Instant messaging shootout part II: Mxit, SnapChat, KiK and more

Continuing our last instalment in which we pitted BBM, Line, Viber, WhatsApp, and WeChat against each other in a duel to the death, let’s instigate competition between the “best of the rest” instant messaging apps out there: the up-and-comers, the been-here-for-a-whiles, and the old kids on the block still trying to act hip and fresh.

As we stated last time, despite the verdict presented here, ultimately a winner will be crowned based on the amount of subscribers it can attract. However, let us again take our friends, family, and loved ones out of the equation for the moment and launch a full-blown war between MXit, Kik, Facebook Messenger, Skype, Hangouts, ChatON and SnapChat, to find out where the future of instant messaging could possibly lie.

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