“Apple’s latest figures show that sixty-six percent of devices compatible with iOS 9 are running the latest major version of the software,” Ewan Spence reports for Forbes. “Once more, Apple has shown its superpower in the ability to keep the mobile platform fresh, while Google’s Android OS continues to be hampered by strategic decisions made many years ago. Independent analysis from Mixpanel shows that iOS 9 adoption is closer to seventy-five percent.”
“No matter where you take the numbers, the broad consensus is a simple one. The speed of adoption of iOS 9 is huge,” Spence reports. “Stacked up against the slow update of Lollipop (just twenty-three and a half percent nearly a year after its release), Android’s inability to offer timely updates to the firmware or patch newly visible security issues is becoming more visible to the public.”
Spence reports, “Android has won the market share battle, but with record sales of iOS handsets, ninety-two percent of smartphone profits flowing to Apple and Android flagship sales dropping, it seems that the pursuit of market share is a hollow victory.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Google’s model for Android was destined for failure in all aspects beyond amassing profitless market share and spreading rampant insecurity into mobile.
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