76% of iPhone users will adopt iCloud

OneMoreThing... · Jun 21, 2011

76% of iPhone users will adopt iCloud

A survey by RBC Capital Markets states the obvious: a majority of iPhone owners will use Apple's new free iCloud service when it launches this fall.

According to the survey, 76% of iPhone owners will use the free iCloud service and another 30% will use the US$25 monthly iTunes Match service. iMessage may be as popular as iCloud with 73% of iPhone users looking forward to using iOS-specific messaging service.

This high rate of adoption is not surprising. Who wouldn't use a free service that is bundled into the OS and makes life easier by seamlessly syncing information across devices?

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iWhat · Jun 21, 2011

I'm glad I read the article, cause I was about to say, if the other 24% isn't going to use it, then they don't know about it. But I see the article mentions the 24% are the ones who will upgrade.

Bob_Stan · Jun 21, 2011

25$ a month seems a little pricey for the iTunes match service to me!

Chris H. · Jun 21, 2011

Bob_Stan said:
25$ a month seems a little pricey for the iTunes match service to me!

I think it's only fair to the artists who make the music. Sure, $25 is pricey, but it could be worse.

That being said, I think I'll hold off on iTM. Pandora and other sources of FM radio on the internet will hold me off until I purchase a song or album later.

I am looking forward to other features of iCloud.

Daddy Elmis · Jun 21, 2011

well, you figure every Mobile Me member will use iCloud since they are already using the sync features and will be migrated automatically.

bobtomay · Jun 21, 2011

Bob_Stan said:
25$ a month seems a little pricey for the iTunes match service to me!

$25 a month would be a little pricey. But, since the price is only $25 a year, not nearly so.

It's a great price for anyone that has much of any music library that didn't come from iTunes itself and is still adding music to their library from other sources.

Bob_Stan · Jun 22, 2011

I think 25$ a year is reasonable - I guess the quoted article is incorrect then?

Shikarnov · Jun 22, 2011

Bob_Stan said:
I guess the quoted article is incorrect then?

Yup

Apple said:
If you want all the benefits of iTunes in the Cloud for music you haven’t purchased from iTunes, iTunes Match is the perfect solution. It lets you store your entire collection, including music you’ve ripped from CDs or purchased somewhere other than iTunes. For just $24.99 a year.

Source

bobtomay · Jun 22, 2011

Bob_Stan said:
I think 25$ a year is reasonable - I guess the quoted article is incorrect then?

The article states:

According to the survey, 76% of iPhone owners will use the free iCloud service and another 30% will use the US$25 yearly iTunes Match service.

Bold added - there have apparently been some corrections to the article - it's possible this is one of them since the time you read it.

Shikarnov · Jun 22, 2011

Perhaps our friendly bot could be enticed into editing its quotation of the article, which continues to use the word monthly.

As an aside, wouldn't it be neat if forum technology evolved to include a tag like "articlequote," which would somehow self update when changes/corrections are made?

Brunhild · Jun 22, 2011

at about $2 a month to never have to pull music off one device via a cable and shoot it to the other I will gladly pay that for the rest of my life for convenience.

I am pretty amped for iOS5 and iCloud I cant wait for them to hit full swing. I just sold my HTC on eBay and came back to the Apple family with the iPhone 4. Using this phone again it blows the doors off my blackberry bold and HTC I just got rid of. I apologized to Steve for being unfaithful and leaving for a year. haha...

schweb · Jun 22, 2011

Shikarnov said:
Perhaps our friendly bot could be enticed into editing its quotation of the article, which continues to use the word monthly.

As an aside, wouldn't it be neat if forum technology evolved to include a tag like "articlequote," which would somehow self update when changes/corrections are made?

Actually the best thing would be for news sites to actually get competent editorial staff and fact check their articles before they release them.

TUAW is by far the worst when it comes to competent editors. I find their stories have the most initial inaccuracy and grammar problems.