SMS preference reasons of UK WhatsApp users 2013

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 31, 2014
This statistic presents popular reasons for UK WhatsApp users to prefer SMS over mobile messaging. During a survey in the third quarter of 2013 it was found that 68 percent stated that they preferred SMS as they got unlimited SMS messages with their contract or pay-as-you-go service.

Reasons for UK WhatsApp users to prefer SMS over mobile messaging as of 3rd quarter 2013

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Release date

July 2014

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

3rd quarter 2013

Age group

16 -64 years

Special properties

WhatsApp users

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