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Can you remove SMSs from going to the same messaging app as iMessage?
 
Dolby said:
Can you remove SMSs from going to the same messaging app as iMessage?
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Nope, designed to be in the same place, hence the name "Messages". That is why I wish most of my contacts had iPhones too, so that iMessages and SMS's could be all in one place. But yeah, this concept only makes sense in the US where WhatsApp or other platforms are in the minority
 
Tsepz_GP said:
The one mistake you don’t want to make is trying to use an iPhone like it’s an Android phone, either accept that it simply is not an Android or rather buy an Android. Yes there are some “Android-esque” features Apple are adding but as you can see they are done in an Apple-esque manner, iOS will never be Android and vice versa.
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Couldn't have said it better myself. I have said before, nothing in life is perfect. One expect it to be, but it is not. Despite being a huge Apple fan, I'm not blind to the quirks or shortfalls. One doesn't always understand Apple's reason for doing certain things in a certain way, maybe there is method to the madness or maybe not, but it is what it is.

When I used a Windows PC, copying photos etc from my iPhone was always a pain. I've never used iTunes, but rather 3rd party software (i.e. Syncios) to copy photos or movies to and from my devices. Of course iTunes still need to be installed on the machine, though. It worked OK to some degree, but sometimes the connection would be lost, then I had to re-insert the cable and start from scratch (might have also been a problem with my Windows, I don't know)

Switched to MacOS and it's a dream to AirDrop things without any issues at all. The Apple ecosystem is unrivalled and a pleasant experience.
 
bluepoole said:
Nope, designed to be in the same place, hence the name "Messages". That is why I wish most of my contacts had iPhones too, so that iMessages and SMS's could be all in one place. But yeah, this concept only makes sense in the US where WhatsApp or other platforms are in the minority
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But then they may as well mail into the mix. Even incorporate WhatsApp and Telegram as well as they’re messages
 
Dolby said:
There’s a flood on spam messages, banking message’s etc - and it would be great to separate them, even into text and iMessage
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Suggest blocking the numbers. Thankfully I don't receive any, maybe once or twice a month.

Get a burner phone! :)
 
backstreetboy said:
Yeah judging by this thread a superior Android.
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Then exempt from the Cool Kids' Club. All in the name of separating spam from genuine SMSs since there would be no iMessage? Like who even SMSs these days? Even housekeepers and gardeners have fancy phones which support WhatsApp and Telegram.

Bottom line, if you want to roll with the Boy Boys, go iPhone and enjoy the elite iMessage and FaceTime.
 
capd said:
Then exempt from the Cool Kids' Club. All in the name of separating spam from genuine SMSs since there would be no iMessage? Like who even SMSs these days? Even housekeepers and gardeners have fancy phones which support WhatsApp and Telegram.

Bottom line, if you want to roll with the Boy Boys, go iPhone and enjoy the elite iMessage and FaceTime.
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As noted above many OTP's including Afrihost and banking OTP's still come through SMS.
 
Dolby said:
There’s a flood on spam messages, banking message’s etc - and it would be great to separate them, even into text and iMessage
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Use the message filtering setting, this splits messages from numbers that exist in your contacts from everything else.
 

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