Old SMS had some pretty crappy character limits so they went with the option that didn’t is basically how I see it. Now, LINE is king. I’ve only used text with like two people ever in Japan.
Old SMS was free though, it used the spare bits in a regular phone call datastream. Meanwhile, the network provider charged you 10p a pop, and far more for any kind of data.
And yet they never picked up SMS messages, they just used email on their phones all the while.
Old SMS had some pretty crappy character limits so they went with the option that didn’t is basically how I see it. Now, LINE is king. I’ve only used text with like two people ever in Japan.
Old SMS was free though, it used the spare bits in a regular phone call datastream. Meanwhile, the network provider charged you 10p a pop, and far more for any kind of data.
I don’t know what the prices here in Japan were without looking it up. I’ll try to remember to ask my wife when she gets home.