I asked if people chose iPhone for the blue bubbles elsewhere a couple days ago, and while there was some good discourse on that post, the blue bubbles definitely also came up as a reason.

In my experience, when people find out my texts are green, they oftentimes would rather switch to a different platform altogether like Instagram or just not text at all.

Is this actually a deal-breaker in friendships out there?

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

Iphone to iphone sms messages actually use some special apple thing (iMessage) and show up blue. Actual sms like to Android show up green

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Wow, now that's a deal breaker. I guess I'll have to buy the iPhone I don't even care about now.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Yes the only reason I know it's because I've had to explain it to confused iphone users at work who get all precious when a message is a green. I normally run Android but my work phone is an iPhone (because it's helpful to know them when you have to support them) and I just disable iMessage.

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