As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its Dominance

Re:As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its D... by throw9away6 on Monday September 11, 2023 @05:05PM (#37473700)

The way the kids see it, if you don’t have the blue box you are a nobody. Also having a non blue in a group chat messes everyone up

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Re:As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its D... by bcraven on Monday September 11, 2023 @05:38PM (#37474089)

This rule applies to the US only. Everyone else uses WhatsApp.

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Re:As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its D... by lxgr on Monday September 11, 2023 @07:37PM (#37475135)

The important commonality here being “not on iMessage”.

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Re:As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its D... by WanderPanda on Monday September 11, 2023 @07:56PM (#37475276)

„just“ Europe, Middle East, India and South America (btw)

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Re:As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its D... by CharlesW on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @12:10AM (#37476867)

This is mostly apocryphal in the US as well, according to my school-age kids. They’ve been in many peer text chains over the years in several SoCal schools, and they’re invariably multi-platform (i.e. good ol’ green SMS/MMS).

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Re:As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its D... by Tade0 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @01:51AM (#37477296)

That sounds like something kids say to exclude someone they don't like.

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Re:As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its D... by throw9away6 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @01:18PM (#37484481)

Kids find lots of reasons to exclude.

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Re:As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its D... by aacid on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @02:36AM (#37477549)

I have no iphone yet I have blue box. Thanks to beeper. Am I a cool kid now?

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