Apple says iOS 8 on 47% of devices as adoption rate slows, tied with iOS 7 distribution
In an update to its developer portal on Monday, Apple revealed 47 percent of iOS devices tracked through the App Store are running the latest iOS 8, a change of only one percent over the past two weeks.
As of Oct. 5, iOS 8 distribution equaled that of last year's iOS 7, with each OS version running on 47 percent of devices registered with the iOS App Store. Apple announced the latest statistics through its App Store support webpage for developers.
The metric compares to 46 percent distribution for iOS 8 two weeks ago, when the next-generation mobile operating system saw rapid adoption just after a Sept. 17 launch. At the time, the OS was tracking slightly behind last year's iOS 7, which garnered a 52 percent Web share one week after release, according to one third-party study.
Interestingly, over the past two weeks, Apple saw a one-percent uptick in devices running iOS 6 and older, bringing their combined share up to six percent of the total.
Consumers may be reluctant to upgrade to the latest iOS 8 version after seeing a slew of problems with the new operating system, the first being a launch-day bug that prompted Apple to pull HealthKit-enabled apps from the App Store. The HealthKit framework is a tentpole feature for iOS 8 that aggregates data from wellness apps and connected fitness accessories.
An updated 8.0.1 version was pushed out on Sept. 24 to patch the issue, but it too was quickly pulled after iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners complained of non-functioning cellular and Touch ID hardware. A day later, Apple issued the latest iOS 8.0.2 update as a patch for HealthKit, cellular and Touch ID problems.
As of Oct. 5, iOS 8 distribution equaled that of last year's iOS 7, with each OS version running on 47 percent of devices registered with the iOS App Store. Apple announced the latest statistics through its App Store support webpage for developers.
The metric compares to 46 percent distribution for iOS 8 two weeks ago, when the next-generation mobile operating system saw rapid adoption just after a Sept. 17 launch. At the time, the OS was tracking slightly behind last year's iOS 7, which garnered a 52 percent Web share one week after release, according to one third-party study.
Interestingly, over the past two weeks, Apple saw a one-percent uptick in devices running iOS 6 and older, bringing their combined share up to six percent of the total.
Consumers may be reluctant to upgrade to the latest iOS 8 version after seeing a slew of problems with the new operating system, the first being a launch-day bug that prompted Apple to pull HealthKit-enabled apps from the App Store. The HealthKit framework is a tentpole feature for iOS 8 that aggregates data from wellness apps and connected fitness accessories.
An updated 8.0.1 version was pushed out on Sept. 24 to patch the issue, but it too was quickly pulled after iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners complained of non-functioning cellular and Touch ID hardware. A day later, Apple issued the latest iOS 8.0.2 update as a patch for HealthKit, cellular and Touch ID problems.
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Nice deflection.
"But...but...but Android" never really gets old does it? .
This is likely the biggest issue. I needed 6.9GB free on my iPad to do it. On a 16GB iPad, that had 12.7GB maximum available under iOS 7, that's painful.
It did make me decide to never buy a 16GB device again, went with 64 on my iPhone 6. Been nice to throw whatever I want on it and not care.
It shouldn't even exist.
Well all those buggy releases in a row. Its no wonder people arent upgrading.
Crawl back into your spider hole. You serve no useful purpose here.
Except it doesn't when you update using a computer.
Yes, but you ignore the fact that there are many people with an iPhone who NEVER connect it to a computer. They rely on the cloud, so yes, the space requirement is in fact a big deal for many and I'm sure is a major contributing factor.
Doesn't help that iOS 8 requires a big as$ storage space to install..
That's definitely one possible reason with other reason being that maybe many users on older iPhones decided not to upgrade because they're waiting to buy an iPhone 6 / 6 Plus
Except when you can't update using a computer. My iPod Touch got stuck in recovery mode when trying to install the ota update and iTunes was unable to download the update. Good thing a Apple Store is 45 mins away.
Well all those buggy releases in a row. Its no wonder people arent upgrading.
More likely to be all those people who aren't bothering to update the OS because they are upgrading devices and are selling their old devices. As long as the new iPads have TouchID, we'll be adding a complete refresh of our old iPads to the new iPhone 6+(s). There's more than one way to upgrade the OS :~}.
Crawl back into your spider hole. You serve no useful purpose here.
No. He's right. iOS 8.0 and 8.0.1 were a disaster. 8.0.2 isn't that great either. I'm not updating my iPad air until 8.1 or not at all. iOS8 sucks balls. It's unstable and buggy. It's broken many things and made iOS crappy to use. If you disagree, fine, but I'm using it and I do not find that "it just works". It's not a good update and will probably take a few more months for Apple to get it to be as decent as iOS7 was.
I liked IOS6 and it was rock solid. New features aside, iOS7 and iOS8 have made things a little less great.
iOS 6 had its share of problems for lots of people too. But anyone that claims iOS 8 isn't buggy either isn't using it or isn't telling the truth.
But a lot of people don't know that, particularly since a computer is no longer a digital hub.