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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by xcrunner529 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:52PM (#33184804)
Before iMessage (yes it existed) all text messages were green. Blue denoted iMessage. There was no evil plan from Apple like bloggers love to conceive for attention - it’s merely what was originally chosen and they wanted to differentiate iMessage when they released it.
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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by meragrin_ on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @07:17PM (#33185066)
You know why they wanted to differentiate iMessage? It caused issues with SMS. They knew it. They wanted an easy out for the incompatibilities. It is a problem with the "plebs" not Apple. The "plebs" were just holding their phones wrong. After all, even iPhone users don't know how to hold their phone. How can "plebs" be expected to know how to hold their phones if iPhone user can't?

Apple could fix this if they wanted to, but they don't want to. They know it sells phones. It is intentional.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by xcrunner529 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @08:12PM (#33185518)
No they did it so you knew when it was in and could use the features. There’s no “issue” with SMS.
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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by meragrin_ on Thursday October 13, 2022 @12:19PM (#33193101)
Tell that to all the people who cannot respond to group messages sent to them from iPhone users.

https://www.android.com/get-the-message/

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by kaba0 on Thursday October 13, 2022 @08:26AM (#33190044)
SMS quotas and mobile data are two different “budgets” depending on carrier. It would be a huge omission if they didn’t differentiate between them.
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