Title says it all. Why do people still use iPhones we may ask? IMessage is the answer. I talk to many of my friends who owns iPhones and I show them a lot of the things my android device can do, ( I love my blackberry priv), and they don't really seem to care. IPhone users are comfortable with how their devices work, and they do work extremely well for what they're limited in doing.
I have had some friends who have acted on their android curiosity and due to their frustration with the same apple stuff year after year. But this brings me back to my original point. IMessage is single handedly, in my opinion of course, an absolutely massive selling feature of the iPhone. And let's face it, it works great. Ya there's BBM, whatsapp etc.. But most people can't be bother to download a separate application, as silly as that sounds. IMessage is great because it is automatically integrated into apples own messages application. If the person doesn't have an iPhone, no problem, it sends as a text message.
If google could introduce something similar I think it would be huge for the android platform. Every android device should come pre installed with a google messaging application that has a fully integrated internet/data based messaging service for ALL android devices. Apple's IMessage is obviously limited to just apple devices. Think of the power of a service like this on Android that can be used on your Samsung device, and then your friend's LG device, my blackberry device, your colleague's nexus or pixel device. I think this would pull a huge number of ios customers to Android with a messaging feature like this alone. Thoughts?
I have had some friends who have acted on their android curiosity and due to their frustration with the same apple stuff year after year. But this brings me back to my original point. IMessage is single handedly, in my opinion of course, an absolutely massive selling feature of the iPhone. And let's face it, it works great. Ya there's BBM, whatsapp etc.. But most people can't be bother to download a separate application, as silly as that sounds. IMessage is great because it is automatically integrated into apples own messages application. If the person doesn't have an iPhone, no problem, it sends as a text message.
If google could introduce something similar I think it would be huge for the android platform. Every android device should come pre installed with a google messaging application that has a fully integrated internet/data based messaging service for ALL android devices. Apple's IMessage is obviously limited to just apple devices. Think of the power of a service like this on Android that can be used on your Samsung device, and then your friend's LG device, my blackberry device, your colleague's nexus or pixel device. I think this would pull a huge number of ios customers to Android with a messaging feature like this alone. Thoughts?