Apple says 74 percent of App Store users are running iOS 7

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http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/adam/390aac8a9d5b662ebe1b0ce891c56c20/apple-ios-stats-dec-2013.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/05/apple-says-74-percent-of-app-store-users-are-running-ios-7/)Two can play the OS statistics game, it seems. Just a couple of days after Google noted that 1.1 percent of Android devices visiting Google Play are running KitKat (http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/03/kitkat-claims-1-1-percent-of-android-device-share/), Apple has revealed (https://developer.apple.com/support/appstore/) that 74 percent of recent App Store customers are using iOS 7. That's a healthy 10-point improvement over what we saw in October (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/22/apple-liveblog/#post-54467), when 64 percent were running Cupertino's newest platform. The differences in OS adoption rates aren't totally surprising, mind you. Apple is targeting a narrower pool of hardware, doesn't have to wait for third-party approvals and recently launched two new (https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/15/ipad-mini-retina-display-review/&sa=U&ei=ngmhUryaBujv2QWCs4HgAQ&ved=0CAcQFjAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHnug2cUXis7_7NvDfPKFbYLFk_aw) iPads (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/29/ipad-air-review/) that could easily boost iOS 7 adoption. Android by its nature targets a wider range of devices (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/05/nexus-5-review/) and software interfaces (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/25/htc-one-sense-55-google-drive-bonanza/) that won't always receive updates at the same time. We wouldn't expect a big spike in KitKat use until larger phone makers like HTC (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/20/htc-kitkat-upgrade-in-us-uk-by-late-january/) and Samsung throw their full weight behind Google's latest platform.

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