on my iPad 2.

You certainly should. That thing is so old it's probably breathing it's last breath before the pearly gates.

 

[germanny]

iOS8 on iP6+ worse than Windows

iOS8 on iP6+ is the worst. I have more crashes than any Microsoft system of the past. Apple service always blames some third party applications, but can never say which one. Is there a way to use iOS7 on an iP6+? I don't think so.
Apple still makes pretty hardware, but is absolutely incompetent in cloud services and pretty bad now in operating software too. This is unacceptable to a business power user. Apple just doesn't care about professional users as long as they make their money with consumer products.

 

[i4m]

Same happens every year. People championing the fact they are on iOS x-1.

Apparently being one behind is cool.

Not everyone operates under the presumption that newer is better.

 

[HenryDJP]

iOS8 on iP6+ is the worst. I have more crashes than any Microsoft system of the past. Apple service always blames some third party applications, but can never say which one. Is there a way to use iOS7 on an iP6+? I don't think so.
Apple still makes pretty hardware, but is absolutely incompetent in cloud services and pretty bad now in operating software too. This is unacceptable to a business power user. Apple just doesn't care about professional users as long as they make their money with consumer products.

Gee thanks for signing up just to post that.....and you say that iOS 8 on iP6+ is the worst? What other OS's have you tried on iPhone 6 Plus? Tell us please? My experience is completely different. Tell us about everything that's been going on with your iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 8? I'm waiting...

 

[rish]

Slowest uptake of iOS thanks to some shoddy work. The update to deal with the shoddy work was equally shoddy.

All the while TC is busy dealing with political aspects forgetting what makes the company great.

 

[Q-Dog]

Same here…. not sure why anyone would stay on iOS7 at this point??? We have iOS8 on an iPhone 5, 6 and iPad II with no issues on any of them.

I get the impression there's a very vocal minority that wants to just trash on anything Apple without any merit behind their rants.

Here's 2 reasons: I don't like not being able to turn off the autohide on Safari, and I want to keep iphoto on my iPad.

I could list a few more reasons, instead I'll keep using my iPad air on IOS7. The wife is using IOS 8 on her 5s and ipad air 2 so I have had a chance to use it.

 

[Silly John Fatty]

have fun being behind

How is he "behind"? It's just software. There's more important things in life than iOS 8, like health, social life, etc. and who says you're not the one behind him in all of these?

I didn't know this was a race of who's got Apple's latest OS. I strongly suggest everyone who believes that to leave their basement for a while and get some fresh air.



Anyway, I have iOS 8 on the iPad Air and iOS 7 on the iPhone 4. I would prefer iOS 6 on my iPhone, even if I would loose some cool features. Everything after iOS 6 looks like an accident with a paintbox. I don't mind it that much on the iPad and must say it works fine. I guess that's because I only got an iPad after the iOS 6 era, so I wasn't used to something else. This really shows that it's just an attempt by Apple to take away some Windows and Samsung clients by making them "feel at home" and rejecting a part of its own character.
Whereas on the iPhone… I really dislike it a lot, too bad I can't downgrade. But I'll possibly be buying a new old iPhone with iOS 6. Sadly the prices here went up, because no one wants the new look, but I've seen quite a lot of them. Then, I too will be "behind" haha!

 

[Razeus]

iOS 8 and Apple's quality control issues regarding software throughout 2014 has me really considering leaving the Apple system. iOS 8 is still a buggy mess:

Music shouldn't skip just because I'm changing apps.
The screen should rotate on the dime.
Overlapping UI issue moving from one screen to the next.
Custom keyboard won't pop up because I'm answering a text from the lock screen.
Phone randomly reboots.
etc. etc.

Don't even get me started on iCloud Photos.

Too busy fixing ringtones I guess. They've become too big for their own good.

 

[WannaGoMac]

I take great pleasure still being on iOS 7.1.2. I will never put the garbage that is iOS 8 on my iPhone 5S.

Still rockin iOS 6 on my iPad 3, too. Will never upgrade that either.

I've found iOS far better than 7.1.2 with features and functionality. iOS 8 is really a feature fix for 7, so if you have 7 should just go to 8 there isn't anything but gain. Now ios 6 vs 7/8 is another story, 6 was a lot better than either 7/8

 

[ThunderSkunk]

Or have an iPhone 4 or below...

Nope. The stat only refers to those with devices compatible with iOS8.

Who's moving the goalposts?

 

[BerMuc]

28% of the 29% are probably 16gig devices with no room to upgrade to the 'biggest iOS release[d]' yet.