Uptake of Apple’s new iOS 8 mobile operating system has failed to catch up to the boom of last year’s iOS 7, according to Apple and third-party measurements.

By Apple’s own iOS distribution tracking, iOS 8 has gained just one percentage point since Sept. 21, moving from 46% then to 47% currently. Apple measures iOS uptake from visits to its App Store, and publishes the numbers on its developer support website, which is available to the public and not only to registered developers.

Data from mobile analytics vendors show a similar hesitation to upgrade to iOS 8, although in some ways their figures put the operating system in an even poorer light.

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