Ask HN: Is the new iMessage app a threat to whatsapp?

[priteshjain]

WWDC launch of new iMessage app is awesome. what does this mean to whatsapp? http://www.bgr.in/news/wwdc-2016-apples-imessage-is-now-a-lot-cooler-and-fun/

[niftich]

No. WhatsApp's primary markets are India and Brazil. In India, iOS's market share is less than 2%. In Brazil, it's a respectable 12%, but WhatsApp is hugely dominant in contemporary communication in Brazil.

[1] http://www.statista.com/statistics/262157/market-share-held-... [2] http://www.statista.com/statistics/262167/market-share-held-...

[priteshjain]

Interesting point

[Grazester]

It is not even close. Unless this runs on Android phones it would not be much of a threat to whatsapp.