“As always, with an iOS update, there is an initial rush of users to the new operating system, and 46% of iOS users had updated as of September 21. However, since then, upgrades have stagnated, with a mere 1% of users updating in the past two weeks,” Kirk McElhearn writes for Kirkville.
“Part of this could be the fact that Apple’s first iOS 8 update – iOS 8.0.1 – caused serious problems for tens of thousands of early adopters,” McElhearn writes. “Personally, I’m taking a step back from the early adoption of my main iOS devices; that debacle was problematic in many ways, and is a sign that Apple is trying to do too much, too quickly. I no longer trust Apple’s quality assurance teams as I did in the past.”
“Apple needs to slow down, make sure that things work, and stop rushing out new hardware, and new operating systems, just to meet their numbers,” McElhearn writes. “It’s time for the company to take a step back and focus on the quality that we used to expect from Apple.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: iOS 8.0.1 certainly didn’t help iOS 8 adoption, but we also believe many users are still waiting for their new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus and therefore eschewed upgrading their current iPhones to iOS 8. The popularity of iPhone 6/Plus and the backorders are a contributing factor to the slower ramp for iOS 8 adoption.
And, yes, Apple does need to focus on the quality that we expect from Apple.
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Nobody noticed that it requires 6GB of space to install it over the air?
I still have few of them laying around the house as I’m lazy to plug it in and don’t have space available.
Another issue exists for musicians who use iPads and work with the over 500 Audiobus compatible applications. Although music generation app vendors like Korg, Moog, Arturia etc. have been catching up there are still a good number of these applications that have not yet been ported to the Audiobus 2.1 SDK and will not work with iOS 8 with Audiobus.
For musicians who use Audiobus frequently therefore and have apps we rely on that have not yet been updated for that compatibility, we cannot yet move from 7.1.2 or we’ll end up with essentially a shiny iOS 8 “brick” (as far as creating music goes anyhow).
There are further complications in that as apps have been updated for iOS 8 compatibility, they have ceased to function efficiently on iOS 7.1.2. Consequently, I and other musicians who rely on iPads for music generation either exclusively or among other more traditional instruments, synthesizers etc., have had to revert to even *older* versions of such apps on 7.1.2 to go back to a stable environment.
Given that at least on one count some time back, musicians accounted for about 20% of iPad users, that’s a significant number who can’t, – not won’t, *can’t*, upgrade to iOS 8 just yet if they rely on Audiobus-compatible apps that haven’t yet been updated.
My guess is that many folks are still waiting for MDN to update their app for iOS 8
I will only upgrade 1 generation iOS device from this day forward! My iPad 2 is running extremely slow ever since I upgraded to iOS 8. My mistake that I’m going to pay dearly. I will now HAVE TO buy a new iPad Air & give the iPad 2 to my grandson to play games.
You’ll be doing yourself a HUGE favor upgrading from an iPad 2 to an iPad Air or next gen Air. What a difference in weight and usability
I just bought the iPhone 6 Plus & wanted to get an apple watch early next year! I won’t upgrade again pass 1 gen cycle.
Ever since I upgraded to iOS 8, MDN very own app has done nothing but crash since. Even after they released their supposed fix. WTF, are you aware your app still crashes and burns. Very annoying. I’ve been relegated to using Safari to go into the MDN content. I prefer the app version.
I have upgraded my 5S, iPod touch and iPad air. Have had problems with all, as I did with IOS 7. Working sort of OK now, but not perfect, but it was a real pain getting there. I expect more of Apple. I am not impressed with the iPhone 6 or 6+ either, after a long wait for a bigger phone. Unless I see a drastic improvement I will be looking elsewhere for my next phone.
Apple has not had so many worms eating to the core since Steve passed … unnaceptable!
My two-year old 64 GB iPod Touch 5g is slower now, with IOS 8.02. The photo albums scroll with a jerky motion, the recorder Voice Memos app is considerably slower, and I can’t sync iTunes over WIFI anymore.
Apple puts on a great show when they announce, but I’ve lost faith in the company to do the right thing and make their innovations work. Maybe doing the ordinary bores them. It’s like washing the dishes after a great meal.
Many of us have told everybody we can to not load IOS8. It completely ruined my perfectly fine Ipad2. Drained the battery and now won’t take a charge.