Comment by Larrikin
6 years ago
I'd argue that that is irrelevant. What's the point in having anything other than a flip phone if you refuse to download apps. It's not a barrier to entry in every other case and it's never been a barrier to entry with my friends.
Why would you download an app for the basic functionality of a phone? Texting is an integral part of phones and I haven't met a person in the US without unlimited texting in years.
I know a lot of friends who use WeChat to avoid things like international texting rates, but Americans talking to Americans generally do not need this.
> Why would you download an app for the basic functionality of a phone?
Having a blue circle is not the basic functionality of texting. People here are talking about fancy facetime stuff, like group names, and reactions.
Those are all part of iMessage.
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