HS son was not invited to group chat because he uses Android phone

[Anonymous]

I have an iPhone and google nexus. The iPhone is a work phone that was forced on me. I'm an engineer and most engineers at my work have an android.

The android with google fi network is infinitely better than the iPhone, including the camera. I judge people who "think" iPhones are the best phone.

OP here. Yes, my husband is a computer engineer too, and he thinks Android is better/ smarter/easier use than iphone, that's why he bought Android phone for our son. I agree that it is a data plan issue because imessage is free. I feel much better now and explained it to my son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have an iPhone and google nexus. The iPhone is a work phone that was forced on me. I'm an engineer and most engineers at my work have an android.

The android with google fi network is infinitely better than the iPhone, including the camera. I judge people who "think" iPhones are the best phone.

OP here. Yes, my husband is a computer engineer too, and he thinks Android is better/ smarter/easier use than iphone, that's why he bought Android phone for our son. I agree that it is a data plan issue because imessage is free. I feel much better now and explained it to my son.
What did you explain to your son? Data plan issue??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He picked shitty people to be friends with. DD is a rising freshman and would never let what someone has dictate whether she's friends with them or not.

My iPhone sends them in green. I agree, these are sh*tty friends or your kid is angling for an iPhone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh God. It's awful but as millennial, we do judge people off their phones. One time I was hiking, and my phone died. The friend I was with had an android and we took a picture on her phone. When I showed it to other friends, they wondered what the hell had happened to my phone to make it turn out so bad and grainy looking. It's kind of a joke among people my age group how bad Androids are.

However, not being invited to a group chat... thats a bit much. I would say they might be superficial in the extreme (and that means a lot from me because I already know my group is superficial )

I have an iPhone and google nexus. The iPhone is a work phone that was forced on me. I'm an engineer and most engineers at my work have an android.

The android with google fi network is infinitely better than the iPhone, including the camera. I judge people who "think" iPhones are the best phone.

+100

My husband was recruited as a Sr. Software Engineering Director for Apple, however prior to Apple stealing him away he worked for Google for 10 years. He said that the Google Nexus & any of the Samsung S series cameras are FAR superior to the iPhone's camera, in every way, shape or form.

When he was headhunted by Apple, he was told that one of the priorities that his newly formed team would be tasked with, was improving the iPhone's camera software capabilities & capacities.

I think it's hysterical how sanctimonious, judgmental & arrogant the above poster & her superficial set of friends are (she seems very proud of that) yet in reality, they're the ones being judged for their ignorance & inferior product.

Only an insecure, materialistic wannabe takes pride in being superficial & judging people for what they DON'T have... keepin it classy.

[Anonymous]

Well, that would be the point, PP that a teen is being excluded for a superficial reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, that would be the point, PP that a teen is being excluded for a superficial reason.[/quot

NP here.

The previous poster wasn't referring to the OP's group of friends, they were referring to the poster a few above them who was quoted taking pride in being a judgmental, superficial jerk, who thought people that used Android's were old, out of touch & made them the butt of her & her repulsive friends jokes.

The OP's son is in high school, that idiot sounds like she's already old enough that she should have already grown of the mean, materialistic & vapid phase.

Bet her parents are proud of the simpleton she's become.

[Anonymous]

this is so pathetic. if he wants an iphone so bad he can get a job and buy it himself..
his friends are shitty and so are the parents raising such brats

[Anonymous]

My kids have android, both want iPhones but I'm not buying them one.

My older son has said that there is something he can't do that all his other friends with iPhones can do. Maybe skype? Not sure, can't remember. Anyway, he's told me he's buying himself an iPhone which is fine by me, but he never actually has done it.

[Anonymous]

Engineer here who just swapped from Android to iPhone. I'll admit that I don't love everything about the iPhone, but it was nice to finally get added to DH's family group chat with all of his siblings and cousins.

[Anonymous]

My niece was having the same problem with group chats. Her Android just didn't play nicely with the iPhones -- responses didn't show up in the group chat but as individual messages instead, and other problems like that. I've seen the same thing when sending group texts to family, some of whom have iPhones and some Androids. Not a problem if the friends are willing to use a different app for texting, but it is a problem with regular texting. I ended up passing on my old iPhone 4s to my niece, which made her very happy.

So I would totally believe that the kids find this annoying or hard to work with and they might leave someone off a group chat because of it.

[Anonymous]

My son had a similar issue with his sports team. The vast majority of his team uses iPhones and they all chat through imessage (he has an Android phone). He just broke out his 5 year old itouch and used that for the group chats.

[Anonymous]

My daughter has an iPhone, I have a Samsung. We text back and forth all the time with no problem.

If texting between iPhone/Android is a problem, then you're doing it wrong.

Oh, and your son can rest assured he has the better device.

[Anonymous]

I was in a large group chat with other bridesmaids. 5/6 of us had iphones and 1 had an android. Every time we added the android user to the group chat it would malfunction. Texts wouldn't go through and we had issues. It also made all of us text instead of imessage. It really was a pain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter has an iPhone, I have a Samsung. We text back and forth all the time with no problem.

If texting between iPhone/Android is a problem, then you're doing it wrong.

Oh, and your son can rest assured he has the better device.

Yeah I don't get the big deal. I am the Samsung outlier in my family. And other than cosmetic differences with how the fonts appear (my kids told me this), I've never had a problem with functionality as a participant in my family group chat which is 1 android and 4 iphones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter has an iPhone, I have a Samsung. We text back and forth all the time with no problem.

If texting between iPhone/Android is a problem, then you're doing it wrong.

Oh, and your son can rest assured he has the better device.

Yeah I don't get the big deal. I am the Samsung outlier in my family. And other than cosmetic differences with how the fonts appear (my kids told me this), I've never had a problem with functionality as a participant in my family group chat which is 1 android and 4 iphones.

I think the OP was referring to group chats, not texting one-on-one. There might be an issue viz a viz, Android vs. iOS.