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Hard to call it a successor of SMS when have the world uses iOS which does not and currently has no plans to support it. So more just another service rather tha
by heavymark 7y ago
Hard to call it a successor of SMS when have the world uses iOS which does not and currently has no plans to support it. So more just another service rather than a replacement for SMS which is a way for all phones to communicate with each other.
- hocuspocus 7y agoThe world is bigger than the US.
- katbyte 7y agoMore then just people in the US use iPhones?
- tialaramex 7y agoOutside the US the iPhone is not a common choice. It does exist, but most people don't have one. This makes Apple's social lock-in markedly less effective.
- perl4ever 7y agoI don't think most people have iPhones in the US.
- ansgri 7y agoWhile in RoW iPhones are definitely luxury items, by this very property about half (or more) of people whose decisions matter would have one, and you often wouldn’t want to use technology that doesn’t work on your bosses’ phone.
- theelous3 7y agoIs this a troll? You think half of the world's decision makers are in the US?
- spatular 7y agoI think he meant that in 3-rd world countries iPhones are luxury items bought by rich people in position of power.
- ansgri 7y agoYou might well be right on both items, but see the comment below by spatular for my intention. (aside: is there a name for the extension of Hanlon's razor where one shouldn't attribute to stupidity a simple miscommunication?)
- supercommand 7y agoThe us has half iPhones of China alone [0]. And America only contains 16% of the worlds iphones. So yes, America is not a big player when it comes to iPhone usage. [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/755625/iphones-in-use-in-us-china-and-rest-of-the-world/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/755625/iphones-in-use-in...