Comment on You can now perform all basic actions in Bitcoin through SMSComments−MichaelGG13ySerious question: How many of you actually use SMS applications, besides texting people?For example, Wells Fargo keeps telling me I can bank over SMS. But why would I do that versus using their mobile site?Or is this just for "downmarket" folks?−barmstrong13yThere are people who use it in the first world, but yes the killer app is in the developing world. Smart phone penetration in India for example is about 3%. Even in the U.S. it is about 45% I think from when I last checked.−evincarofautumn13yI use SMS frequently for banking and Twitter. I could easily afford a data plan or smartphone, but they would have little value to me.−MacsHeadroom13yI use SMS apps all the time- probably 2 or 3 times a day.Oh wait, this isn't 2008? hmm, I must have punched in the date wrong on my time machine.
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Serious question: How many of you actually use SMS applications, besides texting people?
For example, Wells Fargo keeps telling me I can bank over SMS. But why would I do that versus using their mobile site?
Or is this just for "downmarket" folks?
There are people who use it in the first world, but yes the killer app is in the developing world. Smart phone penetration in India for example is about 3%. Even in the U.S. it is about 45% I think from when I last checked.
I use SMS frequently for banking and Twitter. I could easily afford a data plan or smartphone, but they would have little value to me.
I use SMS apps all the time- probably 2 or 3 times a day.
Oh wait, this isn't 2008? hmm, I must have punched in the date wrong on my time machine.