From QQ to WeChat, how did Tencent kill short messages and phone calls?

I think there are more and more people using qq and WeChat now. SMS and telephone are basically decorations, because the functions of SMS and telephone are too single, and both functions can be replaced by qq and WeChat. The key is that these two only need to communicate with each other, and the price is much lower than that of calling.

Living in today's era, except for the elderly who can't use qq or WeChat, many old people can use WeChat now, not to mention young people. From the earliest flying pigeons to mail, to the appearance of mobile phones, you can hear voices thousands of miles away, and text messages replace letters. Later, with the appearance of qq, qq chat became popular and people met different strangers. At that time, "meeting netizens" was very popular, and qq was used earlier.

Later, with the update of qq from generation to generation, the voice call function and video call function became more and more powerful. You can buy a lot of traffic with very little money a month, and now the traffic is getting cheaper and cheaper.

The appearance of WeChat defeated qq. Personally, I prefer qq. Better than qq is the payment system of WeChat. Nowadays, most people rarely bring cash when they go out, and they all pay by WeChat.

Both qq and WeChat belong to Tencent. The reason why we can beat SMS and phone calls is that both phones and SMS have the functions of qq and WeChat, and their functions far exceed them. Wechat and qq can also pay, chat, puzzle and other powerful entertainment functions, which also use traffic and are not expensive.

Therefore, as traffic becomes cheaper and cheaper, more people choose to use qq and WeChat, which is an inevitable phenomenon and a manifestation of scientific and technological progress.