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?
Despite that, people typically keep their iPhones much longer than they keep android phones. 3 years of software support is considered good for androids. iPhones get 6
People keep saying that, but when I look around, I mostly see either 5-years old 2nd hand phones with all kinds of cracked screens, or 200€ Samsungs that you get with a 15€ contract.
I could theorise that people keep Iphones longer because they cost a grand, while you can get a perfectly serviceable Android for 200. Except that’s not what I’m seeing either. Most people who buy new iphones are shallow shampoo fanatics who need to have the latest bling, and shell our 1600 every year for a new X Pro Max Ultra Gold Fart. And the “old” one than goes to someone else for 1/3 the price, who might indeed keep it for 5 years. But the same goes with Android too anyway.
Basically I wouldn’t be surprised if all that was another myth Apple keeps in circulation to make themselves look better. Just like that iMessage nonsense.