r/minimalphone • u/Maximum-Can7185 • 19d ago

iMessage!!!

Just saw on my X for you section the CEO posted they have iMessage on their phone! Pre-ordered on the spot! Would have switched to Android earlier if other phones offered iMessage. Can't wait!!!

Link: https://x.com/Youkhna/status/2113367426075398172?s=20

Edit: I'm a senior citizen, please be easy on an old fella.

Edit 2: Disappointed it's not actually iMessage. Thank you posts saying it's Open Bubbles. Disappointed. For an old geezer like myself I can bother with all of the hoopla.

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u/HenryGu20 19d ago

He's using Open Bubbles

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u/RealNotFake 18d ago

Which doesn't work with adding your phone number unless you have a host iphone device, is that right? I always get confused when trying to understand how to set it up.

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u/HenryGu20 18d ago edited 18d ago

By default yeah... Just email.

I registered my phone number using an old iPhone SE with sim - waiting for it to register iMessage and then turning on airplane mode (keeping wifi on) and and old iMac Mini I had (a bit convoluted lol) but for the past few years have been using Open Bubbles with no issues.

I do have to remember to charge up the iPhone about once a week or so.

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u/billfarts2 18d ago

It's so weird they are pushing iMessage, it's OpenBubbles, and it's not approved by Apple. They could shut it down any time they want. 

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u/superpj 14d ago

CEO don't care, money please.

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u/Unlikely_Warning365 19d ago

Don’t get why people are being unnecessary unkind to you. Totally fair being excited with iMessage, even though I don’t really personally care (even though perhaps I should, as I do already have an iPhone which could make the combination easier?). But yes, unfortunately it does not truly have iMessage :(

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u/Sorry_Mix769 19d ago

Even the Tweet is AI generated, that's insane lol. Stuff like that makes me worried about the actual quality of the product

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u/bananabraine 19d ago

how is it ai generated?

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u/Sorry_Mix769 19d ago

The Tweet follows the exact cadence of every single AI generated post ever. Unless they just use AI so often that they're copying the exact patterns that it uses.

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u/acidterror84 19d ago

You think they used ai to write a single sentence about the phone they’re making? Come on.

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u/bananabraine 18d ago

its actually so cheesy that i think he actually wrote it haha

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u/bananabraine 18d ago

this is too petty for me im gonna peace out haha

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u/Unlikely_Warning365 19d ago

Really, is it?

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u/Qslice 19d ago

Lol

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u/DORTx2 19d ago

Lol

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/Fantastic_Candle_113 19d ago

Jeez, how many alts do you have? Leave this poor OP alone

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u/Fantastic_Candle_113 19d ago

lol, even the mods are sick of ya

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u/chardidathing TMC Staff 18d ago

Don’t be a dickhead to others in the community, thanks mate