My first phone was a startac, it absolutely had texting…
This was my model (although mine said Ameritech) and it did not have texting capabilities.
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Google Again Criticizes Apple for Not Adopting RCS for Messages App: 'Their Texting is Stuck in the 1990s'
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This was my model (although mine said Ameritech) and it did not have texting capabilities.
Use modern messaging apps, prob;em solved. Apple doesnt have to re write iMessages for all of their products.
But in Europe we tend to travel over borders....a lot! And data roaming as part of your plan is common but SMS roaming usually is not. So SMSs can cost a lot!
Not sure of it is worth investing resources in implementing this. RCS is only supported by a very small number of providers worldwide. Why invest in RCS when the SMS fallback is on every network.
This seems to be a US only discussion and thus affects around 4.25% of the world population.
Apple would never adopt RCS because iMessage is literally the only reason people even continue to buy iPhones. From a feature perspective Android offers much more. Apple relies on making people feel afraid to leave rather than creating a better product.
If apple ever adds RCS, watch their sales go way down. That's what apple is afraid of the most. They can't compete so they trap people in.
If apple ever adds RCS, watch their sales go way down. That's what apple is afraid of the most. They can't compete so they trap people in.
It won’t come to an end if folk are too lazy to move to another platform, will it?
I’m very happy in the safe walled garden thx
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Fair point. I’m searching the sim minefield at the moment as I’m heading over there at the end of the month (4 countries).
Considering your first sentence is so laughably false, I'm not even going to bother with the rest
Honestly I almost never meet people who have android phones, and when I do I usually don’t become friends with them. Never had this issue.
Most likely they don’t, and are using it as a vector of attack to publicly undermine Apple. Justified or not.
If you have a recent phone supporting eSIMs then how about using something like Airalo. They have data packs for Europe so you might cover all your needs and it will keep your main SIM active as well ......
.....that is unless you need SMS as that is not included. No green bubbles 😈.
Yep, I hardly understood what’s this topic about when all my messaging goes via 3rd party applications as it goes on PC.
Last time I run out of mobile data and tried to send SMS, iPhone failed to do that without Internet access. Isn’t iMessage supposed to work over cellphone SMS?
I never ever heard anyone saying “I picked iPhone for its built-in SMS app.”
Ok enough is enough, I have to standup and help Google out: if you guys want blue bubbles, here is the hexa CSS code: #0000ff. You're welcome.
As said by someone else above this is so old hat. The only ones that use the message app in my world are my bank and my dentist. Everyone i know uses WhatsApp. Agree that RCS is far superior to SMS but neither is relevant to me. We all know that Apple always adopt the "Not invented here" mode.
This is the actual competition. WhatsApp/WeChat might have a larger user base than iMessage (actually using iMessage, not the ones auto-enabled by Apple).