Michal Ždanský Apple officially released iOS 7 on September 18, less than three months ago. The update caused mixed reactions due to significant changes in the user interface and especially the appearance, where the system completely got rid of textures and other elements of skeuomorphism. In addition, the system still contains lots of mistakes, which hopefully Apple will largely fix in the 7.1 update that is currently out in beta version.
However, despite the lukewarm reception of many users, iOS 7 is not doing badly at all. As of December 1st, 74% of all iOS devices are running the latest version of the system, data from Apple website. There are currently between 700-800 million of these devices in the world, so the number is truly staggering. So far, only 6% remain on iOS 22, with the last four percent running on older versions of the system.
By comparison, only 4.4 percent of all devices running Google's operating system are running the latest version of Android 1,1 KitKat. So far, the most widespread is Jelly Bean, namely version 4.1, which was released in July 2012. Overall, the share of all versions of Jelly Bean (4.1-4.3) is 54,5 percent of all Android installations, it should be noted that there is a one-year gap between 4.1 and 4.3. The second most popular version is 2.3 Gingerbread from December 2010 (24,1%) and the third is 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which was released in October 2011 (18,6%). As you can see, Android still suffers from the out-of-date operating system on devices, where most of them often do not get even two updates to major versions.
Well, I would put it this way, those who installed iOS 7 no longer have the option to go back to iOS 6. So, with this step, Apple has artificially increased the percentage of iOS 7 installations. I would be interested in the numbers if there was an option to go back to iOS 6, how many people would it did. I think these numbers are very misleading and untrue.
Exactly, totally agree. I don't mind iOS7 on my iPhone, I still have 5.1.1 on my iPad and I hope I don't update it by mistake, because iOS7 on the iPad is still a disaster. And I have an iPad mini Retina ordered, where I don't have the option to go to sleep from iOS7. So, so.
I managed it, luckily it still went on the first day. I'm back on the 6tk version and I'm very happy. I can't imagine working with the 7-mic version, and I have it on my second phone, I only use it for calls for this very reason. My best wish is a 6 out of 5...
And for what reason do you want iOS 6 on the 5Sko? iOS 7 runs beautifully on the 5Sku, although now and then it doesn't do exactly what it's supposed to, but otherwise I haven't encountered any significant problems so far. I would understand if you had 4/4S, but it is nicely optimized for 5/5S. It's a bit worse on the iPad, the optimization is not so good there, there are a lot of shortcomings, but I believe that it will be solved in the next updates.
I'm also happy with iOS 7 on 5, but I still have 6.1.3 on my iPad mini and I'm not going to update, it's much worse optimized there and I don't like iOS 7 on the new Air either, and I'd rather have 6, it's I think it's better optimized for iPads. Hopefully there will be new updates soon and it will be closer to the 6th.
I tried 7 in the store and it didn't seem unoptimized...I quite like the system if it weren't for the horrible icons. I stay at six
unwieldy e-mail, unwieldy calendar, clear failure to recognize where a person is when quickly scrolling through applications. everything is so white that it creates confusion, I understand that it's ok for playing, but not for work. it's not the office on the phone anymore
If you're comparing it to Android, then compare the comparable versions of Android on Nexus devices, which Google directly supports... All their devices receive the latest OS versions (currently 4.4) within 2-3 weeks of release. The fact that other manufacturers screw it up to increase sales of their new phones is another matter. If iOS were also on devices other than Apple, the situation would be exactly the same as on Android.
The fact that manufacturers fail to update is their problem, we are talking about Android globally. As Google arranged it, so it has. The share of operating systems in the world is also compared, without taking into account that Apple does not produce low-end devices, and compared only to the high-end market, it would be many times better in pie charts.
Sorry Michal, you are comparing the incomparable - one OS is closed to hardware from a single manufacturer versus open source on X types of HW from Y number of manufacturers - apples and pears. Yes, Google arranged it that way because it wanted it that way, but then you can't make such misguided comparisons that lack logic. As I say, if iOS was done the same as Android, it would be fifty fifty and there wouldn't be such logical nonsense as you wrote. This is the same as comparing MacOS or Windows with the world of Linux, where each dog is a different village.
What is incomparable about it? It's very simple, you just have to look at it for example from a developer's point of view. For him, it is important to know which version is the most widespread and adapt the development accordingly. If the application relies on some new function from 4.4, it will probably not be very successful, so it must provide support at least until 4.0, preferably until 2.3. Whereas on iOS, a developer can make an iOS 7 only app. It also makes sense from the user's point of view. It shows how much other manufacturers care about the previously sold devices. If I want to have an up-to-date system two years after the phone's release, I'm out of luck with Android.
There are many more pointless comparisons, such as which manufacturer sells the most phones, where low-end, high-end and feature phones are put together. In my opinion, the comparison above is completely legitimate. The fact that it doesn't seem like it to you, I really can't do anything about it and it doesn't bother me in any way. Everyone has an opinion.
So don't open the developer view beforehand, otherwise I'll throw iOS out of the window. How many iOS7 problems for existing apps did it bring us (graphically messed up, broken, crashing - you can dream about backwards compatibility). When I look at our Android and iOS app development, despite all opinions elsewhere, iOS development is more complicated (more expensive) than Android, not to mention developer support - look at the Android developer console and compare it to Apple's itunnesconnect, which is a parody of a proper development support tool (management of released applications, alpha and beta testing, statistics, communication with users - compared to what Google provides, this solution from Apple is an unusable abomination). And it's not true that many versions of Android are a major problem for developers (I'll just make the app compatible with 2.3 and above), the problem is a lot of different HW and manufacturers' modifications that we have to deal with (typically in this Samsung and its devices, where the app it works everywhere, just not on their phones thanks to the TouchWiz superstructure).
Of course, we all have our own opinion, but (not only) this website could use at least a little bit of objectivity (not that it's any different here). From the point of view of my work, I have iOS and Android (phones and tablets), PC and Mac, and unfortunately I have to smile sadly at Ovcem in both camps. Especially if they are supported by the kind of nonsense that comes out here from time to time. Then don't be surprised that you are considered an iOvce without the ability to accept that other OSes also have a lot of good things and that iThings also have their faults.
Nobody here said that Android doesn't have any good things. Only Michal wrote an article about the fact that 74% of users have the latest version of iOS and 1.1% have the latest version of Android.
Another mistake is that Android is open source - it is not. Open source is a lot of current junk, but things like GSearch, Gmail, GApps in general and most of the latest versions are simply closed. So it would like to stop repeating this nonsense. Also, no one here is still saying that the entire Objective-C runtime, Clang/LLVM and WebKit are open source - that's what the developers know (including you, if you say you're an iOS developer).
And if you had such a problem moving to iOS 7, then you were probably already slacking on the development for iOS 6. I had a nice application with autolayout, and during the beta version we debugged various important changes, so our customers moved to 7 smoothly and without worries.
And that development on iOS is more complicated? LOL. In our company we have
If only there were fish in the engraving. :)))
I can't imagine it working on ios 5 today when most apps no longer support it.
IOS 7 is a big change, something went better, something less, but I think it was successful, in fact I don't even want JB anymore, so up to version 8 and the new iPhones and iPads.
Just for the sake of interest, how was the 6, I couldn't find anything better: http://www.muj-ipad.cz/ios-6-x-bezi-na-80-ios-zarizeni
as someone mentioned above/below, if there was an option to downgrade, the numbers don't look like that... but my iPad 4 and iPhone 4S will definitely not go to iOS7, iOS6 suits me and the UI design suits me better, I'm probably getting old :)))
Probably not many will like it, but for me, iOS7 is the best I've worked with on iPhone so far. I think the fact that subjectively I really like the simple clean design plays a big role in this.
I don't really trust your iPhone work....
And why? I've been using an iPhone as a work phone for a few years now and it does everything I would expect from a work tool. When I see what colleagues who have cheaper Androids are dealing with, I'm surprised that it's not worth it for them to buy a proper phone for their own, if the company doesn't want to buy it for them anymore... And since iOS7, I'm happier than ever. And a few people in the area have already been tempted by 5Ska and switched from another OS because they are excited about the system. Only the dissatisfied are always heard the most, the satisfied majority do not speak up.
This is the kind of article to piss off people like me who cry over the design of iOS 7, but that's about all they can do..
Maybe don't install it :)))… Vivat 6.1.4 on both my iPhone and iPad :))
Better to sleep on it?
IOS 7 on iPhone 4 totally unusable system, slow, freezes! It's high time to switch to another platform! I wouldn't expect this from Apple!
I wouldn't say, we also have iOS7 on iP4 at home and it works perfectly well... the error is probably somewhere else :)
it's nice to be 22% her :)))
The more I observe, the happier I am for iOS 6.1.4 on both my iPhone5 and iPad2 :)))..
iOS 6 is polished to perfection and I think a lot of water will be lost before iOS 7 comes close.
I'm not opposed to change, and as a whole I find iOS 7 new, fresh and sexy, but no one will tell me that skeuomorphism is simply much clearer from the user's point of view. I ran away from android to apple, just so that the phone would serve me and not make me angry with its lack of clarity.
Now they will tune it and finish it "as if" buttons, which will not be ok either design-wise or functionally....
Maybe I'll get the hang of it over time, but AirDrop and Control Center, which I've never missed, won't convince me right now...