Posted on 09/29/2017 11:12:16 PM PDT by Swordmaker
If you have a newer iOS device and you haven’t yet upgraded to iOS 11, you should know that you’re in an ever-dwindling group. Apple’s iPhone 8 (and the yet-to-be-launch iPhone X) come with iOS 11 pre-installed, but as with all iOS update rollouts, iOS 11 is also being installed on older devices at a brisk pace. The current percentage of iOS 11 users is nearly 25%, and since the update has only been available for about a week, that’s obviously an incredible feat.
But what the 25% figure doesn’t fully reveal is how Apple’s mobile operating system compares to its primary competitor, Android, in terms of user adoption. If we want to compare apples to apples, iOS 11’s Android counterpart would be Oreo. Oreo has only rolled out for a handful of devices, and as such it doesn’t even show up on Google’s platform tracking chart, so there’s really no comparison that can even be made.
Looking farther back, we can use Android Nougat — which was officially released in August of 2016 — instead. Remember, iOS 11 has only been out for a week, and currently has nearly 25% adoption among iOS devices. The year-old Android Nougat has less than 16% adoption among Android devices. Android Marshmallow, now roughly two years old, boasts double the number of users at 32.2%, while Lollipop comes in at 28.8%.
In fact, if you want to find an Android version that has a comparable percentage of adopters to Nougat you’ll have to look as far back as Android Kitkat, which has a little over 15% share. That’s a whole lot of fragmentation.
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Lord Google doesn’t really care.
He still controls a big majority of phones, including search and apps.
Where is that giant cat saying;
“All your Apps is
belong to us!”
Not if you’re an Apple user
Looks like they’re pushing iOS 11 all the way back to iPhone 5s. Probably an attempt to big down those devices and get people to upgrade to a more recent (and expensive) iPhone.
big => bog (I wish we had a 60 second edit function on this forum)
I like the construction quality of the iPhone . Added a lifeproof case. Its held up to a lot of abuse.
So?
Where do I go to get my $2500/yr. ObamaDontCare savings?
Cupertino?
My 5s (wifi only pic and video - internet radio device) will remain at the 9.x.x level...
Yup. That’s why so many legacy android OS still installed in old cases. Updates aren’t even made available for phones without the hardware capability to run the new OS.
Apples iPhone upgrades make older phones to slow to use. Only Apple users are dumb enough to upgrade older devices and essentially destroy their smart phone.
You mean all that stuff that Apple just released that I have had on my Galaxy 7 and 8 for years is behind the times? I have been using face recognition on my Surface for at least that long as well.
Apples slogan should be: “Apple:Mmaking yesterday’s technology look whizbang today!”
I thought for security reasons you would want to be at iOS 10. I guess it depends on what you use the device for. If you aren't logging into financial accounts or waving your phone to wireless pay for something, good luck.
I am a new Android user, but Android 7 almost gets to the secure nature of iOS from seven years ago. And that’s if you’re using Android 7+ on a Google phone, who is the only manufacturer guaranteed to follow strict security protocols.
The writer doesn’t seem to realize how Linux versioning is done.
Doesn’t realize that many fixes, features, and patches are applied to all stable released versions not just the latest one
They do this to ensure multiple hardware platforms continue to work (Apple doesn’t have this issue).
Once the hardware is tested and they know it won’t brick the device, they roll it to the latest release
I have a Windows phone from 2012. I don’t need a new phone yet. I’m choosing to stay behind.
Pretty much not true. Usually, an update works more quickly on older hardware until it won't update at all. If the hardware won't support it, it can't install it.
> Pretty much not true. Usually, an update works more quickly on older hardware until it won’t update at all. If the hardware won’t support it, it can’t install it.
I’ve owned 3 iPhones. All of them become virtual bricks after 2 or 3 years of software upgrades. Software bloat is real.
Those are under the control and distribution of the carriers or manufacturers in many if not most cases, and certainly for the older versions of Android OS. These older versions NEVER get updated.
Once the hardware is tested and they know it won’t brick the device, they roll it to the latest release
See above. Exactly when does that really happen, dila813? Most older devices never get updated, otherwise you'd have a heck of a lot higher adoption rates than 17% for Nougat. . . and even the older versions. It's the way it was supposed to work, but it just doesn't happen, dila813.
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