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Oliver Haslam

The iPhone getting RCS seems huge, but it won't fix the green bubble problem and that might be the point

Messages app displayed on an iPhone.

When you think of all of the features that keep iPhone owners owning iPhones, there are a few aspects of the Apple ecosystem that spring to mind. There's the App Store and the (at least perceived) security that it offers. Apple Pay is another thing we iPhone users love, too. And those cameras are great, sure. But Google's Pixel phones have great cameras and are the closest thing to an iPhone you're likely to find in the Android world. What's something that iPhones have that no other phones do?

I'm of course talking about iMessage, the instant messaging service that is only available to owners of the iPhone, plus other Apple hardware like the iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. No matter what you do you can't get iMessage on Android, despite how much Nothing might try to claim you can.

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