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> iMessage sends high quality pictures and videos, try to send a video thru mms and it is unusable. iMessage also has read receipts, you can see if they are typ
by chimeracoder 4y ago
> iMessage sends high quality pictures and videos, try to send a video thru mms and it is unusable. iMessage also has read receipts, you can see if they are typing. iMessage works over wifi without a cellular connection (which was a big deal, but I believe carries now support this for android phones)
To add to what you're saying: RCS (which everyone except Apple uses) offers all of those things as well, and offers them in a way that is interoperable with all non-Apple phones.
iMessage doesn't actually do anything that RCS doesn't do. Apple simply refuses to adopt RCS (or make iMessage interoperable) because they want to use the lock-in to drive more sales of Apple products.
- pwinnski 4y agoRCS does not provide end-to-end encryption, and requires a phone number. That's two things iMessage does that RCS doesn't do.
- windowsrookie 4y agoiMessage existed for maybe a decade before RCS had a widespread rollout? Yes, everyone now uses RCS, but that has only been true for the last few years. iMessage still has some features that RCS doesn't, and Apple had a 10 year head start on integrating these features into their phones.