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iOS 6 Adoption Tops 25% After Just 48 Hours

Posted by timothy on from the must've-hated-the-last-version dept.

An anonymous reader writes "iOS 6 has seen rapid adoption among iPhone and iPad users, reports developer David Smith. Smith's applications like Audiobooks get around 100k downloads weekly and he's taken to mapping the adoption of Apple's software releases over the last couple of years. This update's data shows a 35.4% adoption of iOS 6, with iOS 5.x holding court at 71.5% adoption. That's a pretty rapid pace, eclipsing Android Jelly Bean's 2-month adoption levels of 1.2% easily."

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  1. Re:Always with the jabs by artor3 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Maybe it has something to do with Android users treating their phones are tools, while iPhone users treat them as spouses.

    My phone works. I'm in no more rush to download updates for it than I am to download the latest updates for Windows or Firefox. The only people who seem to get really worked up over software updates are the Applephiles.

  2. Re:Always with the jabs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Last Android phone I owned was Galaxy S, and it didn't work OTA. In fact, the Skia update program / piece of shit bricked my phone and I had to send it to the retailer via mail. Good times. I was finally able to update to 2.3, but it was just as laggy and shitty, so I just bought an iPhone 4 instead.