Exactly, if they don't care neither do I. I only install any given OS when I see I will get a derived benefit from. iOS 8 brings nothing to me but poorer performance on my devices along with bugs and features I don't want.
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Exactly, if they don't care neither do I. I only install any given OS when I see I will get a derived benefit from. iOS 8 brings nothing to me but poorer performance on my devices along with bugs and features I don't want.
Let me tell you why, although your comment is "cute", is irrelevant.
First of all - who really cares? If you're device is doing exactly what you need, what difference does it matter if someone else has updated or not. Or if an OS you aren't using is available
Second - Lollipop is ONLY just starting to roll out and unlike iOS, goes through a process with carriers and manufactures.
Third - iOS 8.x has been out longer
Fourth - Android "works" quite differently than iOS because while full OS updates bring new features and benefits, all of the core apps are regularly updated many times over the year "necessitating" the "need" for a full OS update less important on Android than on iOS. An Android user doesn't have to wait for a new OS or update to the OS to have many of their core apps updated. And now that Google has such control over Play services, they can do a lot of "behind the scenes" updates without needing a new OS or to go through carriers/manufacturers.
Cute comment, and obvious why you would get upvotes on it, but a silly comment if there was a shred of sincerity in it.
We've reached a trend where minimal design is considered great because it doesn't distract the users away from the content itself. I liked both designs but I believe iOS 7 and up, and OS X Yosemite have made everything simpler and more user friendly. Watching my grandparents play my my devices, I noticed that they seemed to comprehend everything better now than with the skeuomorphic design. In the end, it is all based on personal preference.
iOS devices visiting the App Store doesn't say much for total user base. How many of you with older iOS devices even use the App store anymore? I don't. There aren't any new apps coming out that work with iOS 4 for my old 2nd gen Touch and with the release of 8, even iOS 6 doesn't see many app updates anymore. I think a big reason 60% of App Store visitors are on iOS 7 & 8 is because they're they one ones that have new Apps to look for.
Yup, that's exactly it. Older devices still in service don't go on the App Store as often because app developers gradually stop supporting older versions of iOS - if your device is stuck on iOS 5 or 6, and your apps are no longer getting updated for those older versions, you have no reason to visit the store anymore.
It's fallacious of Apple to make it sound as if older devices just disappear because people keep buying newer models, it doesn't quite work that way. There is a ton more of older devices still in service than that 4% suggests.
Yeah, the smart know not to update their devices. iOS 7 or 8 shouldn't be on the iPhone 4, iPad 3 or earlier or the 4s.
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Bingo! Apple stopped signing iOS 7 so, if you try 8 and hate it, oh well, you are counted as one of the happy iOS 8 adopters.....
Awww, The truth. Please stop.
Tell Apple to allow people to downgrade. Then you'll see improve performance.
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New users don't know what was really good before. That's why they think it is good. New is always good, right?
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Well to further - I have an original iPad. I know a lot of people still do. And I have enough apps on that - that even if I wanted to update them all, I would need to do that via computer and I simply can't be bothered to do so. So I have a bunch of apps what could be updated but aren't.
Not to mention - not everyone needs the latest and greatest features. Some people are actually content with the software and hardware they have as it fulfills their needs.
I get a new phone every 1-2 years. I just don't have that kind of relationship with my tablet
Starting to look like this http://www.androidcentral.com/andro...over-30-percent-mark-gingerbread-now-under-10
To hell with 8.
Rocking solid on iPod touch 3rd gen with 5.
4S with 6. iPad 3 with 6. 5s with 7. iPad air with 7.
Apple can break features on older devices and it will only piss me off more until the point where I will no longer buy their products anymore.
Rocking solid on iPod touch 3rd gen with 5.
4S with 6. iPad 3 with 6. 5s with 7. iPad air with 7.
Apple can break features on older devices and it will only piss me off more until the point where I will no longer buy their products anymore.
The huge chunk of Android marketshare in that graph is from Jelly Bean, unveiled in June 2012, around the time iOS 6 was announced.
Out of all the devices that either shipped with iOS 6, or were upgradable to iOS 6 when it was released, around 70% of them can run iOS 8.
How many devices running Jelly Bean can get Lollipop?
How Many Like It?
Out of that percentage, how many folks actually like it? I don't know why we are supposed to care about Apple adoption rates - it's free, they push the hell out of it to the point of gimping certain features until you upgrade - like updated pages, itunes, etc gave error messages that it wouldn't install properly unless you installed Mavericks. So why wouldn't the adoption rate on Apple Os be high?
I want to know the percentage of people that are actually happy with it? I know I don't like IOS8, nor the new iTunes.
Out of that percentage, how many folks actually like it? I don't know why we are supposed to care about Apple adoption rates - it's free, they push the hell out of it to the point of gimping certain features until you upgrade - like updated pages, itunes, etc gave error messages that it wouldn't install properly unless you installed Mavericks. So why wouldn't the adoption rate on Apple Os be high?
I want to know the percentage of people that are actually happy with it? I know I don't like IOS8, nor the new iTunes.
I regret installing iOS 8 on my iPod Touch 5th gen. Just has terrible lag and slowdowns requiring reboots to get some of the speed back until it slows down again.
People have absolutely skipped this upgrade because of concerns over bugs. And I don't just mean people living in the MR bubble.
Like many of you, I'm sure, I am an Apple go-to person among friends, family and acquaintances - the kinds of people who otherwise get their Apple news from little sound bites on the radio and TV. They all know about the issues with iOS 8 and have either expressed concerns over upgrading or outright said they're not doing it.
The no-space issue is a hurdle for people who actually want to upgrade, sure, but don't let that fool you into thinking that's the only thing holding the Apple muggles back. This isn't their first iOS upgrade experience. They've been bitten once and now they're feeling shy.
Like many of you, I'm sure, I am an Apple go-to person among friends, family and acquaintances - the kinds of people who otherwise get their Apple news from little sound bites on the radio and TV. They all know about the issues with iOS 8 and have either expressed concerns over upgrading or outright said they're not doing it.
The no-space issue is a hurdle for people who actually want to upgrade, sure, but don't let that fool you into thinking that's the only thing holding the Apple muggles back. This isn't their first iOS upgrade experience. They've been bitten once and now they're feeling shy.
This is the last time I upgrade right away
Apple has proven that they are as fallible at releasing beta and poor quality OS and software updates as anyone else and I think the trend to wait until a couple of updates after the main update before upgrading your device is warranted these days for Apple.
If Apple wants to promote and brag about these kinds of adoption numbers they are going to have to step up big time and do a LOT more Q/A before the next major release. Not just on the Flagship phone or tablet they are about to release, but on any older supported phone as well. The idea of releasing iOS and then breaking something like phone functionality, or introducing a security hole is never acceptable.
For iOS 9, I will wait until at least iOS 9.2 or later, once the initial round of beta bugs get ironed out by the early adopters. I think this is the last time Apple will ever brag about OS adoption rate as they pretty much screwed the pooch on iOS 8 release and quickly created a market of skeptics.
Apple has proven that they are as fallible at releasing beta and poor quality OS and software updates as anyone else and I think the trend to wait until a couple of updates after the main update before upgrading your device is warranted these days for Apple.
If Apple wants to promote and brag about these kinds of adoption numbers they are going to have to step up big time and do a LOT more Q/A before the next major release. Not just on the Flagship phone or tablet they are about to release, but on any older supported phone as well. The idea of releasing iOS and then breaking something like phone functionality, or introducing a security hole is never acceptable.
For iOS 9, I will wait until at least iOS 9.2 or later, once the initial round of beta bugs get ironed out by the early adopters. I think this is the last time Apple will ever brag about OS adoption rate as they pretty much screwed the pooch on iOS 8 release and quickly created a market of skeptics.
Personally I see little to no value in these numbers as a consumer. As a developer, I would be interested. But why should I care how many people have adopted the new OS?
I might just be being stupid or something, or not totally understand the "statistic" world .... but 56+40+5=101 ...... I thought it should only add up to 100%?!
You have to understand margin of error and significant figures.
Not overly impressed with the new features. Plus: I don't wanna "learn" a new OS every couple of months. Plus: I don't wanna experiment whether iOS 8 does to my iPhone 4s and iPad 2 what iOS 7 did to my iPhone 4. Plus: The iPhone 5s at work is still on iOS 7; so why should i disrupt my overall user experience?
Everything i own remains on iOS 7. I just regained 3-4 Go on all devices by deleting the iOS 8 installation file Apple "offered" me.
I'll probably definitely move away from the iPhone in the near future because of Apple's unlocked prices. Does anyone know with which version of iOS the refurbished 5th generation iPod Touch are currently sold (So that i can keep a cheap lifeline into iCloud)?
Everything i own remains on iOS 7. I just regained 3-4 Go on all devices by deleting the iOS 8 installation file Apple "offered" me.
I'll probably definitely move away from the iPhone in the near future because of Apple's unlocked prices. Does anyone know with which version of iOS the refurbished 5th generation iPod Touch are currently sold (So that i can keep a cheap lifeline into iCloud)?
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Apple is not exactly to blame here. That diagram is posted on their developer pages and is thus first meant for developers. What do developers care about? The App Store and its users. They don’t care about those millions of users that are not represented on this diagram, because these are not their potential customers. The fault lies with those who treat the diagram as a proxy for overall adoption of iOS versions, which was not the data Apple intended to show.