WeChat and Line

[boybi]

Ang dalas ng commercial ads nila, primetime pa. Where do they get their revenues? Free naman ang apps nila and wala naman akong napapasin na ads sa mga apps nila.

[[archie]]

baka naguubos ng pera Para kung malakas na yung community nila it would bring ads. just speculations.

[shadow]

Baka subsidized na Samsung or smart...puro contract star ng smart mga models eh


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#retzing

[boybi]

Baka subsidized na Samsung or smart...puro contract star ng smart mga models eh


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#retzing

Bakit naman i-subsidize ng Smart or Samsung? E pwede naman sya gamitin sa Globe and other mobile phone brands.

[Walter]

WeChat is a Chinese company just like Huawei. Originally it's name was Weixin but rebranded in 2012 for international market. Most likely subsidized by government to penetrate market share. So they sell them very competitively or give for free until they get majority of market share. Afterwhich you can speculate what China can and will do.

[_Cathy_]

I don't have wechat or line. I installed line but since I have very few contacts on line, I removed it na lang. Most are on viber and whatsapp.

[Retz]

eh ung skout nasubukan niyo na?

[xwangbu]

Ang dalas ng commercial ads nila, primetime pa. Where do they get their revenues? Free naman ang apps nila and wala naman akong napapasin na ads sa mga apps nila.

they are spying on their users.;)

[ghosthunter]

Ang dalas ng commercial ads nila, primetime pa. Where do they get their revenues? Free naman ang apps nila and wala naman akong napapasin na ads sa mga apps nila.

They are pushing more people to use their data plans regularly. The more people using it will push others to use it as well. Eventually it will reach a tipping point many will find using "chat" softwares to communicate a requirement like SMS. This will push more people to get data plans to complement their voice plans on their mobile phones.

[boybi]

They are pushing more people to use their data plans regularly. The more people using it will push others to use it as well. Eventually it will reach a tipping point many will find using "chat" softwares to communicate a requirement like SMS. This will push more people to get data plans to complement their voice plans on their mobile phones.

Who are 'THEY'?

[ghosthunter]

Who are 'THEY'?

THEY = telecoms like Globe and Smart (SUN is part of Smart).

[boybi]

So both telcos must be sponsoring one of each. WeChat and Line.

[badkuk]

THEY = telecoms like Globe and Smart (SUN is part of Smart).

+1

The cellphone market is already saturated, and competition is tight(thankfully) that's why they have all those cool call/text packages. They need a new source of income -- mobile data/surfing. And if there really isn't a need for it, they will invent one -- e.g. Facebook, LINE, WeChat.

The thing about LINE is that it's the first one that has a TVC; lakas ng backers nito

Regarding WeChat's "plan" : ganun naman talaga lahat e. Offer them cheap or free, saturate the market, kill the competition, get people hooked. Once you own the market, you're can do as you please.

[shadow]

diba viber or whatsapp eh partner na ng Globe ngayon?

[ghosthunter]

diba viber or whatsapp eh partner na ng Globe ngayon?

It doesn't really mean much because you can use Viber and WhatsApp even if you have a SMART mobile phone as long as you have a data plan or wifi connection.

[[archie]]

hmm Parang Facebook in a sense. pushing for more end users. risky but if the telecoms are sponsoring such apps, the cost might be justifiable to risk.

[1D4LV]

they are spying on their users.;)

there was a news that came out months ago on this.... that the installations contain malware.
not validated though.
kaya ako stick lang sa BBM and Viber.
and occassional Google Talk.

[shadow]

It doesn't really mean much because you can use Viber and WhatsApp even if you have a SMART mobile phone as long as you have a data plan or wifi connection.

but they bundled viber with their unli text yata for a day to their prepaid subscribers with no additional charge sa data