14 DAY TRIAL // iOS 11 has been severely criticized since its release, mostly because of the number of issues that it caused on devices, including dramatically reduced battery life, app crashes, and slow performance at random times.
But despite all these bugs, iOS 11 still recorded pretty good early adoption, with analytics company Mixpanel revealing that the new OS version is already running on 38.5 percent of the supported devices. This means that nearly 4 out of 10 iOS devices are already on version 11.
iOS 11, however, improved gradually, and after 24 hours it was already running on 10 percent of devices, while one week after the official launch, its install base reached 25.28 percent.
Buggy iOS 11 update
Without a doubt, Apple’s often described as aggressive strategy is more or less responsible for so many devices installing the new OS so fast, despite reports of issues caused by the update spreading all over the web lately.
All the bad news, however, translate to a decrease in adoption rates as compared to previous versions of Apple’s operating system. iOS 10 was installed on 48.16 percent of devices after two weeks on the market.
As for the reasons why iOS 11 is an update that many people are delaying the move to, it’s all because of the poor device performance that this new version appears to be responsible for.
Many users have complained that switching to iOS 11 resulted in a huge battery drain even in standby, while also claiming their iPhones became substantially slower after the update. Both older and newer iPhone models were impacted, including even the recently-released iOS 11.
Apple has already released two bug-fixing updates for iOS 11, but we’re getting reports that the same issues continue to be experienced, with only small improvements in terms of battery life. It remains to be seen how the experience improves as new versions are released, but for the time being, many users prefer to stick with iOS 10 as long as possible.