> The way iMessage locks your phone number into the Apple ID system, meaning that people using iMessage to chat with people who have changed their phone away fr

> The way iMessage locks your phone number into the Apple ID system, meaning that people using iMessage to chat with people who have changed their phone away from Apple sometimes can't get messages through. You can disable iMessage on an iPhone and it just becomes SMS. You're not even forced to use it as an iPhone user.