I feel you OP. My family members all have iPhones and only one has an Android phone. iMessage and Facetime are really the only things keeping me on the iPhone. It makes communication just that much easier between important people. No hassle, no 3rd party apps, no account creation which people hate to bother with...
She has it, just doesn't use it. Why? Her entire circle is on iMessage. So WhatsApp is entirely for me, so naturally, she's not going to swap to an app to talk to me. She'll just text message. It just sucks to text message only on android as I can't even send a video I take to her without getting a failed message.
It feels like everybody has an iPhone in the USA. Wtf even if 80% of the people had iMessage, the other 20% would have android and, thus, would use whatsapp, Facebook messenger, viber or whatever. it amazes me how people say "all my friends and family have iphones". It just cant be real.
Also, its like installing whatsapp would take more than 10 seconds. And im sure they wouldnt install it for you only, but im sure there are many other people that are in the same situation. Its like there are 2 completely separate communities of people: lazy people with iphones and other people with android/wp/bb.
Except the whole world. iMessage/SMS is a dinosaur everyone else has left behind.
WhatsApp handles rich hyper links and media content no matter what device both users are on. It's perfect for managing group chats. It's still a top notch direct messaging service. You get all of that in a single app, no need to think about where you may have held 'that' conversation.Same. If someone else has an iPhone it uses i Message. Everything just works. I have never needed something like Whatsapp.
I have Facebook Messenger but most of the time it's people passing spam around. It's silly.
I have three. It's no biggie to switch between them. I use whatever people wanna use, and it's a shame iMessage isn't available on Android. I would've downloaded it too, to communicate with the select few stubborn people that can't do me a favour and use a universal application.Yeah nobodys gonna download another messaging app
"Nobody"LOL
Im in America man
You tell anyone to download a third party messaging app if they wanna communicate with you and theyll tell you to fuck off
Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp
I also find it odd how people think it's weird to use SMS.
Objectively wrong; the biggest messenger in the world.Nobody uses WhatsApp. There is nothing more convenient than just sending to someone's phone number.
I hear about it on GAF more than I do in the world. I used it once and never met anybody that actively uses it.Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp
USA os the only country that relies on SMSs in this day and age.
Btw, you cant send photos / videos / audios / location via sms.
Nobody uses WhatsApp. There is nothing more convenient than just sending to someone's phone number.
WhatsApp.
99% of my contacts in Canada use WhatsApp, there's always that oddball sucker still using iMessage or SMS.
ITT: "Download this solution for a problem you don't have."
Why do all you iPhone users only know other iPhone users?
At least half of all phones sold are Android.
Seems like you seem to stay in your middle class bubbles.
this is exactly it
this is another manifestation of the american socioeconomic stratification
Lol right.People shilling WhatsApp like they own stock.
Only time I use iMessage/sms is if I don't wanna show up as online to someone on whatsapp 👻.WhatsApp.
99% of my contacts in Canada use WhatsApp, there's always that oddball sucker still using iMessage or SMS.
Because it's not worth it if it's just the US that uses SMS.The one good think about iMessage is that it manages your texts as well. Google hangouts used to do this as well but now it is only available to Google Fi users.
Don't really get why other messaging apps don't have that feature. Does Apple have a patent or something? Lol
Wouldnt Facebook messenger be the best solution then?
I feel like most people complaints on Android are from using some phone makera bastardized app rather than the Google stuff. Official Google stuff has been pretty solid.Yeah, switching from Samsung Keyboard to Gboard felt amazing.
This is the app's screenshot on the Whatsapp home page:
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I mean, I guess it's not completely awful, but for a glamour shot, it's close to triggering my MSN PTSD. Contrast that to iMessage which is so much cleaner (even if Apple is doing it's best to clutter it up with animojis and crap.)
Whatsapp uses your phone number as the account. You have no clue what whatsapp is then.
Basically every plan in the US comes with unlimited SMS. If someone has an android phone I can just SMS them through iMessage on my phone, computer or iPad. Facebook messenger is also popular here, moreso than WhatsApp in my experienceWhy do all you iPhone users only know other iPhone users?
At least half of all phones sold are Android.
Seems like you seem to stay in your middle class bubbles.
the bloodlust in this thread over people who enjoy using iMessage is pretty messed up
so people actually use iMessage?
It's not the same. You still need to use a separate platform, one that doesn't work with stuff like CarPlay etc
Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp
Why do all you iPhone users only know other iPhone users?
At least half of all phones sold are Android.
Seems like you seem to stay in your middle class bubbles.
I am switching from and iphone as well but most to the people I message including my wife use Android so not a big deal for me. I never really used WhatsApp but I used to use Kik a lot years ago and loved it so I assume it's basically the same thing.
It's not the same. You still need to use a separate platform, one that doesn't work with stuff like CarPlay etc
Doesnt everybody just use whatsapp