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iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks

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Re: iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks

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Post by buro9 »

calvin_c wrote: post #27
acomjean wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thats what holding me back from upgrading and I have 32gb 4s. Plus it just doesn't seem that compelling and upgrade. Makes one wonder the 16-64-128 gb storage strategy.

You don't need the on board space if you upgrade through iTunes. It's a drag, considering OTA updates have been a big push since iOS 5, but it avoids the issue of trying to clear out 5 GB of space.

And those of us on Linux who have no Mac or Windows PC?

I haven't upgraded my iPod and iPad precisely because of the space issue. Looks like I won't be upgrading.

Re: iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks

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Post by happyscrappy »

steve-benjamins wrote: post #12
wlesieutre wrote: post #6

I'm in that remaining 53%. I still have an iPhone 4S, which works fine, and the new features in iOS 8 aren't enough for me to justify the performance hits. Safari launch goes from 1.25 to 2.16 seconds, and I use that all the time. Not worth it, as much as I'd like 3rd party keyboards and 1password integration. Plus there's the fact that everything is being designed for iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 screens now, so it gets te…

Totally. I have a 4S but I did upgrade to iOS 8. I wish I had stuck with iOS7. Everything got pretty sluggish.

Anyone running iOS8 on a 4S should change some settings: Settings->General->Accessibility->Increase Contrast Set to On

Settings->General->Accessibility->Reduce Motion Set to On

Re: iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks

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Post by fro »

calvin_c wrote: post #27
acomjean wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thats what holding me back from upgrading and I have 32gb 4s. Plus it just doesn't seem that compelling and upgrade. Makes one wonder the 16-64-128 gb storage strategy.

You don't need the on board space if you upgrade through iTunes. It's a drag, considering OTA updates have been a big push since iOS 5, but it avoids the issue of trying to clear out 5 GB of space.

For many people who's phone is their sole device, this is asking the impossible.

Re: iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks

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Post by misterbwong »

I'm surprised the article doesn't take into consideration the fact that there's a month-long wait for the iPhone 6 and 6+ upgrade. I'm willing to bet a decent chunk of those with older iPhones are waiting for their upgrades and not bothering with the update.

Re: iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks

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Post by ck2 »

CapitalistCartr wrote: post #4

I upgraded from 5.x to 6.0 and it broke three important tools I used, all for political reasons to benefit Apple and hurt Google. I was careful to make a backup first. Guess what! The backup won't allow returning to 5.x. So a fake backup process. Don't expect me to trust "upgrades" after getting screwed like that.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/downgrade/

Re: iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks

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Post by Jonovono »

minikites wrote: post #2

I bet a big part of it is that you need ~5GB of free space which is really difficult on 8 or 16GB devices. iOS 7 only needed 1 or 2, if my memory is accurate.

Upgrade through iTunes. You don't need much free space at all. I upgraded with about 300MB.

Re: iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks

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Post by vmarsy »

crazygringo wrote: post #25

I upgraded to iOS 8 on my 4S, and regret it immensely. Sluggish doesn't even begin to describe it. Animations have gone from ~30 fps to maybe 2 or 3 fps. It's almost as if the update disabled the GPU or something, I can't even begin to understand it. A popular game like Subway Surfers is now completely unplayable -- it'll run smoothly for a couple seconds, then freeze for half a second, and bam, you run into a train.…

Developers that force you to upgrade to the next iOS is indeed annoying, but

> I don't criticize Apple so much for creating new iOS versions that require greater processor power

I think you'd be in the right to criticize this as well, by upgrading to an OS that requires more processing power, you get a lowered battery life and a less responsive phone overall.

Re: iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks

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Post by acdha »

wlesieutre wrote: post #6

I'm in that remaining 53%. I still have an iPhone 4S, which works fine, and the new features in iOS 8 aren't enough for me to justify the performance hits. Safari launch goes from 1.25 to 2.16 seconds, and I use that all the time. Not worth it, as much as I'd like 3rd party keyboards and 1password integration. Plus there's the fact that everything is being designed for iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 screens now, so it gets te…

Most of the performance claims are exaggerated – unless you're obsessively stop-watching or switching apps all the time, the difference in Safari startup isn't significant and the newer WebKit means that Safari is actually faster once you actually use it, noticeably so on JavaScript-heavy sites. A fraction of a second startup time is lost in network overhead or render on the first page you visit.

In general, it feels like iOS 7 - slower than 6 but still usable, particularly if you disable background apps to reduce memory pressure.

What is a big deal is screen real-estate: it's not just the apps but also the new predictive text entry. In an app like Tweetbot, the full keyboard now leaves only 3 lines of text visible. Some of the custom keyboards are shorter but you can definitely tell that most developers are now assuming at least the larger iPhone 5 screen height.

Re: iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks

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Post by tacoman »

eddieroger wrote: post #21
etimberg wrote: post #14

I upgraded an iPad 3 to iOS 8 and I definitely regret it. I don't like how Safari has changed, and it just feels sluggish.

I was in the same boat, and ended up wiping my 3. That helped more than it should have, especially for the pain in the ass that it was to reinstall the stuff I use regularly.

Wiping it actually increased responsiveness? I guess I'll give that a try.
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