Comments on: Why WhatsApp Messenger is better than iMessage

By: Pritam Das

Pritam Das — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:18:10 +0000

Ya right. Some of my friends don’t use iOS devices, i connect them via whatsapp. Whatsapp Rocks…….. imessage is also cool especially from Mac (osx mountain lion) to iOS.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:22:19 +0000

Imagine if Gmail users could only email other Gmail users. Or if Nokia users could only text other Nokia users. Or if cassette tapes only worked in Phillips players! In this respect, iMessage belongs in the dark ages.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:48:21 +0000

But – good article nevertheless. Definitely agree Whatsapp kills iMessage. Just another one of Apple’s incremental and disappointing additions to its increasingly frustrating platform.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:47:13 +0000

“What I will mention about iMessage is that it reveals who has updated to iOS 5 and who has not. I am always amazed at the myriads of iPhone users who do not know about software upgrades and thus only coincidentally update their iPhones to the latest software. As of writing, a lot of my friends have NOT updated iOS 5. I can tell because their messages are still green and not blue.”

I’ve been a iOS 5 user since it’s first release, and have turned OFF my iMessage. It’s crap, especially you don’t want five different Apple devices to sync your messages. That get’s annoying. So, no – you can’t say that people haven’t updated their iOS because their messages are green. Many that I know choose to turn off iMessage.

By: IP Nitelee

IP Nitelee — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:05:12 +0000

Been using WhatsApp for over a year and while it has the occasional outages, the upsides far outweigh its downsides. The fact that I can text a friend in Australia (I’m in Canada) and not just chat but send realtime photos and location status is amazing. Truly makes the world seem smaller…or at least bigger than just a single OS. 🙂

By: karim

karim — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:35:24 +0000

The killer blow for me was what’s app has group chats!
i just love talking to multiple friends in one chat! reminds me of the good old msn days! 😀

and whats app does offer the typing thing, when your friend is typing a message it comes up on the top underneath their names..
and also it offers the delivery and read.. when you send a message, the first little tick is for sent, second little tick is for read 🙂

By: Eh

Eh — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:59:55 +0000

Totally agree, whatsapp is still ahead of iMessage.
One simple function of copy n paste photo did it for me. Whatsapp allows true copy n paste.
Try it on iMessage on ipad and it looks like from a bygone era of URLs.

Secondly, whatsapp shows compatible contacts. iMessage somehow doesn’t show a FaceTime-like indicator for compatible contacts. Maybe due to its deep integration with SMS/mms, it simply can’t afford to do so?
Still it’s confusing to send a message, not knowing if the other party will ever receive it.

By: Dale Lee

Dale Lee — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:42:21 +0000

but the fact remains that the integration of iMessage with the SMS/Texting app is what will drive adoption. imessage is the app that your parents will use that will reduce dependence on a limited number of texts.