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email is from the end of the 60s. SMS is the GSM service layer, so no, email is not newer. I agree email is better in most terms, but sms slips through without
by pmlnr 5y ago
email is from the end of the 60s. SMS is the GSM service layer, so no, email is not newer. I agree email is better in most terms, but sms slips through without data, and nothing else does because of what it is.
- dheera 5y agoOh sure, but "e-mail on a phone" is newer, and since it solved literally every problem SMS had, I deprecated SMS. It's awesome, because you can send larger amounts of data, works across countries and across SIM cards, can also be read on laptops and tablets if you don't have a phone with you, etc.
- pmlnr 5y ago> and since it solved literally every problem SMS had, I deprecated SMS. No, it did not. Email needs data connectivity, sms does not.