Apple's iOS 10 now on 3 out of 4 compatible devices
In newly released iOS 10 adoption statistics, Apple on Thursday revealed 76 percent of compatible devices are now running the current generation operating system, a massive uptick since iPhone 7 launched in September.
According to Apple's latest numbers, published to the company's developer web portal, 76 percent of compatible iOS devices were running a version of iOS 10 as of Wednesday.
The numbers are up significantly from Apple's last reading on Nov. 27, which showed the OS installed on only 63 percent of active devices. A month prior, data from research firm Mixpanel found iOS 10 adoption surpass the halfway mark in late September when the OS was tracking at 55 percent.
While Apple does not offer day-by-day statistics, it can be assumed that the holidays brought a raft of new users and late upgraders.
Despite a sizable leap from November, iOS 10 distribution is just one percent higher than iOS 9 metrics measured at roughly the same time last year. At the time, the last-generation OS was gaining new converts at a rate of about one percent per week.
Apple's resource notes 18 percent of devices visiting the App Store are still running iOS 9, while another 6 percent are on older versions of the OS.
Apple released iOS 10 in September with design enhancements and feature additions to Messages, Maps, Siri, Photos, Apple Music, News, and more. The company most recently issued iOS 10.2 with the new TV app and refreshed emoji characters.
According to Apple's latest numbers, published to the company's developer web portal, 76 percent of compatible iOS devices were running a version of iOS 10 as of Wednesday.
The numbers are up significantly from Apple's last reading on Nov. 27, which showed the OS installed on only 63 percent of active devices. A month prior, data from research firm Mixpanel found iOS 10 adoption surpass the halfway mark in late September when the OS was tracking at 55 percent.
While Apple does not offer day-by-day statistics, it can be assumed that the holidays brought a raft of new users and late upgraders.
Despite a sizable leap from November, iOS 10 distribution is just one percent higher than iOS 9 metrics measured at roughly the same time last year. At the time, the last-generation OS was gaining new converts at a rate of about one percent per week.
Apple's resource notes 18 percent of devices visiting the App Store are still running iOS 9, while another 6 percent are on older versions of the OS.
Apple released iOS 10 in September with design enhancements and feature additions to Messages, Maps, Siri, Photos, Apple Music, News, and more. The company most recently issued iOS 10.2 with the new TV app and refreshed emoji characters.
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I never like to be pestered to install the new versions when a new phone comes out.
its particularly irksome with the xx.0
versions. I don't want to be an apple beta tester.
Apple's iOS 10 not on 1 out of 4 compatible devices
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Sure, no one care about updates because they are not good for you. /s
I understand that Apple, in their 10.2 release has incorporated diagnostics to identify the reason for these problems.
In the meantime, I would suggest you get yourself a car charger.
And yet, people will argue that Software and Hardware designed together don't need more memory. Maybe not on the day of release, but 1 or 2 OS'es lateer and you're going to notice. I won't upgrade to iOS 11 even if my device is compatible because the experience will be awful. A bit like the iPad 2 and iOS 8 or 9.
For example, one day I was getting "normal" usage out of my battery. Suddenly it dropped down to about 30%. I called an Uber. Within a minute or two the battery level dropped from 30% down to 2%. It then stayed at 2% for about 15 minutes while I drove home. As soon as I got home I plugged it in to charge, and the level *immediately* jumped from 2% to 27%. In short, I've seen lots of weirdness with battery levels, including a few times when the phone died on me unexpectedly.
My iPhone 6 never had any sort of battery problem until I put iOS 10 on it. It seems to me that they've screwed up something in their battery-monitoring logic.
My 6+ is doing the same thing. I believe that in the last update to version 10 (10.2) they included some diagnostics to find out why the batteries are behaving improperly. But, I don't know if they are looking at this specific problem or not.
When I took mine to the Apple store and explained the problem to them they told me to buy a new battery since mine was close to reading in the 'needs replaced' zone (but was still OK). I declined and later gave them a poor review (partly because she was rude). I got a call back from them as a result of the poor review and they suggested I buy a new phone! I of course declined that suggestion as well.
But, I have to say: I have not experienced the problem for the past several weeks. Perhaps 10.2 resolved the problem? I don't know. But neither am I complaining!