82% of America never uses text messaging
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
s @ Jul 7th 2008 6:36PM
i just like the picture. ahhh. when phones were simple. nostalgia is wonderful.
jrk @ Jul 7th 2008 7:03PM
but.. they're so plain. so boring. where're my bells and whistles on those phones?? :(
i text so much, the # key (used for spaces) split in half.. three times now....
iamdigitalman @ Jul 7th 2008 9:53PM
I still have the one in the middle, the white one, though mine has black plastic.
Ah, nokia 1100, where would I be without you? only missing a speakerphone, and you would be perfect.
But the casing is getting creaky, battery life is getting shorter, and I had to replace the battery cover once. But it keeps on ticking.
Sadly, in a couple weeks I will be getting a new one. I was thinking iPhone, but maybe a ruggedized flip. Heres hoping I can get another phone that lasts 4 years and still looks brand new.
Fernando @ Jul 7th 2008 7:10PM
Is it any surprise? US is years behind other countries in mobile technology.
kachra @ Jul 7th 2008 8:37PM
i second that opinion
Joseph Singer @ Jul 7th 2008 11:22PM
I think the reason SMS/text messaging is not more popular in the US is that generally it's cheaper to actually make a voice call than to send a text message unless you have a text message plan with an allowance. Text message has the possibility of being a little more discreet but that's it. Earlier TDMA models you couldn't even compose messages all you could do is receive messages. On CDMA text messaging wasn't even part of the standard and was added as an afterthought.
teej @ Jul 8th 2008 12:26PM
US isn't necessarily behind...Asian countries just get the best and newest because everyone wants to be unique and have what everyone else doesn't. whereas, in the US, cellular conglomerates know they can milk the "technological shelf-life" of phones and sell the same phone for 2+ years.
slamEVIL @ Jul 7th 2008 7:21PM
that dude has got some nasty-ass finger nails.
Anthony @ Jul 7th 2008 8:34PM
"big meaty claws.." (British accent, please)
o_ssie @ Jul 7th 2008 7:27PM
That's cause they cost soo much..
ROGERS (CANADA)
$5 = 500 SMS, 50 MMS
$10 = 2500 SMS
$15 = CID, EVM, Who Called, 2500 SMS, 1000MMS
AT&T (USA)
$5 = 200 SMS/MMS
$15 = 1500 SMS/MMS
$20 = Unlim SMS/MMS
cmc @ Jul 7th 2008 7:36PM
On the 3 network in UK I get 100 minutes, 1000 texts and and 10mb internet usage for £22.50 p/m and thats an old deal.
You can get deals for 500 minutes and unlimited texts for £25 per month now
jman @ Jul 7th 2008 7:56PM
For real, imagine how many people would text if it didn't cost so much. $20/month, thats almost 67 cents a day for unlimited texting. Honestly who can afford that? They should just make it free. And why stop there, how many more people would talk more if minutes whrere free too. think how many people would start subscribing to HBO, Starz, Showtime, Cinemax, and all the other extra tv channels if they just stopped charging for it, and then how many more people would start listening to sat. radio if XM and sirius started giving it away. Why do service providers charge for services anyway??? Hope your picking up on that sarcasim cause I'm laying it on pretty thick.
JaMafia @ Jul 7th 2008 8:07PM
Well, Deaf people depends on text messaging heavily and I hope they don't get ride of text message in future.
Matt @ Jul 8th 2008 11:56PM
If I'm correct people with hearing disability can claim the cost of text messaging on their annual taxes.
snowwy66 @ Jul 7th 2008 8:51PM
82 percent never use. wonder what idiot came out with those statistics. becuase where i live. 75 of this state can't keep there hands OFF there phones. can't even go to a club anymore for a dance becuase every table is doing nothing but texting. and i bet there isn't one teenage in this country that DOESN'T have a cell phone. when the cell phone was invented it was meant to be a cell phone. today they are used for nothing more then typewriters. only instead of using actual paper. they use airwaves. 82 percent never use text. PFFT. i would really hate to see this world in 10 years. when our race can't survive becuase the only thing that matters is text messaging. go to a movie and no one knows what the movie was about. go out on a date and never even have a conversation. i remember my teen years. my priority, along with all other men, was getting to first base with our dates. today's priority is making sure you don't miss a text message.
Exasperated Existentialist @ Jul 9th 2008 11:26AM
They got the Statistics from the people that responded to the survey Genius.
Mark Engels @ Jul 7th 2008 9:37PM
Oh please, these surveys are dumb. I don't care what kind of statistic sampling you did on that, if you didn't get the figures straight from all of America or the phone companies, your figure is too inaccurate.
Matt @ Jul 8th 2008 11:56PM
I agree. These surveys however they're conducted usually target a certain demographic which the surveyors know will not use certain product. Then if you pick let's say 1000 people who are around 40 and up - it's obvious that the large percentage will not use the service. But then go for a round 2...throw this survey at a group of high school kids and suddenly the survey will say that only 5 percent do not use it and 95% do.
mingkee @ Jul 7th 2008 10:07PM
T-Mobile is scammed.....
customers scam T-Mobile for "free ride" by using text rate raise
but frankly, how many percent of them knows what text messaging is?
Daniel Perz @ Jul 8th 2008 1:35AM
I find these numbers hard to believe. As an avid texter, I probably text a whole lot more than any of my friends, but they all KNOW what texting is, have received texts from me, and have sometimes even replied. And I'm not even a teenager anymore, haven't been for over 6 years.
le Chen @ Jul 8th 2008 3:54AM
you know why?
coz the fuvk cell plan sucks
but outside NA
there call plan is really good
there is no free at night and weekend.
also some times you just wanna say
and also sometimes you just feel shy to talk on the phone.
that why make the messagaing so POP
just like why people chat on AOL and MSN &facebook
chyan @ Jul 8th 2008 3:54AM
americans don't sms much?
im asian and i'd have to say that almost everyone text..
As for me i text everyday!
Rich @ Jul 8th 2008 4:12AM
This is what happens when people are historically charged for INCOMING messages. Retarded.
Achilles @ Jul 8th 2008 10:33AM
Where did they do their survey, AARP? I know hardly anyone that does not text message. I text several times a day, everyday.
Jason @ Jul 8th 2008 3:44PM
Yea, 82%?? I thought I misread something and had to read it over again. This number does not seem at all possible. Even my parents text, and they're 50 year old immigrants. My dad actually sends 20-30 texts a month. My mom a bit more than that. And my sisters and I, between the three of us, can get up to about 7000 texts a month. No one I know with a cell phone DOESN'T text.
82%???
Vinny @ Jul 9th 2008 8:03AM
I have lived up to now without wasting too much of my time trying to text message on a keyboard that's a joke and designed for the tiny fingers of immature 'cool' adults and pre-teens.
When they design a keyboard that can accomodate the beaten up finger tips of a grown man maybe I'll play with those toys. Up to now, text messaging seems to target the wannabe 'cool' insecure and otherwise ignored people among us and of course rake in multi-billions for the Corporations that we are all slaves to.
If I can't get my message across by voice, then that message will have to wait. For a short time I owned a Blackberry until I couldn't stand the constant amount of garbage and trivia that it generated. I was passing a Dumpster last week and I just decided to get rid of it for good. First I stomped it into oblivion and then with great pleasure threw it into the Dumpster. It was one of the best decisions I ever made in communication.
Vinny
Joehnn @ Jul 9th 2008 10:31AM
For the average person texting is a backwards step. Why text when you can talk. I know how to simplify communications. Put a Morse code key on each phone and we can get rid of other letters.
Lets face it, for most people texting is a fad.
g @ Jul 9th 2008 2:44PM
i am a heavy texter. luckily i have unlimited texting or i would be paying over a thousand dollars a year to text. most of my friends are also heavy texters. i sure hope they dont do away with texting.
dotdashspacedotdashspace @ Jul 9th 2008 7:59PM
DOT AND DASHES, WHO CARE WHAT TEXTING IS OR WHAT WILL EVER COME OF IT. Have seen some articles, heard ,something of this nature on tv, SOUNDS as useful and need as "FUGUS" in a care package.
The next thing youl'' now is twenty three scadooing all over the palce. Now who need that?. Must be an angry GHOST, of S.Morse! ..\--..._0_0_.../..!
sapibobo @ Jul 9th 2008 8:26PM
Well, at least in my country, Indonesia (which is also part of Asia, South East to be exact) text messaging is still become the revenue generator for operators, after voice.
SMS is still the killer application in GSM networks.
Nunya @ Jul 9th 2008 9:44PM
I have a cell phone and have never texted. In fact, the only reason I bought the thing is because it ONLY makes audio calls...and i could live without it.
What is SMS?
Andy @ Aug 13th 2008 6:51AM
Here in the UK we've had free texts including in mobile phone contracts and pay-as-you-go. Normally around 300 - 500 free a month. It all started about 10 years with a company called Genie who gave unlimited free texts to all its customers. They got bought out by O2 who modified it to only 1000 texts a months.
I don't know anyone who doesnt text, from young to old. Even my grandparents text!