re: What would it take for you to leave Apple?

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I switched to android for 3 years and it was unbearable not having iMessage and everyone else I communicate having it. If android or someone else ever makes a communication app like iMessage I would switch back.

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I went through exactly this. The facetiming with kids & grandkids seemed lost when I quit the iphone gig.

I then found that Samsung Galaxy works just as well. You have to turn on group messaging. And the video chat calling is as good as facetime and works from someone with an iphone.

I use Consumer Cellular. Google has something like them. You can SEE what you are paying for your phone.

Once you go down the Consumer Cellular route and pricing. There is no turning back to paying nearly $200 a month for cell phone usage.

I left a long time ago when I left Apple as my Computer.

The messaging app on Android is fine, until you send media such as pictures or videos.

Because Apple uses a separate server so some magic way videos don't look like crap and pictures show up in the order they were sent.

This was almost a problem building a house and sent choices of what we wanted. Well pic 1 on the sender side {Apple} was different than pic 1 when received {Android} Also on Android you get the text and have to wait for pics.

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If android or someone else ever makes a communication app like iMessage I would switch back.

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You've got it backwards. Apple iMessage is an outdated pile of Apple bullshite that it maintains to make iPhone users think it would suck to not have it. They refuse to upgrade to RCS messaging.