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This is absolutely no surprise. In Asia, WhatsApp was assumed to be on every phone and it was used instead of contracts, phone calls, and SMS for a wide range o
by hellofunk 11y ago
This is absolutely no surprise. In Asia, WhatsApp was assumed to be on every phone and it was used instead of contracts, phone calls, and SMS for a wide range or business tasks like finding apartments, agreements with vendors, even public service announcements, during my time in Singapore. It's really not a bad idea if the security of the data can be guaranteed.
- geomark 11y agoAsia is a big place. WhatsApp has a small presence many places. Line dominates in some countries.
- hellofunk 11y agoWell, I've been in most parts of Asia quite regularly except for China and Japan, and WhatsApp has been absolutely everywhere. It's in the U.S. where it has not really caught on, at least most of my friends there have never heard of it.
- geomark 11y agoLine is tops in Thailand and Japan. In S. Korea it's KaokaoTalk. China prefers WeChat. Those are all big markets. So there's certainly no single dominant messaging app.
- mafribe 11y agoLine is superbig in Taiwan too.
- ramchip 11y agoI've never met a WhatsApp user in Japan. Everything here is about Line.