It had been working nonstop to get the messages since I was trapped in a government building made of pure cement (leaving me with a weak signal). When I left my appointment, I had a huge list of new text messages from two different chat groups, and my phone lost more than 20 percent of its battery. I was relieved to put my phone on silent and stash it in my purse, thinking I would expand its battery life that day by giving it a break for a while. Just last week, I went to an hour-long visa appointment where phones weren't allowed. Your phone is constantly using energy to notify you of the incoming texts. (Disclaimer: I have absolutely been on the other side of this, and I'm not proud of my behavior.) But when your friends are literally lighting up your phone, it takes a huge toll on the device. So much so that I started communicating with the "greenies" as little as possible to spare my eyes from the wretched color.Īnother problem with the iPhone's group texting is the battery drain that occurs when your obnoxious friends won't just give it a rest. I don't know about you, but I turn into a Grade A drama queen when that green hits my screen. The issue is, when I'm deciding between two pairs of Adidas sneakers at Nordstrom, I need your input, like, immediately - not in 20 minutes when the message is finally sent through.īesides the longer waiting times, this drawback means you'll also have to get used to the hideous green bubble in chat. These are much slower to send and receive than a proper iMessage, especially when it's a large picture file or video. So if there's even one Android user in the group, all of your messages will be sent as a standard text (otherwise known as MMS). Group messaging on iMessage basically works only if everyone in the conversation has an iPhone. There are plenty of reasons to complain about conversations with large groups on iMessage, but before we can really nail down what's wrong, it's important to understand the technology.
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