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Tim Cook says ‘buy your mom an iPhone’ if you want to end green bubbles

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Re: Tim Cook says ‘buy your mom an iPhone’ if you want to end green bubbles

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Post by bdcravens »

thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #53
bdcravens wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure the ability to use satellite for emergency service in the event you don't have cellular service qualifies as an innovation.

>> I'm sure the ability to use satellite for emergency service in the event you don't have cellular service qualifies as an innovation. T-Mobile and SpaceX are doing that with existing mobile phones: https://www.t-mobile.com/news/un-carrier/t-mobile-takes-cove...

Increased access is always good, but reading the article it looks likes it'll be a limited rollout starting next year

>> starting with a beta in select areas by the end of next year

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Post by vehemenz »

Normally I don't care about this stuff, but at work, one member of my team of 9 refuses to use an iPhone, ruining any potential group chats. The obvious solution is that this person gets an iPhone.

That said, it would be nice if the SMS indicator was more subtle instead of white text on a green background, which is objectively harder to read than an iMessage. And it would be nice if Apple provided a cloud facility to send images/video to people easily given the obvious limitations of SMS.

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Post by TheLoafOfBread »

pjmlp wrote: post #49
TheLoafOfBread wrote: post #39

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Nobody in Europe is using SMS for communication, because it is bloody expensive.

Where in Europe? Most pre-paid packages have tons of free SMS, mine is around 5000 per month.

I am paying 10 cents per each.

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Post by TheLoafOfBread »

988747 wrote: post #40
TheLoafOfBread wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody in Europe is using SMS for communication, because it is bloody expensive.

What? SMS and voice calls are free in most plans. I agree that these times people communicate over Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp much more than through SMS but that has nothing to do with cost.

Maybe for you, my SMS are over the top, because I am refusing to be tied up to operator via some monthly subscription.

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Post by mderazon »

pjmlp wrote: post #34

Looking from the rest of the World where Android and feature phones dominate, the whole issue with the green bubbles is hilarious.

It's not that different from the rest of the world. In other places there are other bubbles - Whatsapp bubbles, Messenger bubbles. They are not tied to specific phone vendors, but tied to a giant corporate as well.

Apples is just a special case of the problem that there is no open standard for text communication. RCS is supposed to be that thing, but I would like to see Whatsapp, Signal, Messenger and the rest switch to use it

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