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Is green bubble iMessage or SMS? iMessage is barely used in the UK, WhatsApp is the default messaging platform here

spacebanana7 2y ago
I'm in the UK pretty much only use iMessage/Snapchat. I had a look at the stats though and you're probably correct about WhatsApp being default, although we do have a surprisingly diverse and competitive messenger market: https://www.statista.com/forecasts/997945/most-used-messenger-by-brand-in-the-uk https://www.statista.com/forecasts/997945/most-used-messenge...
- marliechiller 2y ago
  Id be very interested to break that data down by age. I'd hypothesise people who grew up during the dawn of social media (late 00s, early 2010s), will be strongly aligned with whatsapp whereas younger generations might be more iMessage/snapchat whatever else is out there these days. The most interesting generation would be gen X'ers. I guess theyll be a jumble of all solutions, including SMS
  - spacebanana7 2y ago
    Yeah it would be fascinating. I also suspect international social structures could play a big role. In the UK many people have friends & family that emigrated to iMessage counties like the US & Australia. But many have links to WhatsApp countries like India or even Telegram countries in Eastern Europe.
mewse 2y ago
Green bubble is messages you sent via SMS (and so may have been charged by your carrier depending on your cellular plan) Blue bubble is messages you sent via iMessage. All incoming messages are grey, regardless of whether they were sent to you via SMS or iMessage.
- beardyw 2y ago
  > and so may have been charged by your carrier depending on your cellular plan I don't know of any UK plan that charges.
  - dkdbejwi383 2y ago
    Must be a couple of decades since I was last charged for SMS
  - dfawcus 2y ago
    PAYG plans do.
    - didntcheck 2y ago
      Don't they almost all work on a "goodybag" model now where you top-up £x for the next month of tens of GB of data, hundreds or unlimited minutes, and unlimited texts? Using "real" balance is uncommon in my experience
      - dfawcus 2y ago
        Only if one buys such a "goodybag". My father doesn't and so pays PAYG rates when he uses his. Which probably makes sense for him, given his infrequent use pattern.
  - bdavbdav 2y ago
    Try sending an image on green.

I'm in the UK pretty much only use iMessage/Snapchat. I had a look at the stats though and you're probably correct about WhatsApp being default, although we do have a surprisingly diverse and competitive messenger market: https://www.statista.com/forecasts/997945/most-used-messenger-by-brand-in-the-uk https://www.statista.com/forecasts/997945/most-used-messenge...

marliechiller 2y ago
Id be very interested to break that data down by age. I'd hypothesise people who grew up during the dawn of social media (late 00s, early 2010s), will be strongly aligned with whatsapp whereas younger generations might be more iMessage/snapchat whatever else is out there these days. The most interesting generation would be gen X'ers. I guess theyll be a jumble of all solutions, including SMS
- spacebanana7 2y ago
  Yeah it would be fascinating. I also suspect international social structures could play a big role. In the UK many people have friends & family that emigrated to iMessage counties like the US & Australia. But many have links to WhatsApp countries like India or even Telegram countries in Eastern Europe.

mewse 2y ago

Green bubble is messages you sent via SMS (and so may have been charged by your carrier depending on your cellular plan) Blue bubble is messages you sent via iMessage. All incoming messages are grey, regardless of whether they were sent to you via SMS or iMessage.

beardyw 2y ago
> and so may have been charged by your carrier depending on your cellular plan I don't know of any UK plan that charges.
- dkdbejwi383 2y ago
  Must be a couple of decades since I was last charged for SMS
- dfawcus 2y ago
  PAYG plans do.
  - didntcheck 2y ago
    Don't they almost all work on a "goodybag" model now where you top-up £x for the next month of tens of GB of data, hundreds or unlimited minutes, and unlimited texts? Using "real" balance is uncommon in my experience
    - dfawcus 2y ago
      Only if one buys such a "goodybag". My father doesn't and so pays PAYG rates when he uses his. Which probably makes sense for him, given his infrequent use pattern.
- bdavbdav 2y ago
  Try sending an image on green.