iOS 8 Is Now On 72% Of iOS Devices

The number of iOS devices running iOS 8 is slowly and I do mean slowly going up, as this version of the OS has crossed the 70% mark this week. Apple reported Tuesday Feb 2 that 72% of devices are using iOS 8. That’s a jump from 68% a month ago. That's a lot of devices, but considering that Apple sold 74.5 million iPhones over the holidays, all of which run the latest OS, the slow adoption rate is still surprising. One of the reasons could be because of the size of iOS 8, which prevented a lot of 16GB iPhone owners from upgrading in the early days after launch. Apple is even facing a lawsuit over the size of iOS 8, with 2 plaintiffs complaining that 16GB iPhones and iPads don’t actually have that much available storage. Last week iOS 8.1.3 was released, and one of its primary fixes is reducing the amount of storage required to perform a software update over the air. I doubt the news sent iOS 7 holdouts scrambling to install iOS 8, but I expect adoption to continue its steady advance as more and more iPhone owners realize they don’t have to delete apps and photos to finally make the jump. Or maybe people are just happy with the performance of iOS 7, which isn’t a bad thing if your have an older iPhone like the iPhone 4S.