iOS 7 running on 74 percent of iOS devices in less than three months: Apple

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By Anupam Saxena | Updated: 6 December 2013 12:24 IST
iOS 7 running on 74 percent of iOS devices in less than three months: Apple
Less than three months after it released to the public, iOS 7, Apple's latest mobile operating system has already captured the lion's share, being present on 74 percent of all iOS devices.
 
Apple has shared statistics related to the distribution share of different versions of iOS on its developer website for the iTunes App Store. These numbers are based on App Store usage, so devices not using it to download apps would not be included.
 
The data was measured by the iTunes App Store during a seven day period ending December 1, 2013, as per Apple.
 
This doesn't come as a surprise as the Cupertino giant had announced that the iOS 7 was already running on 200 million devices, less than a week after its public release.
 
Interestingly, iOS 6 was present on 22 percent iOS devices, while the earlier versions recorded their presence on 4 percent devices, as per Apple.
 
This means that 96 percent of iOS devices are running the last two iterations of the OS. Compare this to the latest Android statistics and you'll notice that the latest version, Android 4.4 KitKat, is only present on 1.1 percent of all Android devices after a month of its release. The combined share of Android Jelly Bean, the other recent version of the OS is also just 54.5 percent with Android 4.1.x on 37.4 percent devices, Android 4.2.x on 12.9 percent and Android 4.3 on 4.2 percent devices.
 
It also doesn't help that old versions of Android such as Android 2.3.x are still running on more than 20 percent devices making things difficult for users as well as developers. This means that a significant number of Android users don't get access to the latest version of some apps.
 
However, it's worth pointing out that unlike Android, Apple's OS updates are much more streamlined and target only a limited number of devices made by it. It also doesn't need to go through OEMs and carriers before being seeded out to the public, reducing the time taken to reach end users by leaps and bounds.

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