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Apple Handles 'Several Billion' iMessages and 15 to 20 Million FaceTime Calls Daily [Updated]
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Well, actually it's more than likely way less than 40 billion as they are now referencing "several billion".
40 billion is the number that represents how many notifications they send out daily.
Sam,I saw this yesterday posted by 1stNTenderbit (do I even want to know how that name was derived?
)"...I'm not sure if you know how it's supposed to be done, but this ain't it. 1st, you have to go "all in". Google, Samsung, Microsoft, heck any company without this
, yeah they're all bad. You have to be totally with us or you're totally against us. There is no room for personal use case. Evil incarnate= all others. 2nd, logic and common sense are not allowed. Your comments must contain: gratuitous hyperbole, completely unrelated deflection, useless anecdotal "facts", or a horrible car analogy using Ferrari, Mercedes, or BMW. Personally I'd prefer you use a combination, but that's just me. 3rd, realize if Apple and another company are doing the exact same thing, Apple's motives are altruistic, the other company is greedy."His(?) post was sarcasm, but I think it's apropos to the logic behind the comments above yours.
Sam,I saw this yesterday posted by 1stNTenderbit (do I even want to know how that name was derived?
"...I'm not sure if you know how it's supposed to be done, but this ain't it. 1st, you have to go "all in". Google, Samsung, Microsoft, heck any company without this
His(?) post was sarcasm, but I think it's apropos to the logic behind the comments above yours.
The funny thing is - now he's really off the mark because they updated the story with a more accurate depiction.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's amazing
You forgot one
Lol it should have 1000 more but I don't want to sit here and press the button that long. I'm still trying to comprehend how many iMessage are being sent.
Sorry to burst your bubble but the money Apple gets from their sales goes into funding these services and updates. So the service is not really "free", you already paid for it.
Nothing. Just the ordinary betrayal of offering something for free and than selling your personal data for targeted ad-bombardments. It's no different from what Google and Facebook do and I hate all of those shady businesses. They are the worst and the Internet would be better off without them. To all those who keep preaching me the benefits of cross-platform and openness, I say: „I like my doors closed.“
I couldn't care less, if iMessage or WhatsApp is the bigger service. My tolerance level for ad-based businesses is zero. I happily loose a couple of million possible contacts, if all the ads go away with them.
Me likes how FaceTime and iMessage are financed by hardware sales, the
way.Exactly, I paid for it. Not someone else who than owns access to my data.
Well the latest update to this story sure steels its thunder.
The saying is steals it's thunder. It takes the big shock and awe away, it does not reinforce it. [/pethate]
I'm not surprised that such a large number of iMessages are being sent, when you think it is completely integrated into the ecosystem, most users don't even realise it is there.
Nothing. Just the ordinary betrayal of offering something for free and than selling your personal data for targeted ad-bombardments. It's no different from what Google and Facebook do and I hate all of those shady businesses. They are the worst and the Internet would be better off without them. To all those who keep preaching me the benefits of cross-platform and openness, I say: I like my doors closed.
I couldn't care less, if iMessage or WhatsApp is the bigger service. My tolerance level for ad-based businesses is zero. I happily loose a couple of million possible contacts, if all the ads go away with them.
Me likes how FaceTime and iMessage are financed by hardware sales, the
Exactly, I paid for it. Not someone else who than owns access to my data.
Except WhatsApp isn't ad based at all - and that seems to be one of the conditions of the sale that it remains so...
When I send a group text to my wife and kids does that count as one "handled" message or 4 (my send, wife and 2 kids reception)?
Not that it still isn't a lot of messages.
Not that it still isn't a lot of messages.
"on a par with Skype"? You're joking, right? Have you tried Skype with a poor connection. I Facetime my wife regularly when she's in Australia in areas that have dodgy cell coverage. It fairly often drops to "reconnecting" for a few seconds or goes a bit lumpy, but mostly works. Skype has only ever once made a successful link over the connection.
Facetime's ability to connect with very low bandwidth is miles ahead of any of the competition.
That's why I said, it has no working business model, yet. Either WhatsApp starts to sell ads or bundles its free service with some other paid service or it stays a company without earnings until bankruptcy.
Facebook itself started without ads, but you can't remain a company without earnings for long, eventually you have to change into something I won't like. Apple's free services are platform specific and don't ever need to change.
The downsides of using iMessage are well known, the downsides of using WhatsApp are yet to be revealed.
It starts with being bought by Facebook ...
Huh, didn't notice I was in Apple's. It looks like all the other SMS/chat/text/photo gardens I've been in.
Except MSN messenger garden, too many of my previously edgy and teenage friends replaced A's for anarchy symbols to make it look the same. Then again MySpace was a thing back then too.
Sorry, I'm rambling again.
You already can — it just doesn't have a special name.
Open an iMessage thread, hit the camera icon, pick "take photo or video", shoot your video, hit send.
Are we conveniently forgetting that WhatsApp charges for service?
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I guess it would need to integrated into FaceTime so that when a FaceTime call goes unanswered you would have a choice to leave such a message.
Whatever Facebook paid for it aside, WhatsApp ins't a free service and has a business model, that's the point.
I iMessage all day long - my wife and kids my friends, business folks that I know I'm nonstop with iMessage. I cannot remember the last time an iMessage did not go through. Where are you getting the information that they don't go through? I'm betting it's not personal experience.
That's what I am trying to say, the big shock and awe has been taken away from 40 billion to several billion.
Update 12:46 PM PST: According to The Wall Street Journal reporter Daisuke Wakabayashi, Apple CEO Tim Cook told shareholders that the company processes "several billion" iMessages per day, with the 40 billion number referring to notifications.
I use iMessages whenever possible and it's not even a question if the person on the other end has it too.
PLUS FaceTime audio is amazing. I use it whenever I can because the sound quality is far better than any cell phone call I've ever been on.
PLUS FaceTime audio is amazing. I use it whenever I can because the sound quality is far better than any cell phone call I've ever been on.
I agree. FaceTime audio is basically as clear as Skype-to-Skype, which I suppose is what it is just under a different name.
If you have T-Mobile, though, call clarity to another iPhone wielding T-Mobile user is just as clear. I've been very impressed.