Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone...
by TurkishPoptart on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:37PM
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I'm ignorant, but what are the features in group chats that Android people don't get? The heart/emoticon bubble things? I used to do group chats with my last Android phone, but now that I have iPhone...I just have too much anxiety to open these chats and respond, because I don't want to hear the notification sound buzz in triplicate over the next hour. I dislike my phone and using it so much that it's making me socially isolated.
Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone...
by blix on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @07:13PM
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Apparently adding a new member to a group text with an android user is a much less pleasant experience than if everyone is on imessage. I'm the android user causing problems so I dont really know the details :P But honestly that the guy singled out the "one android user" who was making his life difficult was disconerting to say the least.
I almost always have my phone on silent for that reason. I like to check my phone when I want to, not when it wants me to.
As an adult, some of my friends have asked to switch to an iphone so they could use imessage features in a group chat. It's not hard to imagine being left out of a group for this reason. I don't think I've met a girl in my age group who has anything other than a negative opinion of "Android Users." This stuff doesn't bother me, but I can see how it would upset kids.