
There was no option to "send with fireworks." My text bubbles displayed in a toxic green. Things would arrive and send out of order. On my Note7 (again, R.I.P.), group messages with iPhone owners became garbled.
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The quality-of-life improvement that came with switching from an Android to an iPhone last fall shocked me, purely on the basis of text messaging. I text much more than I make phone calls. There is literally nothing else about my iPhone 7 that I would describe as "superior" to high-end Android phonesĪ lot of this will depend on your personal circumstances, but almost all of my friends and family own iPhones. You know they're seeing the same thing you are, whether it's an embedded tweet or, yes, a cat sticker, and the communication is near-immediate.

It's a fast, standardized and secure way to talk to your friends. It seems absurd, but it's true: An iPhone might cost you upwards of $649, but the most compelling reason to have one is its free, built-in texting app. Today, Android is totally user friendly, easy on the eyes and runs on sleek, modern handsets that have challenged the iPhone's design if not overtaken it entirely. Some time ago, that wasn't really true: Android was clumsy compared to iOS, with a confusing UI that typically ran on phones that felt a lot clunkier than the iPhone. Now more than ever, Apple needs strategies to lock users into their universe, because it's easier than ever to switch from iPhone to an Android. This seems tangential to a celebration of iMessage fireworks, but it's not. (Google, for what it's worth, offers a very similar financing plan for its Pixel phones.) This scheme mirrors what you've probably seen from your carrier, the chief difference being that you're filling Apple's coffers directly, without the chance to ever switch from an iPhone to a Galaxy phone, say.
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More likely: You pay for the gadget on an installment plan, perhaps via Apple's own " Upgrade Program," a brilliantly designed treadmill wherein you'll fork over at least $32.41 every month for as long as you want to use an iPhone.

Off-contract, the iPhone 7 starts at $649.

iPhones aren't a great value: iOS is inferior to Android in a number of ways, and the devices are expensive (peep the latest rumor that the iPhone 8 could cost upwards of $1,000).
