Alongside the release of iOS 6.1 on Monday, Apple announced that there are now a massive 300 million iOS devices running iOS 6 or later. Considering that there are now about 500 millon iOS devices in use worldwide, that’s a pretty impressive adoption rate (around 60%)! If you judge by developer stats, the number may be more like 80%!
From the press release:
“iOS 6 is the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, and with nearly 300 million iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices on iOS 6 in just five months, it may be the most popular new version of an OS in history,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “iOS 6.1 brings LTE support to more markets around the world, so even more users can enjoy ultrafast Safari browsing, FaceTime video calls, iCloud services, and iTunes and App Store downloads.”
Over 100 million of those devices were upgraded to iOS 6 within the first week after it launched – and all devices sold since them have been pre-loaded with iOS 6. That’s a lot of iOS devices, and a pretty impressive figure from Apple. I wonder how many Android devices are running Jelly Bean? Oh, yeah – about 10 percent. How embarrassing.
