Text messages are basically not used now. Why is WeChat still "doing" it?

SMS is more secure and can meet the communication needs on any mobile phone product. The development of China's mobile communication technology is a little later than that of foreign countries, but in 1998, China Mobile and China Unicom began to expand the short message service. In 2000, the number of short messages in China exceeded 654.38 billion. Since 200 1 year, the total telecom business in China has reached18.7 billion, and reached 90 billion in 2004.

Before the popularity of smart phones, you can contact your friends and family by phone or SMS. However, with the popularity of smart phones, many social software have been developed, among which WeChat should be the most user. Now we want to contact other people, send WeChat or video call. Chatting costs nothing, and few people use SMS now, so why didn't WeChat beat SMS?

There are three main reasons. 1. Wechat can only contact friends in the list. Once deleted or deleted, we will no longer be able to contact them. But as far as the other party's mobile phone number is concerned, the scope of SMS is much wider, which can meet the purpose of contacting at any time. 2. SMS can receive verification code. When using some applications or binding bank cards, you need to use your mobile phone number to accept the verification code. It is impossible in wechat. 3. SMS plays an important role in enterprises. Many companies have to deal with users, and the purpose of publicity can be achieved by sending SMS.

Therefore, even if no one uses SMS, it is still essential now and cannot disappear. However, with the rapid development of instant messaging tools, the spread of short messages in China has slowed down. According to the data of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in 20 12, the number of mobile short messages sent nationwide reached 934 billion, up 2. 1% year-on-year, the lowest in four years. As you can see, the emergence of instant messaging tools and social networking platforms (such as WeChat and iMessage) has actually affected the usage habits of short messages.