iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks
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iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks
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#2I 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.
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#3Urgh. The one upside of web developer for the iPhone is that the users upgrade quickly. I really don't want to be left having to debug two different, broken, versions of Safari.
(Please, Apple, break Safari out into an app that can be updated in the App Store. Oh, and actually update it.)
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#4I 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.
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#5I 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.
If it's done via iTunes the space requirement isn't an issue (or at least less of one). I was able to upgrade with less than 1GB free in iTunes. But yes the lack of many people being unable to use OTA upgrades does put a hamper on things.
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#6I'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 terribly cramped without the extra height. Integrated apps like Music have already been crammed into the 3.5" screen on iOS 7, but 8 only takes more steps toward needing a bigger screen.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/ios-8-on-the-iphone-4s-...
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#7I 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.
Yup. I'm a "technical user" and it still took effort and a few decisions to free up 5.7GB, which included deleting a few things I otherwise would have kept. I imagine many people can't be bothered.
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#8I 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.
Wow that is a huge difference. I don't think we will see the 16GB option offered in future iPhone models.
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#9I am holding off until I see a compelling reason to upgrade, and a review showing that that reason works on my (phone-wise) ancient 4S. A custom keyboard might be that... but I'll still wait for 8.1 for the stability.
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#10I 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.
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.