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although there are myriad ways to stay in touch with a smartphone texting via

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short message service or sms is still ubiquitous if you have a cell phone you

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can use sms but why is that still the case today i mean think about how many

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apps you have that use data connections and offer such a more feature-rich

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experience there's whatsapp snapchat facebook messenger yet despite being an

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antiquated system sms is still as common among smartphone users as say starbucks

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in new york city so the question is why first off smartphones support sms

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natively even if you're still using an older flip phone you can stay in touch

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show from sms there's no need to download an app and go through all the

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rig and roll of registering for an account with some social media platform

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and worrying if the person you want to contact is also on that same platform if

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you have a phone number you have sms that makes it very easy to reach out to

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someone regardless of what their other messenger app or phone maker of choice

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may be this has continued to make sms popular as a quick way to reach out to

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new friends and colleagues as well as with older generations who prefer the

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simplicity of texting over having multiple social media connected

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messenger accounts with extra fancy features wow sms is also very cheap at

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least if you're in the us where data can get expensive although if you're old

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like me you might remember the days when flip phones ruled the world and you only

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got so many texts per month included in your plan lest you reap the anger of

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your parents for sending 500 texts to your bff jill an increasing number of

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carriers are offering unlimited texting that won't chew through your data

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allowance this also means in some ways sms can be more reliable than other

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messaging apps although you need a data connection to use group me or google

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hangouts sms only needs a basic cell

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connection so if you're in an area with limited service sms may be your only

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option for staying in touch other than making an actual phone call

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who does that although trying to send photos and videos over mms which is

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built on top of the smf standard is slower than other apps it is still a

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viable option and since sms works over a standard cell connection it's actually

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been around in some form or another since the early 1990s and now we're in

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the 20s meaning that it's become very entrenched with around 5 billion users

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worldwide it has far far more adoption than even the most popular database

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messenger services this wide adoption has also made sms very popular with

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businesses so for example think about how they provide short five digit codes

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at sporting events to make it easy to report that drunk guy who just won't sit

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down or how airlines use sms to quickly send updates on whether your flight is

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delayed without you having to download any kind of additional app of course the

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fact that sms is a great fallback option for communication doesn't mean that

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itself doesn't have serious limitations however there is a movement of foot to

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bring sms into the modern age with a protocol called rich communication

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services or rcs you can learn more about it up here but basically it's going to

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use a data link to provide additional features like faster speeds and read

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receipts and notifications when someone else is in the middle of typing kind of

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like imessage for Android but supported by individual carriers instead of one

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hardware manufacturer however bare bones basic sms will probably be sticking

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around for a while as a trusty backup so don't look for it to be going away in

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the near future besides you're going to need it if you're one of those people

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