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| iOS 6 adoption one month in |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-10-19 13:56:25 |
| "Looking at the stats for all our apps (we have 4 universal apps with almost 3 million downloads) and for all versions after a month gives an interesting picture." Close to 70% is on iOS 6 already. In the meantime, Sony just announced it's going to leave loads of users in the cold by not upgrading their phones to Jelly Bean. Those that do have an update in the pipeline will have to wait until next year. |
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| RE[6]: Interesting but... |
| By gpsnoopy on 2012-10-19 17:04:46 |
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Apple does not provide iOS version shares on the global market. They only publish partial numbers (e.g. US market only) when it suits their presentation. Apple has nothing comparable to the Google Android Dashboard. |
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| RE[6]: Interesting but... |
| By gpsnoopy on 2012-10-19 17:12:41 |
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> The question posed to you by your assertions is: is this estimate so unreasonably inaccurate as to point to the belief that a more accurate estimate would show Google uptake comparable to iOS uptake? I'm pointing out that the sampling method is highly biased and that it gives huge variation in the results, and must be considered as such. A more realistic view may lead to a completely different conclusions. For example, on iOS fragmentation or others. Google provides a good market overview of each Android version that is regularly updated, which is why I mention it. |
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| Denial is pathetic |
| By Tony Swash on 2012-10-19 17:25:20 |
| Coming up with clever arguments, rubbishing statistics or making speculative claims doesn't change a thing. The facts are clear and unambiguous and have not changed for a long time. Android OS updates are very, very slow to filter out into the installed base. iOS OS updates are installed at a very, very much faster rate. New versions of the Android OS take a long time to get above 50% if they ever do. New versions of iOS take a very short time to get above 50% of the installed base. Trying to pretend those things are not true is pathetic and unsustainable. |
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| RE[5]: The coming of the Nexusi... |
| By jared_wilkes on 2012-10-19 17:32:41 |
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Everytime I have attempted to use Google Transit maps in a major city, I find their schedules hugely inaccurate, or at least much less accurate than the frequency of the public transit itself so I have found little value to them, as the public transit is loaded with the needed maps and/or other people likewise using the transit are more knowledgable about directions than Google is. Also, I find the 3rd party public transit apps available to iOS far superior to iOS5 Maps. No, I would not deny myself access to all of the features of iOS6 simply because of Maps -- no matter which location I lived in. Edited 2012-10-19 17:34 UTC |
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| RE: Out in the cold |
| By shotsman on 2012-10-19 17:32:44 |
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Sigh Not had enough of your Anti-Apple medicine today then? (sarcasm implied) I don't have an iPhone but an HTC Android phone but even I know that iPhone users can still use Google Maps just by directing their web browser to google maps. |
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| RE[5]: The coming of the Nexusi... |
| By jared_wilkes on 2012-10-19 17:33:33 |
| Also, do you have an iPhone? |
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| RE[7]: Interesting but... |
| By jared_wilkes on 2012-10-19 17:40:46 |
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No, you are not. Don't throw around words like "highly biased". Your only initial basis for such a claim is that it measured updaters so people who update are likely to update other things as well. But you now know you are incorrect on that matter. I see no bias in one source providing data from the only source available to them. You haven't shown huge variation. Their data showing highly penetration in the updates to one app is not a "huge variation" from the data set measuring all of their apps and all of their versions: that is an expected result of the data set. You have not presented any evidence, any realism, or any logic to support the claim that this data set is disparate from any other data set. There is no reason to believe that you could likely arrive at a completely different conclusion. And the point of the article is to tell us that Google is more fragmented and slower to be updated than iOS. But you won't accept this because you are living in denial. Everyone knows this and innumerable data sets show the same thing as this data: iOS is the most rapidly updated platform ever and completely crushes Android with regard to uptake and fragmentation. |
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| RE[7]: Interesting but... |
| By jared_wilkes on 2012-10-19 17:50:37 |
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Apple does provide worldwide OS upgrade data. Apple doesn't need a dashboard to inform developers what small sliver of a % of potential users may or may not be able to use their apps. iOS developers KNOW that within days of release 50%+ of the entire population of active iOS users will be using the latest software. Edited 2012-10-19 17:52 UTC |
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| RE[9]: Interesting but... |
| By WorknMan on 2012-10-19 18:27:26 |
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> So, I ask you again: does Windows cease to be Windows when you replace the Explorer shell with Litestep? It was rumored that the original Xbox was running on a modified version of the Windows 2000 kernel. I guess that turned out to be false, but if it had been true, you wouldn't say the Xbox ran on Windows 2000. Unlike Linux, Android is more than that just the under the hood stuff. |
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| RE[6]: The coming of the Nexusi... |
| By Bill Shooter of Bul on 2012-10-19 18:30:25 |
| Half of me has two of them. |
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