Do you Text a LOT?

@payout (3794)
United States
June 19, 2012 8:24pm CST
Me and my older sister Text a whole lot. So we ask how many text message did you do this month. Most of the time she wins. I know last month I got it up pretty high.. Almost 6000... I know the most she got was 8000 or more.. I just don't know how I can get mines that high. Unless all my high school friends and old co workers start to text me and I have a blackberry so I text back super fast.. Love that keyboard.. Haha..
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33 responses
• India
20 Jun 12
I uses my old phone Nokia 5130 for texting. This is my little old phone. I uses this phone mostly this phone texting. I love texting with this phone and I enjoy it. I mostly does 3000 to 4000 messages per month.
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Hey you are one of the few people on mylot that text a whole lot haha.. But that is okay.. But yeah Im the same way with my blackberry, 9900 it's a both touch screen and full qwerty keyboard. So.. Wen it comes to text messaging I will text like crazy . Haha,. The phone works for me haha..
@PageTurner (2825)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Oh yes, payout, I am a BIG texter!! I text probably 4 to 5 times a week, now. There have been some weeks when I have texted 25 times, maybe even 50! Yes, 50 texts is correct, because now I remember erasing all of those texts and it was exhausting.
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Haha, I love your sense of Humber but I'm not sure if your making fun of me ............................... Just kidding lol.. But yeah, wow .. I don't hve to delete mines it deletes in its own after 15-30 days or what ever I set it up to be.. So it's a automatic thing I remember when I had to do the same and I understand the pain believe me .. I really do understand haha.. Just text when you.. I'm sure if I text you, you will hate it I text fast and expect a fast response.. From most haha..
@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
That is awesome.. Before you know it you will be like me.. Right now I'm over 3500 text messages so far and counting.. :) ... Keep texting.. I tell a lot of people the best way to contact me is through text don't call unless it's like a job or appointment but co workers and friends and family.. Best form of contact is text lol..
• United States
20 Jun 12
I text very quickly as well. I am a very fast texter. I am not making fun of you. The question is relative. I text a lot now compared to a few years ago when I didn't text at all.
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 12
Hi payout, for the purpose of saving money I do more text than voice calling. Here sending sms is free of charge. The internet package I subscribe offering free talk on national call via house phone. I use prepaid card and making call on cellphone is quite expensive so I prefer to text most of the time. my son who works in another state will call me back after receiving text from me. His company allows staffs to make certain amount of local call for free Happy posting
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
21 Jun 12
Yeah for people who make less call it's wise to use prepaid card as it's very much frugal. I pay only 35 us dollars and I can enjoy making call and sending sms for the whole year and. The condition is I have to make another reload of $10 us within 6 months. It's disappointed that such great prepaid package is no longer available already And many friends, who seldom make phone call regret why they didn't follow my pace having one earlier Have a nice day
@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Oh, okay.. Yeah I use to have prepaid phone.. I changed over because to me the company I was with and even the other prepaid company's around where I live the phones just wasn't meeting my standards so I decided to go with a contract phone and.. Yeah I have it for 2 years.. But service is better speed is better and th phone is better. I too make very little phone calls..
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
20 Jun 12
No, I don't. Compared to you and your sister I hardly send any text messages. I only text maybe a few times a month, and only because I have to. If it wasn't for my boss (who loves to text), I probably wouldn't text at all! Happy mylotting!
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
20 Jun 12
You could be right!
@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Haha if I was. Boss I probably send everything .l via text instead of via email haha.l but yeah.l. Everyone is different. I think me Nd your boss will enjoy working together especially when it comes to communication that would be no problem haha
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
I have a blackberry and a samsung galaxy s2. Text is sms right? I don't usually text, I use bbm and other messenger applications. My messenger friends and i talk every single day and we talk more than 8 hours a day. So can you just imagine now many messages are sent on that day alone? But again it's not texting! lol
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Hey toni, I love my blackberry, 9900 awesome phone and it fits me perfect .. I also have a smasung galaxy but I don't use at phone however I have a second line and my boyfriend uses that phone.l lol.. But yeah very nice phone as well but I won't give it up for my blackberry haha.. But yeah one of my sisters does a lot of BBM lol.. Well yeah... In your case your count will be the minutes in a month hahaha.l I usually don't use not even close to 1000 minutes in a month.. So... If I talks 8 hours in a day.. My Bill will be sky high hahaha,,
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
I have unlimited access to the internet so my bill is always fixed.
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Oh same here. I have to have my internet.. I can also post on mylot with my blackberry but.. Just not a smooth experience as a iPad or a computer would be.. But when it comes to the Internet .. I love it got to have it haha
@rafiholmes (2896)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 12
wow..6000//thats a lot.. me maybe just around 100-200 permonth..
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Hahah.. Yeah I couldn't believe I did that much myself but yeah... I just love to text.. Just a thing of mines,. My phone makes it more addictive haha
• Malaysia
21 Jun 12
hahaah ya..very nice..myabe u have lots of friends..and maybe a gf..ehhe.. me ..a lonely guy..and only sheldom sending taxes..worst not even much phone calls..my phone bills is only roughly around 23bucks per months..kind alow huh?? whats ur bill like?
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
20 Jun 12
No I don't text hardly any. In fact, the only time I seem to text is when someone has texted me or if I'm at work and I ask them to text me instead of calling or iming me via facebook. That way I can get to the message faster and easier. I used to text a WHOLE lot.
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Oh okay that's cool, yeah maybe there might bea day where I will stop my crazy texting habits.. As of right now I'm just going to keep going on I just ant help myself I don't consider my self addicted or anything I would say.. Busy haha.. Texting hHa I rather someone text then call.
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
21 Jun 12
i used to text a lot back in my college and high school days but now, i get tired of it, if i can i would just call and get my message faster.
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@payout (3794)
• United States
21 Jun 12
Yeah I pretty much just text all the time.. Rather then call I will only call only if it's important or I'm trying to reach someone .. Etc etc.. But yeah everyone is different.. I guess I'm still in that stage lol..
@oindy54 (3445)
• India
20 Jun 12
Hi, I am one of those persons who are in your league. I text a lot literally. In a month I send about 6000 messages. In India we are limited to sending 200 messages per day according to the regulations. I take up all of those. I message both within my network and outside it. I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace phone which has a touch pad. Though I was not so fast at typing on this touch phone initially, I am very good at it now with continuous messaging. In fact I am messaging constantly throughout the day. I am more comfortable talking through messages rather than on the phone. It saves our ears too from damage. Your sister seems really efficient at messaging since she sends more than 8000 messages!
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Wow.. You are the first person comment so far that I have read that text just as much as me and my sister.. Congrats.. Hold that title. It would be hard for me to work with 200 messages a in a day.. I have unlimited and I text everyone.. That text me or so on.. I just Lovett text and rather text then talk on the phone. My sister I don't know how she does it but she must text a lot a whole lot.. Because I can't hit her numbers haha.l I wish I did.. But I can't.. I have a blackberry 9900 full physical keyboard and a touch screen so best of both worlds.. I loe that phone that is the main reason why I text so fast haha..
@oindy54 (3445)
• India
21 Jun 12
Hi again, You have both a keypad and a touch screen. These touch and type phones are really cool in my opinion. Specially with Blackberry I think you have free messaging within your network. That is an added advantage. I have Vodafone network and they limit us to 200 messages a day which is really not enough and I have to try hard and squeeze what I have to say inside that 1 page so that a few characters do not exceed and take up a second message.
@alutka (211)
20 Jun 12
I think I'm with the older generation does not write many sms, only in exceptional sytuacjach.Dla my phone is mainly for discussion rather than to write short messages, through which, and so can not always get along,
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Yeah I use my phone everything lol.. If my phone was even more powerful it will be my main device lol.. :)
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
nope. I dont text a lot. but I often call since I'm really impatient when it comes to waiting for a reply. I only text whenever I dont feel the need for a snap reply.
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
I like the text response sometimes being on the phone is just annoying sometimes to me but that can all depends who I am talking to.. :) I don't like call my credit card or cell or Cale company and be on a line with a automated machine trying to help me knowing its just wasting my time.
@BabyCheetah (1911)
• Australia
20 Jun 12
Oh my goodness I have a prepaid mobile that I only top up every 2-3 months! I hardly text and talk on the phone if I can get family and frineds on the internet then that's what I'd do :D Or I just call their home phone from my home phone. I hope you both have unlimited SMS on your plans! You know as I was typing this I just got a txt. . and it was spam XD
@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
We both have a unlimited because.. We text a lot and whole lot.. Right now I'm in he mid 3000s and I don't know where I am going to end up.. This month but hey what ever happens happens. I do too have a homes phone .. If I want to talk to someone for a long time I would use that haha.. That's funny.. I dislike spam text.. Ugh..
• Australia
21 Jun 12
Oh good I wouldn't want to imagine the price if it wasn't unlimited :D I hate the spam txts too! So irritating!
• Taiwan
20 Jun 12
I am surprised that how come you people text that much.Are you including all the texts which are including in email and also in Facebook or just SMS.I am not sure about the fact.If you are only using the phone line for SMS then 6000 is a very big number.If you are including the Facebook message and email message and chat then it is quite realistic.By the way,8000 is still high.Thumps up!
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
No the 6000 is only from my text SMS.. I think Facebook and emails and twitter and stuff that would be in my data.. Part of my bill .. Since just data being sent and uploaded from one place to another. :) I guess 6000 is a lot I agree but in the end of month that just happens.. I can't explain how because sometimes I feel like I'm not texting that much haha.
• Bulgaria
20 Jun 12
the blackberry is a great phone I had one but sold it needed money but thats for another discussion. I use to text a lot when I was around 15-18 years old now I got a little older and don't use the phone so much. Chatting and sending msg via internet is much more cheaper and time eficient. When it comes to sending sms I must be in a real hurry or have some sort of a problem. :)
@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Haha.. Yah I. Low my blackberry phone .lol.. My cell bill is pretty reasonable lol.. :) I'm not sure when I will stop or .. Just slow down a whole lot I just use text to keep connected with a lot of people.. More then Facebook and that's also on my phone as a app. I do tell people.. Text don't call. Most of the time I won't pick up haha.
@ptrikha_2 (45543)
• India
20 Jun 12
I do use SMS service on my mobile. I am not too heavy user, but do use it quite regularly and also sometimes send my entries for contests and promotions.
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Well that is nice.. Maybe I should do something simialr to that,l I usually text how people are doing or have a conversation exchange information . Or invite into a event or maybe I lost them in a store but most of the time in that situation I will call hahaha.l
@alilin28 (1527)
• Uruguay
20 Jun 12
well, I text a LOT! i have never count the ammount of messages I´ve sent, but I know there are a lot! I usually text everyone because I dont like to talk on the phone, haha. have a nice day
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
I can relate a lot with you because I feel the same way... When it comes to getting in contact with me.. Best way will be thru text I tell everyone well you can text me .. I perfer no calls lol.. It would take me a while to get back to them.. Even email will work better then a call for me haha
@laniekins (4579)
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
I don't like to text or send sms anymore, I got tired of texting so much. Before when unlimited were super popular, we text till we drop. Now, I rarely text when there's nothing much to say. I also hate textmate, it's not my thing anymore. I only text it it's important or I am bored at a certain place or situation. I also rarely load.
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
I understand, I guess right now texting is my things lol.. Maybe in time I wil let over that but right now probably not and if I keep building new friends and stuff.l most likely I will just .. Text even more.. Because,, eve ny co workers I will text them rarely call them haha.. I guess I'm In stage .. But.. who knows how long it will last haha.
@Bhebelen14 (5194)
• Philippines
20 Jun 12
Amazing 6000 text, impossible for me to make it. I preferred to text than calls but I dont text a lot since I am lazy typing long messages and not so fond of texting even my phone has unlimited text and calls for the same network. I text my siblings maybe twice or thrice a week just to asked how life going on blah..blah..blah.. but my husband I only text him when he is on the way to work and before going home. Most of my classmate was in abroad or province we used to talk via skype or chat..
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
I couldn't believe it either,, haha but yeah.. I think every situation is different. And.. Hey my sister I have no idea how she gets that high.. I guess she just loves to text soo much more then me haha.. I think many this month I will probably hit 4000 or a little more.. Not as much as 6000 but that probably because I was with my friends and family a lot.
• India
20 Jun 12
Hi friend, i am not interested in sending lot of text messages, but my wife is opposite in this sort. Most of the time she is using her cell to send sms. She is having a sms card which allows her to send 1k free sms per day, i think every day she is sending 1k sms to her friends with this offer. Rarely i will send text message to my clients, but i am busy with calling my friends and clients and spending a lot of money for phone calls
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
The cell phone bills some are awesome and others just crazy and I m like wow.. Way too much. I can settle for less haha.. But yeah right now.. I would consider.l my bill good and reasonable and my job offers a employee discount towards my bill and so.. That makes it cheaper.. :) .. Haha..
• India
20 Jun 12
Hi , nice to hear this from you... But in India, the sms count is restricted.. Its just 200 sms per day. :( Where are you from.??? here myself n my friends are using duel sim ..
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@payout (3794)
• United States
20 Jun 12
Wow.. I don't think I an do 200 a day that's too low for,. Me.. I don't know if I even hit.. 200 day I just know there are some days where I text a lot and I know I will hit 200 in no time haha.. I live in the united states. Unlimited..