Apple has announced that iOS 8 adoption has reached 72% as measured by the App Store on February 2nd. That's an increase of 3% from January 19th when Apple last measured the number.
The 3% increase isn't huge but it's better than the 1% increase Apple measured in beginning of January. A contributing factor to the bump may have been the recently released iOS 8.1.3 software update which doesn't require as much free space to install.
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ywhat - February 3, 2015 at 7:38pm
Just curious but why do they care about this statistic? Even 3% is so small yet they announce a 3% rise?
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Jackson Browne - February 3, 2015 at 11:59pm
It matters to developers. A major complaint on Android phones is 'fragmentation,' where there are a large number of different OS's in current use. As a result, developers need to support all of those OS's in their app. If most users have upgrade to the most current iOS, then programming is much easier.
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dave - February 3, 2015 at 7:19pm
will never happen, they need keep selling new ones to feed their families, sadly i had to sell my 4s after upgrade to ios8 it became so slow, it was taking like 5 minutes to open email. On ios7 it was not a bad phone actually despite the case design, 3gs and 3g were great designs.
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stevenlacross - February 3, 2015 at 6:38pm
If they would release iOS 8.1.3 for IPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 and also iPod touch 3 and 4, then that percentage would go up
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