[codegeek]

What I mean is that most of us already have data plans these days and we are already paying for it. Why pay extra for texting when we can use something like whatsapp that uses the data plan. Not to mention the crazy International texting charges. Even if you have unlimited texting from say T-mobile, you will pay for international texts because the unlimited is only for domestic texts.

[prostoalex]

It's somewhat of a weaker argument, considering that in most of the world MTs (mobile-terminated messages) are free, with charges applying only for MOs (mobile-originated).

Also, even in the US, a combo voice+text plan with heavy texting is still going to be cheaper for a combo voice+data plan, so average user ends up paying more money, not less.

[eru]

People already have a data plan for other reasons.

[prostoalex]

Most of the world doesn't

http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile...

[leoedin]

Mobile plans vary significantly between countries. Using the US pricing structure as an example simply doesn't work. Just because a data plan is more expensive in the US doesn't necessarily mean it will be more expensive elsewhere.

[eru]

Yes. What I meant was: voice + sms plan does not replace a data plan. A data plan plus WhatsApp (and perhaps Skype) can replace a voice + sms plan.