iOS 6 already on 15 percent of devices, firm says

Just a day after the release of Apple's iOS 6 mobile operating system, 15 percent of iOS users have upgraded to the new version, a new report says.

Advertising and analytics company Chitika today says that 15 percent of iOS devices are now running iOS 6, which was released for download in the early morning Wednesday.

That number comes from what Chitika says is "a sample of millions of mobile ad impressions" from its advertising network between yesterday and today.

"This level of adoption is a significant development and a testament to the vertical product structure Apple dedicated itself to, particularly when compared to Android's latest operating system (Jelly Bean) which only saw a 1.5 percent adoption rate within its first two months," the firm said.

(Credit: Chitika)

The uptake is also considerably faster than what Apple saw with its Mountain Lion operating system on Macs shortly after its release in July. Chitika pegged that at 3.2 percent of... [Read more]