Everyone I know who uses Apple products uses iMessage for both business and personal.
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Everyone I know who uses Apple products uses iMessage for both business and personal.
Okay, it doesn't speak to you now. But when you start getting texts with stickers from friends or family, you might change your mind. And if we are really only talking about $2 and it is so easy to buy with touch ID, it will be a fun impulse purchase that many and possibly even a majority will buy.
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Exactly, that is why the marketing is viral. The customers market for the product by using it with friends. Get ready for the Kardashian sticker pack to be the number one seller.
Stickers are the new ringtone - it's corny and pointless, but they'll sell a ton of them for an obscene amount of money.
Yes, and so can those on other platforms (feel free to laugh) my brother has a Windows Phone and he saw them fine.
So that's just my own experience then. And I think it may depend a bit on the country as well. WhatsApp is by far the most popular messaging service in the Netherlands, I learned about a few months ago. That might make a big difference.
Correct. Apps like WhatsApp got super popular right up until Apple introduced Messages (i.e. more than just SMS text messages). After that, popularity of 3rd party apps tanked in the US. Most of my international friends use WhatsApp, Skype, etc.
This is the natural progression of messaging. The LINE app, which is huge in Asia, has had stickers for a long time, and they charge for many of the packs. When I lived over there and used the app to talk to my friends, i originally thought stickers were stupid and a waste of money.
Then those Star Wars stickers came out and I like "F*** it, I'm getting some."
Facebook followed suit by introducing their own stickers.
So, Apple doing it makes sense. A) it's what customers want (maybe not *you* in particular... yes, you. I'm looking right at you. ) and B) is creates additional revenue for 3rd parties (pittance, really) and C) allows for promotional opportunities for 3rd parties (movie studios always capitalize on stickers in the Line App).
Then those Star Wars stickers came out and I like "F*** it, I'm getting some."
Facebook followed suit by introducing their own stickers.
So, Apple doing it makes sense. A) it's what customers want (maybe not *you* in particular... yes, you. I'm looking right at you.
) and B) is creates additional revenue for 3rd parties (pittance, really) and C) allows for promotional opportunities for 3rd parties (movie studios always capitalize on stickers in the Line App).
I really don't see myself paying money for little pictures to send back and forth. I also never paid for a ringtone or and such thing in my life. Too many free to use options for me. Perhaps I am in the minority.
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Not sure if this has been answered yet (i'm only on page 2 of the comments right now) but yes. The only issue there seems to be is if you put a hat or something on a picture you send, I don't think it comes through right unless they are on iOS 10. For example, I put the mario hat on a picture of my daughter, the picture came through on my wifes phone, then the hat came through separately
You are not alone. That was one of the things that had me most excited. I have a Radiant Baby decal on my truck, and people associate me with it. Being able to incorporate his art into my messages would be awesome.
If you want to put a sticker on a photo, you select the photo, send it, then grab the sticker you want, and drag it onto the photo that was already sent. I couldn't figure out how to do it, then found a post online last night. There might be a different way, but this is the only way I've figured out so far.
Don't you mean that Messages is getting functionality that will appeal to a demographic but has no impact on the core functionality and you can happily ignore it?