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Users are slower to adopt iOS 8 out of the gate compared to iOS 7's release

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The adoption of iOS 8 has been slower than with previous operating systems since the update became available for Apple devices yesterday, according to data collected by mobile monetization firm Tapjoy.

The new version of the mobile operating system debuted to a claim from Apple that it was “the biggest iOS release yet.” (VentureBeat’s review calls it “a solid upgrade.”) The advance hype about iOS 8 has been good, but Tapjoy found that the adoption rate is much slower than the adoption of iOS 7 in its first day.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.