[KMnO4]

It’s still not useful.

I don’t think I know anyone in my life who solely communicates over SMS and carrier phone calls. I currently do less than 10% of my communication through SMS.

If they ever figure out how to add WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, etc, they’ll greatly increase the number of people who would be willing to try it.

[tocs3]

There are use cases where this sort of thing could be very useful. For a bunch of elderly and disabled a modern smartphone is unusable. The esthetics are nice but having something that is easy to use is important.