Re: More about RCS.

On 2025-01-03 16:38, Frank Slootweg wrote:

micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 3 Jan 2025 15:25:11 +0100, Jörg Lorenz
<hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
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On 03.01.25 14:02, micky wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 3 Jan 2025 06:58:16 +0100, Jörg Lorenz
<hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
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On 03.01.25 04:55, micky wrote:

More about RCS.
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First, I see that my phone now I has RCS for its text-replying. It's a
Xiaomi phone using Mint Mobile for service (mint Mobile is now owned by
T-mobile.
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RCS has this cool service.  When you send a text, it shows a little
circle with a check mark in it. When the other party receives the text,
it shows also an overlapping little circle with a check mark. When the
other party READS the text I've sent, it shows both circles in blue.
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HOw cool is that.

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All other messengers have this functionality for years. This is minimum
standard. Nothing to write home about.

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Really?  I never noticed any indication that my emails had been read
before I got RCS.

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Simply because we are not discussing emails. And there it is also
possible if needed.

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I used email in the last line when I meant to say texts.  I never
noticed any indication that my texts had been read before I got RCS.

    Jörg said "other messengers", not other SMS/MMS apps. You're probably
confused because - being an American - you equate "messenger",
"messages", etc. with 'texting', i.e. SMS.
    But with "messengers", Jörg refers to IM (Instant Messsging) platforms
such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, etc., etc..
    These platforms have had received and read indicator for many, many
years.
    That's why we non-Americans don't get it why you Americans are still
stuck in the - relative - stone age and do not even know/realize what
you're missing.

But we non-Americans should be aware of the fact that texting (meaning SMS) is very popular at the other side of the pond, whereas platforms like whatsapp, signal, telegram... are not.
Thus for them RCS is a big improvement.
And Jörg knows all this, but chose to feign ignorance.
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Cheers, Carlos.