But then after I started using my new iPhone, the following messages started coming in from several friends: Surely, I thought, we'd moved past whether someone's a 'green bubble' or a 'blue bubble' in a text message. After all, Apple's services like Apple Arcade and Apple Music are often touted as being the best or exclusive to Apple products, but every one of them has rivals that work on both iOS and Android. So while I was aware my new phone purchase would provide access to iMessage and FaceTime, I considered it just another aspect of having an iOS device. IMessage is nice, but it shouldn't be vital. Read more: Wait a minute, does the two-year phone upgrade plan still make sense? I think not Although standard texting may be antiquated, it still works most of the time. I just use whichever messaging service is most convenient for them. I barely even think about what type of phone someone uses when I text them. I've been using an Android phone and many non-iOS services, like WhatsApp, Signal and Instagram, to text and video chat with my family and friends for years. When I decided to ditch my Android phone in favor of an iPhone this summer, I didn't think it was going to matter very much. Now that I have FaceTime, I have friends who suddenly want to video-call.

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