Tuesday, March 27, 2012

60% of users are already running the latest version of IOS

While manufacturers of smartphones and tablets with Android run to update the software of its many appliances, Apple's work is much easier. A developer commits 61% of users are already running iOS 5.1.0.


The study does not consider all users of the platform, but provides a good sample to have idea how to go for updates on iOS. Audiobooks The developer, David Smith, gathered some statistics related to the versions used by its customers. The manager is a Audiobooks audio books for iPhone, iPhone and iPod Touch, with around 100,000 downloads per week.

Two weeks after the release of iOS 5.1.0, on March 6, 61% of users have already adopted the new version. Versions prior to 5.0 are represented by only 21% of users Audiobooks. It is a stark contrast compared to official data released by Android, where only 1.2% running version 4.0.3 and the overwhelming majority (95.1%) is at version 2.3.7 or earlier.

Updates over-the-air greatly facilitated the rapid adoption of newer versions. So much so that, considering only the users of iOS 5, the percentage of devices with the latest version rises to 77%. It's a shame that Android manufacturers do not use the same model from Apple. Maintaining outdated systems force users to buy new equipment and hinders the implementation of new features in applications, delaying the development of the Android ecosystem. Who remembers Internet Explorer 6?