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0 pointsgurkendoktor11y ago0 comments

> I question whether this is the bubble that geeks live in.

I have enough anecdotal evidence of people still using old iPhones all the way back to the terrible 3G :)

What we do know is that about 80% of iOS users are on iOS 8 (=iPhone 4S or newer), as per Apple's statistics or this website:

And models older than the iPhone 4 seem to very rare:

So I guess most people update their phones at least once every four years.

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What we do know is that about 80% of iOS users are on iOS 8

If that number is accurate (percentage of users on latest iOS), it seems to have fallen quite a bit, compared to earlier years.

You might be on to something that people are not upgrading as much anymore, since things usually are "good enough" at this point.

If so I'm guessing iOS will then too have to deal with "fragmentation" like it so vehemently has accused Android of being. Interesting times ahead.

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What we do know is that about 80% of iOS users are on iOS 8

If that number is accurate (percentage of users on latest iOS), it seems to have fallen quite a bit, compared to earlier years.

You might be on to something that people are not upgrading as much anymore, since things usually are "good enough" at this point.

If so I'm guessing iOS will then too have to deal with "fragmentation" like it so vehemently has accused Android of being. Interesting times ahead.

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