Do you text more than call?

text message - call or text
United States
May 5, 2009 11:53am CST
HI, I know technology is really cool and everyone has their own cell phone. Most of them are using text message, even my dad. Yes, my Dad know how to text message too and he is 63 years old . I thought only young adult know how to do this thing but when it comes to my dad, I just can't believe it. I used to text more than thousands in a day, I was using unlimited text message. But now, I am barely text... I dont know why. I call them better than text. I know most of you will choose text, but why? it is convenience? What make you text instead of call? I am sure you might text or chat through your phone too right? Please share
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@chiepao (714)
• Philippines
7 May 09
hi smileonstar :) Before I usually text a lot. As we all know, texting is cheaper than making a call, so i think that what made me text alot.. keeping in touch with my loved ones in an affordable way. My parent's are even teasing me that my thumb would get big if I don't stop texting a lot. xDD Just like your dad,( but my dad just turned 60, oh well senior citizen!) is also fond of texting, but he usually calls instead if he's lazy to text. Right now, I usually do calls rather than text, I think it's just a phase of technology.. When everyone had their very fist mobile phone, one thing that they would do is text, and I think eventually, people would start preferring to call their friends or family instead of text. I became lazy texting.. i dunno why. Maybe I just ended my texting way and evolved to calls. happy mylotting :)
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• United States
7 May 09
My dad doesn't text back, but he use text only send address to me or some phone number or something. I text him to call me when I don't have phone card to call.
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• United States
8 May 09
hahah... lolz. that's funny
@chiepao (714)
• Philippines
8 May 09
ohh.. my dad always text short sentences only like "where u" or "ok thanks" if he had to text a long one, he would ask me or any of my brothers and sisters to text for him. My mom,55, texts alot though :)
• India
28 May 09
Yeah! It's more economical and interesting too. I use to text my friends whenever I feel bored. It's great fun. It's also economic. If I call them and chat for hours, then I've to pay a lot. But if I just text them, it cost me nothing, because for me, sms is free!
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• United States
28 May 09
if it is free outside the country, then I will text every minutes but they charge me once I use outside the USA. both in and out going... charge and charge.
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• India
28 May 09
Yeah, same problem with my network also. They charge extremely high for international messages and calls. It's better to choose call rather than a text, in the case of international interaction!
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
7 May 09
As much as I would like to call those that I want to talk to, I have to resort to texting as it is more affordable. And it is kind'a discreet compared to a ringing phone, especially when the one that you are calling is actually in a situation that demands silence (^_^") If calling were not that expensive here in our country, I'd probably call those that I want to talk to.. so I end up just contacting them with short messages that would go long back and forth. Count to think of it, it would be faster to talk and have all the details given compared to sending messages through SMS.. Then again, if they are those that I really want to talk to, I would really like to talk to them for a long time.. I would enjoy that, I think.. (^_^ )
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
28 May 09
If they would cost the same here at our place, I would really utilize the call feature since that's as close as you can do to communicate with the person (^_^ )
• United States
28 May 09
I know some country is cheap on texting and expensive on calling... however in america,texting is cheap and also call... but I do text only out of the country and they charge me 0.15cents in and another 0.15 cents out going... so it costs almost the same thing like I call...
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@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
28 May 09
none of the above!hehehe wel i am not fan of txt and call except emergency.seriuosly i have cellphon but i´ll wait that somebody called dont know why i am lazy for that
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• United States
29 May 09
I used to do that before but I am in a business person, so i have to make a phone call before someone calls me. Or, I have to get a phone call from my suppliers.
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@hanah87 (1835)
• Malaysia
28 May 09
No,i call more than i text or sms.I hate make message because i hate to type it.But i lost many money because always make a call to other people.What should i do?My friend always ask me to call them.
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• United States
29 May 09
I type pretty slow... so I call more than text
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• United States
6 May 09
Texting is kinda my thing but it can be a headache at times and I have to turn my phone off. I don't mind staying in the loop but I need 2 sleep sometimes lol.
• United States
6 May 09
No--not texting every minute...but i hate voice-mails so i tell people to text me
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
17 May 09
Hello smileonstar, I still prefer calling rather than texting. In fact, I am a bit slow to text. I don't know how youngsters can do it very fast with their fingers. Most of my friends can even texting while driving which till now, I can't do it. I have to stop the car at the road side if I really, really need to text someone urgently. If not, I can't do both correctly - driving and texting!
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• United States
28 May 09
HI, I know,... I used to text a lot before and fast too but now im too old for texting or something... can't find the word and type so slow. so call is better for me
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@pitstryke (310)
• Philippines
6 May 09
Before i really do text more than phone calls..i even use unlimited text..but as i go to work i never use unlimited text..I text my girlfriend and call her..even at i work for every break time if she has free time also i call her..i don't use unlimited calls because we don't have much time to call each other..my phone isn't video phone compatible but next time i'll buy one for me and for my girlfriend so we have time to see each other every phone calls.
• United States
6 May 09
wow, I can't imagine how cool the technology now... phone with picture? wow, i will so impress about this one. Before write letter, phone call, text and then video through phone. What will be next.
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
6 May 09
I love the texting facility because I have friends who love to talk a lot and I am a very busy person so a quick text saves me hours on the phone! Of course texting is also cheaper than phone calls. I am a little older so I don't text as much as a teenager would, only one or two a day is my average. I like sending photos to my friends via my mobile too!
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• United States
7 May 09
That is a great thing I love about texting. Photo is really good with message right?
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@gie2910 (407)
• United States
28 May 09
Text more than call...That's normal,lol I like never call, only if its formal!!!!!
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• United States
29 May 09
I always call cuz cheap and fast and easy for me... text is usually just for a short message :)
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@csrobins (1120)
• United States
7 May 09
It depends what I want to say or find out. I text more than call because i don't multitask well and can only do one thing when I'm on the phone and thta's talk! haha, So I prefer texting except when I need information fast, then I don't like to wait around for the other person to get back to me or wonder if they saw the message. Also, I sometimes need to judge things based on their tone of voice, so I will call them to see what's really going on.
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• United States
28 May 09
lolz... thx for sharing.. i can see text is more than call now.
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• Philippines
6 May 09
I'm more on texting that initiating a call. Texting is more affordable than initiating a call unless you are using a promo call. I also seldome use the call in my mobile since I can use our office line to call someone over mobile.
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• United States
6 May 09
I can get a conclusion now, text is 90% and 10% is calling. wow, but still I love call 70% and 30% text.
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• Philippines
6 May 09
Even me, i used more texting messages than calls.. because it's more cheaper than calls,. Many of our Telecommunications had promos. Text unlimited.. and call unlimited for midnight.. many phone user's used text message to save money..
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• United States
6 May 09
Text is always cheap but I dont want to pay extra on what I am paying now. I text only for international. I dont really use in the country.
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• India
7 May 09
HI smile, I too found technology really cool. I can't even imagine a life without cell phones. Everyone has the right to use it. Even my dad use it and sometimes read my girlfriends messages :-). Not thousands as its not free in my case, but i can say if i am not in a mood to talk, i prefer using text. At times text is good. suppose you have are late in class and you have to ask a colleague whether you should enter the class or not, then will you use call?
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• United States
28 May 09
thx for sharing. Great respond you got there
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@Modestah (11179)
• United States
5 May 09
I do not text very often at all - which I suppose is too bad because really it is quicker and less expensive on our plan than calling is. I am just not that saavy.
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• United States
6 May 09
I agree... thanks for the comment
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
6 May 09
I use texting more than calling because it is less expensive. I can save when I use text message. even if you will be texting for 30 minutes you will not pay as much as you call for 30 minutes.. Therefore I choose to text unless it is an emergency, I have to call but for casual talking? I just text.
• United States
6 May 09
I also love to text whenever my minutes is running out. But my text experience is slow now and I type slow on the phone key board.
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@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
6 May 09
For some reason, text messages feel like impersonal to me... I know you can do a lot with messages that come across friendly but as for me, there's nothing like hearing a person's voice... Sometimes because of work reasons, I do send & receive messages through phones... Sometimes when I'm busy, my girl friend does send me messages, not to disturb me & so I can read it whenever I'm free... It has it's place in communication but still, I prefer calling over text messages...
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• United States
6 May 09
I agree with you most of the part here... I am slow on typing on the phone now... may be im too old for this or sth. It is just can't move my fingers to type fast back. however, I love to hear people voice too... so then I know how they feel when they are talking to me
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@mzj033y (185)
• United States
5 May 09
I actually e-mail more often than i text and call. I think it's probably because I'm lazy to call anyone and with technology all advance these days, you can just sent an e-mail. It has more avaiblable space and you can provide a picture or two free of charge. It more convienent for me because I'm surrounded by computers all day. If I was to answer your question, I call more than text. With texting you're wasting more money mine as well call the person to listen to their voice.
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• United States
6 May 09
Email is also great for communication. I do all for my everyday living...
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@uicbear (1900)
• United States
5 May 09
I think i probably text just a little bit more than I actually call people. Most of the time, the reason I need to get a hold of someone is just a quick question. So, instead of interrupting their day with a phone call, I send a text. What I've noticed, is that people tend to reply faster by texting back than if they have to call back with an answer.
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• United States
6 May 09
I agree with you also. Sometimes, I text msg my husband when he doesn't pick up my call... so I thought he might talking to someone or busy with something that couldn't pick up my call. Text him and he will call me back right the way.
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@111flylcx (267)
• China
6 May 09
Sending a massage is convinience for me to comunicate with others.Because when I give somebody a call.I donot know what he is doing,in order not to disturb him.I send a message.If what I want to say is troublesome,Texting a message is wast time.I will call him.It is my idea.
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• United States
6 May 09
Yes, That's the thing. I realized that sometimes too but sometimes I have to call to talk important thing. Text or call is really vary.
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