Less than a week before it was unleashed to the Apple faithful,
iOS 8 - Apple's latest mobile operating system - is already running on
nearly half of all active iPhones and iPads - or at least those visiting
the App Store.
Figures from Apple's Developer
Support page showed that as of September 21, iOS 8 was already running
on 46 percent of Apple devices - a mere four days after its release.
Slightly more devices were running iOS 7, the now-previous version of the operating system at 49 percent.
Only five percent were using earlier versions of iOS.
But enthusiast site 9to5mac.com said the adoption could be slightly slower, likely due to the much bigger iOS download.
"Apple isn’t bragging on its iOS 8 adoption numbers like it has in
years past because it appears uptake has been slightly slower. The
reason? The much bigger iOS 8 download doesn’t fit on many people’s
devices which are often stuffed to capacity with music, movies, photos
and apps," it said.
Yet, tech site The Verge noted
the transition from iOS 7 to iOS 8 has been much faster than Google's
Android: the latest version KitKat is "still working its way toward the
25 percent mark," 10 months after it was released.
Still, The Verge noted the transition to iOS 8 was "not entirely painless."
"Many people were unhappily surprised by the large amount of free space
that the new upgrade required, and there remains a swathe of important
and prominent apps in need of an update to make them work properly with
the new iOS. To that point, Apple's numbers show it's struggling with
its app review process, with only 53 of new app submissions and 74
percent of updates being fully reviewed last week," it said. — Joel Locsin/VC, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
