Apple officially announced that 50% iOS users have upgraded to iOS9. Data from MixPanel also shows that iOS 9 has covered almost 44% of iOS users, while, to our surprised, based on our observation, only 18.9% of daily active apple devices (Sample Size: 30M) in China have upgraded to iOS9 after 6 Days since iOS 9 open to update in China at Sep. 17th . Better than iOS 8 which had 11.9% coverage rate in the corresponding period of last year.

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Have You Upgraded To iOS 9 Yet?

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Data source: TalkingData mobile data research center; iOS 9's device penetration rate refers to the proportion of active iOS devices that have been
updated to iOS 9 in the surveyed period among all the active iOS devices. Ditto when calculating penetration rate of iOS 8.
Device penetration rate of iOS 8 and iOS 9 during the first
six days after release
iOS 9 registers a higher device penetration rate than iOS 8
By Sept.22 this year, or six days
after the release of iOS 9, 18.9
percent of iOS devices in China
have updated to the new system,
five times higher than the 3.2
percent on the first day of
release. Compared to that of iOS
8 in the same period last year,
the penetration rate of iOS 9 is
obviously faster.

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Data source: TalkingData mobile data research center; device penetration rate refers to that in iOS devices.
With rising penetration rate of iOS 9, that of iOS 8 has declined
Trend in device penetration rate of iOS 8 and iOS 9
Device penetration of iOS 8
drops to 57.2 percent
With a rapid increase in the device
penetration rate of iOS 9, that of iOS 8
has declined from 72.7 percent to 57.2
percent in six days.

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Data source: TalkingData mobile data research center
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus take up a larger share in devices
updated to iOS 9
iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus
Among all the models updated to iOS 9, 57.3 percent
are iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, accounting for
nearly 60 percent of the total number of iOS 9 users.
57.3%
iPhone 5 & iPhone 5s
Among all the models updated to iOS 9, 25.8
percent are iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s. The latest two
generations of iPhone have accounted 80 percent of
all the devices that have been updated.
25.8%
TOP 10 models updated to iOS 9

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24 percent of iOS 9 users come from first-tier cities, while the rest
is evenly distributed in second and third-tier ones
Data source: TalkingData mobile data research center; first-tier cities are Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, while second-tier ones refer
to other provincial capitals, municipalities and special economic zones. The rest of the cities belong to the group of third-tier cities and under.
Distribution of iOS 9 users is
relatively EVEN
Among all the users who already had
their devices updated to iOS 9, 24 percent
live in first-tier cities, 38.7 percent of
them live in second-tier cities, while 37.3
percent of them live in third-tier cities
and smaller ones. The distribution of iOS
9 users in different level of cities is
relatively even.
Distribution of iOS 9 users in different level of cities
24.0%
First-tier
cities
38.7%
Second-
tier cities
Third-tier cities
and under
37.3%

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Data source: TalkingData mobile data research center
Beijing ranked the first place among the top 10 cities with most iOS
9 users; four first-tier cities are all on the list
Among all the users who already had
their devices updated to iOS 9, Beijing
ranked the first place among the top 10
cities with most users, accounting for
12.5 percent of the total. The four first-
tier cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou
and Shenzhen, are all on the list. There
are also large groups of users from
second-tier cities like Tianjin, Hangzhou
and Nanjing.
Top 10 cities with most iOS 9 users
12.5% percent of iOS 9 users
come from BEIJING

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