How long did it take KitKat to get to 47%?
iOS 8 Adoption Stalls at 47% of Users After Three Weeks
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#12I'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.
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#13I 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.
This is the issue. And people have no idea how to effectively clean up space. Scott Hanselman had some relevant tweets about this from around when ios 8 launched. http://twitter.com/shanselman/status/512299554243616768
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#14I 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.
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#15How long did it take KitKat to get to 47%?
I'm not really sure those comparisons are accurate any more. Most developers can target Android >= 4.0 and not worry about exactly which point version users are on.
Coupled with that, things like the browser, maps, e-mail and keyboard are updated through the Play Store now, not through OS updates. Google have done a pretty great job with this.
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#16At least part of it is that folks like my mom just never attach their phones to their computers and ignore any upgrade notifications on their devices, so they basically never upgrade until their son comes to visit. This applies to me as well -- I have two iPads and frankly it's not really worth the bother. I'll probably upgrade them eventually; there's just no hurry.
Compounding the problem -- since getting the iPhone 6, I've noticed something I've almost never noticed before on an iPhone: lag. There are times where it seems there's a huge (like 1 second) delay between touching the screen and a reaction. This is noticeable when scrolling in safari. For that reason alone I would recommend against upgrading until the problem is resolved.
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#17How long did it take KitKat to get to 47%?
Still not there yet, so about a year: https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/android_kitkat
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#18I have an iPhone 4s and I didn't even want to update to iOS 7 because my brother did, and his phone really slowed down. Since I need to answer calls or take photos fast I really could care-a-less about other features. If my device isn't fast, I lose the moment. iOS 6 forever on this device (baring some big security problem)
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#19My iPad2 runs worse and worse with every new version of iOS. I wish I could go back to 6.
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#20I'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.
On the bright side, the 4S is 3 years old now, so with updates through iOS 7 I'm still doing better than the majority of smartphones.