Group messaging on Kompakt

[kirkmahoneyphd]

@Ecokafenio

I honestly didn’t realize that the Kompakt doesn’t support group messages. I’m due to receive my NA version phone here pretty soon. I want to stick it out, but group messages are so important to my friend and family communications!

@ethan22

It’s rendered completely useless because it doesn’t have group messaging. Massive miss, pretty shocking that isn’t one of the key features they would think to include in the original product.

@nownotlater

A vote on priority: I need group messaging for work so I won’t be using the Kompakt until that update.

Agreed!

I posted about group messaging a few times, including…

@kirkmahoneyphd

Although I remain hopeful that Mudita will soon eliminate these deficiencies, the SMS app today lacks these BASICS:

1. No ability to start a message to a group
2. No ability to see a list of participants in a group message

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USA-based cellular carriers typically include unlimited texting on almost all plans, and this includes both SMS and MMS.

I live in the USA and received the Global-optimized Kompakt 14 days ago. Deficiencies #1 and #2 were obvious right away, given that we use group messaging here daily.

I suspect that most other USA-based Kompakt customers ordered, unlike me, the North America-optimized version, so I am like the canary in the coal mine with respect to group messaging.

Mudita should anticipate a firestorm of complaints from USA-based customers who receive the North America-optimized Kompakt, if Mudita has not addressed #1 and #2 by the time that they receive their Kompakt cellphones.

My Approach

I have kept my Kompakt for three days past its 14-day return window, as I am trusting Mudita to fix these problems soon. Someone foolishly posted that I should not expect anything more than SMS, given that Mudita is a Polish company. But, I believe that Mudita understands that group messaging is crucial to its USA-based market.

Meanwhile, if I must start a group message, then I move my SIM to my other minimalist cellphone – a Sunbeam Wireless F1 Orchid. Still, that is not practical in the long run, as I do not want to carry my Orchid with me wherever I carry my Kompakt.