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Re: Recommend a good texting app

From Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Recommend a good texting app
Date 2018-11-21 18:36 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <pt0vcj$he5$1@dont-email.me>, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>>>> What do you want to prove? That you want to be right at any price?
>>>> 
>>>> I'm not proving anything. Just showing up your baseless assertion for what
>>>> it is. Feature phones are neither outdated nor non-existent.
>>> 
>>> Because you claim that? Yesterday Deloitte published a study that over 
>>> 92% of all mobile users in Switzerland have a smartphone and not a 
>>> "feature phone".
>> 
>> Switzerland is a small, wealthy country so hardly representative, and yet
>> feature phones still make up 8%. Still very much current. 
> 
> 8% is a very small fraction, and it isn't just switzerland. 

No it isn't. 8% is still a huge number of devices. 

> you're also confusing unit sales with messages sent. those who buy
> feature phones don't text anywhere near as much as those with
> smartphones, mostly because it's a pain to do so.

See my other post. 

>>>>> In the context of this thread where someone living in the United States
>>>>> is asking or an app recommendation, who cares what happens on African
>>>>> and Indian cell phones?
>>>> 
>>>> This is an international forum readable by anyone. Not a WhatsApp group ;)
>>> 
>>> How many Indians or Africans are writing here?
>>> Usenet is a geriatric event from the early days of internet for 
>>> Americans and Europeans. People from Asia or Africa with their "feature 
>>> phones" skipped this oldfashioned way of communication and went directly 
>>> to WhatsApp or WeChat.
>> 
>> This is an open forum which is searchable. Not at all the same as instant
>> messaging via apps. 
> 
> the point is that usenet has been replaced with modern web forums. 

So what? Doesn't negate what I said. 

> and since india was mentioned:
> 
> <https://trak.in/tags/business/2013/09/28/death-sms-indians-sending-2-sm
> s-day/>
>   In a recent survey

Recent?! Is from 2013. At least I back up my statements with relevant data.


>   This trend is not a one-off case. Researchers and trend watchers have
>   observed this phenomenon to occur in USA and China as well. Famous
>   chat applications in China such as Weibo and WeChat have triggered
>   massive downfall in SMS usage in cities such as Beijing where the per
>   capita SMS usage has fallen to 36 from 42 a year ago. And the trend
>   is continuingĀŠ

China is not a normal market as the government dictates what people use and
how they use it. People's weibo IDs are used to access government services.


Outside of cities in most countries Wi-Fi and mobile data are rarer so chat
apps are unusable.

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Recommend a good texting app micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-16 04:46 -0500
  Re:Recommend a good texting app Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-11-16 12:17 +0100
    Re: Recommend a good texting app micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-16 13:11 -0500
      Re: Recommend a good texting app Jim S <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2018-11-19 11:34 +0000
  Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-16 13:14 -0500
    Re: Recommend a good texting app arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-16 21:39 +0000
      Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-16 17:09 -0500
      Re: Recommend a good texting app Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-11-17 00:39 +0000
        Re: Recommend a good texting app arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-17 02:31 +0000
          Re: Recommend a good texting app Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-11-17 04:00 +0000
            Re: Recommend a good texting app arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-17 05:52 +0000
              Re: Recommend a good texting app M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2018-11-17 00:48 -0600
                Re: Recommend a good texting app arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-17 07:14 +0000
              Re: Recommend a good texting app arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-17 07:03 +0000
            Re: Recommend a good texting app arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-18 16:14 +0000
      Re: Recommend a good texting app micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-17 14:55 -0500
        Re: Recommend a good texting app arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-17 20:25 +0000
    Re: Recommend a good texting app Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-18 20:25 +0000
      Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-18 15:46 -0500
        Re: Recommend a good texting app Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-18 21:09 +0000
          Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-19 07:54 +0100
            Re: Recommend a good texting app Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-11-19 08:03 +0100
              Re: Recommend a good texting app Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-11-19 08:09 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-19 10:55 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-11-19 11:30 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-19 14:16 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-11-19 14:43 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-19 13:22 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-19 14:36 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-11-19 14:55 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-20 10:33 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-19 15:34 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-19 19:48 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-20 10:42 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-20 12:40 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-20 13:28 -0500
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-21 18:36 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-21 15:10 -0500
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-21 06:36 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-21 08:21 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-21 09:44 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-21 19:26 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-20 19:06 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-19 09:41 -0500
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-20 10:43 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-20 13:05 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-20 13:28 -0500
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-21 08:11 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-21 08:04 -0500
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Hergen Lehmann <hlehmann.expires.5-11@snafu.de> - 2018-11-21 14:50 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-21 09:41 -0500
                Re: Recommend a good texting app 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-11-21 10:41 -0700
                Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-21 15:10 -0500
                Re: Recommend a good texting app 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-11-21 15:01 -0700
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-21 18:54 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-21 15:10 -0500
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-11-21 20:35 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-21 15:42 -0500
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-21 20:50 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-21 22:16 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-11-21 15:01 -0700
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-21 22:29 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-11-21 15:54 -0700
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-22 16:44 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-11-22 18:39 -0700
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-21 22:04 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-21 22:20 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-20 19:06 +0000
            Re: Recommend a good texting app Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-19 07:59 +0000
              Re: Recommend a good texting app Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-11-19 09:28 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-19 11:01 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-11-19 11:31 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2018-11-20 19:04 +0100
              Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-19 13:14 +0000
            Re: Recommend a good texting app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-19 08:24 +0000
              Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-19 11:03 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-19 13:09 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-11-19 14:23 +0100
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-19 15:40 +0000
                Re: Recommend a good texting app Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-19 19:42 +0000
          Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-19 13:14 +0000
  Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-16 20:32 +0000
    Re: Recommend a good texting app micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-17 14:57 -0500
      Re: Recommend a good texting app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-17 20:15 +0000
        Re: Recommend a good texting app arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-17 20:36 +0000
          Re: Recommend a good texting app micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-17 17:15 -0500
            Re: Recommend a good texting app arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-18 16:14 +0000
              Re: Recommend a good texting app arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-20 16:56 +0000

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