iMessage vs WhatsApp - Who will be the winner?
Apple’s new mobile operating system iOS will be bringing many exciting new features with its 5th version. iMessage is one of them.
There are two reasons why I think iMessage will have trouble gaining market share among other messaging apps when iOS5 is released.
1) iMessage is built inside the existing messaging app. I know Apple did color coding and stuff but people just may not understand the distinction between iMessages being sent via the 3G/wifi network and the regular SMS/MMS ones via the cellular network. Everyone just tends to use a seperate app for every single task these days. The chat app is a chat app and sms app is an sms app in the user’s eye.
2) iMessage will be “Apple only”. So many people will have trouble chatting with friends who have Androids, BBs or other smartphone brands.
It looks like I am gonna stick with WhatsApp just like I still use Skype instead of FaceTime.
What are your thoughts? Do you think iMessage will beat other messaging apps?
