Platform updates and the rate of innovation

the really interesting thing is that there are now 200m people using iOS7, where last year 'only' 100m people upgraded to iOS6 in the opening weekend.

Apple is truly playing a different game then anyone in the mobile space.  Google has done a herculean effort to own the platform race from a market share perspective, but Apple just keeps moving everyone forward with new technology.  Looking around at all the people around me, most not technical, upgrading their OS's to the latest version.  That is amazing.  You never saw this in the past and Apple is moving hundreds of millions onto new platforms in a week.  Tough to keep up. 

 

http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2013/9/23/platform-updates-and-the-rate-of-innovation 

http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2013/9/23/platform-updates-and-the-rate-of-innovation 

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