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[BearPawB]

Switched to an s8+ after not being impressed by the newest Apple stuff, so figured why not try out android for a year.

But as much as I've enjoyed my short time with this phone, the lack of imessage is a complete killer.

Because there is no way I'm convincing my entire immediate and extended family to download a separate app just to send me funny gifs and videos.

They love me but not that much.

How did you other long term iPhone people adapt?

 

[Majine]

I solved that by having an Android phone and an iPad.

 

[TimeEffect]

Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

I'm so happy Europe universally adopted the superior WhatsApp

 

[BearPawB]

Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp

My mom and family of iPhone users definitely do not

 

[MistakenMobius]

WhatsApp.

Line, Wechat, Viber or Kakaotalk if you are in some specific part of the world

 

[Gattsu25]

It amazes me that people actually use iMessage

 

[Fantastical]

Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp

I don't know very many people that regularly use whatsapp.

 

[YuriLowell]

Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp

No. It's a pain trying to get people to switch.

 

[neoemonk]

I just text people. What am I missing out on?

 

[Mechanized]

Doesn't Texting on modern Android phones use data?

 

[Yohane]

I'm so happy Europe universally adopted the superior WhatsApp

Yeah exactly.

 

[LambdaTeos]

so people actually use iMessage?

 

[jts]

I'm so happy Europe universally adopted the superior WhatsApp

iMessage has plenty of features WhatsApp doesn't and it's less of an eyesore to boot.

 

[Majine]

so people actually use iMessage?

Lots of people do.

 

[fredrancour]

Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp

Not in the US. IPhone users use iMessage. Android users either just use SMS or google Hangouts in my experience.

 

[crisdecuba]

It amazes me that people actually use iMessage

Why is it amazing they use it if it's the default and ensures they can communicate with the folks in their social circle?

 

[bigkrev]

I disabled iMessage ages ago, and use Facebook Messenger if I want to do dumb group chats.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp

Not in America

 

[Frustrated_me]

WhatsApp.

99% of my contacts in Canada use WhatsApp, there's always that oddball sucker still using iMessage or SMS.

 

[BearPawB]

I just text people. What am I missing out on?

Tried to send a gif I made from a video and it was too big for mms. So I had to send it to them on Facebook messenger

Which has been an ok stop gap I guess

 

[Gattsu25]

Doesn't Texting on modern Android phones use data?

What? SMS doesn't use data. Non-SMS messaging does but we're talking small kilobytes of data there.

 

[The Elite]

so people actually use iMessage?

It just works.

 

[Dreadnought]

Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp

It's not popular in the U.S because we have iMessage

It amazes me that people actually use iMessage

It amazes you people use a standard feature of their phone? You must be easily impressed

 

[#sorrynotsorry]

so people actually use iMessage?

In the US, yes.

 

[Ghazi]

WhatsApp.

Not ubiquitous in America yet

 

[Mechanized]

What? SMS doesn't use data. Non-SMS messaging does but we're talking small kilobytes of data there.

That's what I'm saying, isn't that what iMessage does too?

 

[Oxn]

2 years ago, i "upgraded" from a 6+ to an S6 Edge cause it was so pretty. I went in and returned it that same day, and got hit with the restocking fee.

Good lesson for me.

 

[One Eyed Willy]

Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp

Don't know a single person that does.

 

[Youth Crew]

Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp

I've never met anyone that uses WhatsApp.

I live in the US though. I heard it's massive elsewhere.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

iMessage has plenty of features WhatsApp doesn't and it's less of an eyesore to boot.

Yeah but WhatsApp means whatever shitty phone brands people are inexplicably loyal to cab all use the same app. Apple and a android.

Don't get the eyesore comment either. I think it's fine.

What features?

 

[Oxn]

It amazes me that people actually use iMessage

Is your mind literally blown?

 

[LambdaTeos]

It just works.

In the US, yes.

I had no idea, maybe I should give it a try

 

[entremet]

Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp

Not in the US. Whatsapp isn't widely used here.

 

[StarCreator]

Yeah, I don't use WhatsApp and I only know like 2 people who do. All my messaging is via LINE, Facebook, Hangouts, or Discord. I only get SMS messages from work, my parents, and 2-Step notifiers.

OP, did you disable iMessage before switching phones? I know that used to be an issue where messages would disappear into the ether if you didn't.

 

[Majine]

I wish all the big messaging services were like Slack.

Slack is amazing.

 

[Junior Mint]

iMessage has plenty of features WhatsApp doesn't and it's less of an eyesore to boot.

iMessage is way more of an eye sore after they started adding all this garbage to it like gigantic toolbars of apps, tons of buttons everywhere, message effects, stickers, etc.

WhatsApp looks like a messaging app.

 

[Kareha]

My mom and family of iPhone users definitely do not

Ask them to download it.

 

[capslock]

Outside of the US, most people use Whatsapp or Viber.

 

[psychotron]

It amazes me that people actually use iMessage

Why is that? iMessage allows me to send higher quality video to others. I've sent videos to android users that have to go through mms and it looks like balls. I love iMessage, especially since it works if you have no cell service.

 

[Gattsu25]

Why is it amazing they use it if it's the default and ensures they can communicate with the folks in their social circle?

It amazes you people use a standard feature of their phone? You must be easily impressed

The only person I know that uses iMessage is my manager. Maybe it's because I have an east coast tech job but iOS doesn't really have a stranglehold here.

 

[YuriLowell]

I disabled iMessage ages ago, and use Facebook Messenger if I want to do dumb group chats.

Welcome to facebook selling your chat data to advertisers.

 

[sirap]

Whatsapp for family.

Line for bae.

Wechat for booty calls.

The holy trinity.

 

[RedShift]

Whatsapp is better in every way so no. Texts getting cuaght in limbo between SMS and iMessage was always really annoying when I had an iPhone

 

[Pagusas]

Pretty easy to see people who have never touched an iPhone in here. The hell is this "people actually use imessage" crap?

 

[diunxx]

Does anyone use that thing outsode us?

 

[arab]

blue bubble master race reporting in

 

[jts]

Yeah but WhatsApp means whatever shitty phone brands people are inexplicably loyal to cab all use the same app. Apple and a android.

Don't get the eyesore comment either. I think it's fine.

What features?

iMessage has stickers, 1st and 3rd party plugins (including p2p payments soon), better live previews (including videos), crazy animation options for sent messages, images/gifs with an alpha layer get posted clean on the chat against the background, while in whatsapp it's boxed and converts the alpha layer to black, iMessage has a native Mac and iPad client while Whatsapp has a web client that relies back and forth on connectivity to the phone.

Similarly, I can also list some Whatsapp features that are not available in iMessage, especially for group chat management. But yeah, Whatsapp has a ways to go.

Definitely agree that accessible to all phones is better than a exclusive app. Would love that Apple would bring iMessage over to Android but that ship has sailed.

 

[BearPawB]

Does anyone use that thing outsode us?

I don't know why people keep bringing up countries i don't live in.

In the US imessage is fairly ubiquitous and I know maybe 5 people that use whatsapp

 

[MilkBeard]

Facebook chat and Whatsapp. Get everyone to switch.

People saying nobody in US uses Whatsapp, but many people I knew in Seattle used it. Maybe it was just my circle.