When cell phones became popular in the 90s, sending and receiving SMS (Short Message Service) was too expensive for Americans.
Subsequently, services improved and mobile phone companies started offering unlimited calls and free SMS plans, which made the option to send and receive text messages very popular.
The use of other messaging apps is not uncommon in the US, but many of them were integrated into the market before WhatsApp.
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On the other hand, the element that adds to the tendency of Americans to continue using SMS is the presence of the iPhone. In fact, the Apple-made phone is used by nearly 50% of US cell phone users.
Its iOS operating system, which powers its flagship mobile phones, has adapted the iMessage instant messaging app from its earliest versions to the SMS platform offered by mobile phone carriers, so the use of these text messages has not been affected as it did on Monday with WhatsApp .
When iPhone users text each other, the phone uses its own platform. But if it detects that the other phone is from another manufacturer, as is the case with Android, it will use the SMS network.
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