I guess t 33 I’m considered elderly. Never used Facebook messenger once it became stand alone and don’t really understand the appeal of snap
Some very big assumptions there .... although in fairness I note that you say you are talking about the UK ....... but to say "Nobody has really used texts since about 2012" is quite sweeping ....... there is a big wide world outside of the UK and US ....... many millions of users in developing countries rely on SMS and many developed countries use SMS in various scenarios beyond chatting with friends .... and not every part of the world uses snap and FB ....... lots of popular messaging platforms out there in various corners of the world !
In my country we rarely use SMS to chat with friends. I receive SMS but it is related to services - like delivery statuses, card payments, stuff like that.
Btw maybe I am doing something wrong but I cannot send SMS with iMessage without mobile data. I can with regular SMS service on my Android phone so I am not sure what I am doing wrong with iMessage.
Yes I do get annoyed that we do not have one app that we all use but you have to remember who uses which client etc. Honestly for me it is annoying. People here actually use those apps not just for the texting but for the calls. We have unlimited data and texts too but not unlimited minutes. People use those apps both for testing and free video/audio calls as long as they are connected to WIFI or mobile data. Basically they are iMessage plus Facetime and as most of the people here do not own an iPhone, this is why for our country those apps are popular.
Bulgaria. I hate Viber but man is it widely used here
. One another thing I forgot to mention - here people also do not own Macbooks. So being able to install Viber or Whatsapp on their Windows computer works wonders.
Bulgaria. I hate Viber but man is it widely used here
In other words iMessage makes sense in places where people own iPhones and Macbooks. In places where that's not the case, people turn to other platforms and thus make iMessage obsolete even for the few people that have an iPhone.
Interesting that they change phone numbers frequently. Here we change providers but we can keep our phone numbers when moving to another provider. So that's handy.
I see. Then I understand why people change phone numbers regularly
.I see. Interesting. I do not use those apps as I am like an old woman. If it is a phone I use it for phone calls. If it would be media sending, I do it on my laptop or iPad but rarely the phone. I just hate using the phone for things like that - the screen is not big enough for me, texting is slow. I am weird
.The idea sounds awesome but the syncing is rather buggy. My iPad receives the messages like few hours late. So I like the idea but I am not sure that I can use it properly with those delays and bugs.
Wait I have had FB messenger on multiple phones - personal and work one and on the iPad and on the Windows laptop. I have not had issues with that. What problems you have with the Messenger?
What about if let’s say I’m in the UK I text someone in Spain, do I get charged for SMS?
I believe so unless your sending an iMessage to another iPhone user. Otherwise you’d have to use a third party app like what’s app
Do people still get charged for sending sms and mms in this day and age? Surly not.
SMS is free if it’s sent in the UK but MMS messages are charged at 55 p a message which is ridiculous.
Wow that is ridiculous. 😳 lucky you don’t get charged when sending via iMessage 😉
That’s crazy, how are carriers still charging for that stuff….
