I have had Whats App on my iPhone for many years and while I don't use it a lot I never had any issues. In any case, if Facetime is an option then why not use it, it's already there on your phone without installing anything else, you can use SIRI to ask to call somebody either using Facetime or Facetime Audio and you can use iMessage. OK, I guess since iOS 10 you can also use SIRI to ask to call somebody via Whats App, but still I would use Facetime if all parties who need to call or be called have an iPhone. Tell your german friend "Sieghard aus Steinau sagt Hallo". Is she blind? Just curious because if she is she may have gone to the German Secondary School for the Blind in Marburg where I also went and did my Grade 13.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Craig Werner Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2017 7:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: WhatsApp or FaceTime: Keeping up with a Friend from Germany Hello, everyone. A friend of mine from Germany is visiting the U.S. for a few weeks and has brought her iPhone with her. She does not have a data plan for the States, and my phone plan does not allow me to phone a German mobile phone at a low cost. We are considering FaceTime or WhatsApp as a way to keep in touch. I am rather wary of WhatsApp since I have heard reports that its address book sharing can introduce malware into the iPhone. I have no idea if these reports are credible. Does anyone have any experience with comparing FaceTime and WhatsApp in a scenario such as the one I have described? Note that we are not interested in exchanging any video component, just voice data. Thank you for all help. Craig -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
