In an absolute sense, the rapid uptake of Apple’s iOS 8 argues that it’s a huge hit. Fiksu pegs usage at 1 in 4 iOS devices, as Ewan Spence reports here at Forbes. Using a different methodology, Mixpanel suggests the total is closing on 1 in 3, as the chart above indicates. But by Apple standards, that’s a far cry from how quickly people rushed to pick up iOS 7 last year. At the 5 day mark, both firms had adoption running at close to half of all active iOS devices. Are people following the advice I suggested last week and simply not rushing or is there more to the story?

We've taken Apple's newest iPhones all the way to Iceland to see how well they stack up against last year's model, but what about the original iPhone — and maybe everything in between? That's just what Camera+ app-maker and photographer Lisa Bettany has done with all eight of Apple's iPhone models thus far (except for last year's iPhone 5C) to show the difference a year — or seven — makes in terms of camera hardware.

Are you a data hog? If so, you might be interested to hear in a new AT&T promotion that's doubling the data offered in its largest plans. The company's current 15, 20, 30, 40, and 50GB Mobile Share Plans will all be doubled to 30, 40, 60, 80, and 100GB for the same price starting tomorrow.

The 1.0.2 patch will go live next week, and includes several changes to the Cryptarch and Engram experience.  These changes guarantee that Engrams will always decode into items at or above the quality of an engram.

Samsung has reportedly decided to move up the launch of its new Galaxy Note 4 smartphone following a positive reaction and strong first week sales from Apple’s new larger iPhones 6 models. The KoreaTimes cited an unnamed employee in Samsung’s marketing department who said “the positive reaction from consumers to those two Apple devices prompted us to launch the Note 4 earlier than previously scheduled.”