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FaceTime and iMessage always work very well and out of the box. No installation/configuration required. This, in my mind, is the biggest selling feature for iP
by martin_drapeau 3y ago
FaceTime and iMessage always work very well and out of the box. No installation/configuration required.
This, in my mind, is the biggest selling feature for iPhones to baby boomers. Locks them in forever as well.
- didntcheck 3y agoWhatsApp takes about two clicks to setup. My 60 year old and generally technophobic mum and all her friends have managed to set it up and use it themselves (including group chats and profile pictures)
- throw9away6 3y agoWhat matters is what your friends use. If grandmas friends already got setup on iPhones she is better off with one as well
- runako 3y ago> mum This is perhaps a giveaway that you're not in the US, where WhatsApp is generally not something people use to communicate. (Anecdotally, I have seen it primarily used among people who have families outside the US.) FaceTime, on the other hand, is widely used here.
- realusername 3y agoYeah, iMessage just lost in Europe and pretty much everywhere outside the US. Part of the issue is the Apple only lock-in, part of the issue is the branding, being branded as an SMS app when SMS are dead certainly doesn't help.
- gcbirzan 3y agoBut he was talking about how hard it is to set up, not whether people use it.