Since you use 3G on a mobile phone, so your data allowance is limited, a 1 minute call with skype is 1.6Mb where 1 minute with Line is 0.5 Mb.Īlso watch your Ram usage on your phone when you fire up Skype or Line premium call. I have both installed and to make a call with Skype I need a very good signal, otherwise people on the other side will complain that they can't hear me and there will be a noticeable lag in the sound, while with Line that has never been an issue. The OP is talking about calls to landlines and mobiles overseas, not skype to skype or line to line, and in that case Line beats skype hands down in call quality.

However at home we use Line as our family 'intercom' because it just connects voice calls (user-to-user, not over PSTN) so much quicker than Skype. I use Skype all day long to call and chat with our OS offices, and never have issues. I tell everyone to not contact me on Skype. Not only does it not notify you of incoming messages and calls - the other party will also assume that you're not around, or worse, that you're ignoring them. I connected only because the guy sent me a text message that he was Skype calling.Īs communications apps go, Skype is the worst. Last time this happened I had the desktop version of Skype running as well - and that didn't show anything for the incoming call! Not even a missed call. You only see it after you open the Skype app - then you see missed calls. That means somebody calls you, but you don't see that on your phone. The iOS version has a bug where notifications simply don't work. It now no longer notifies me of incoming calls. Not sure it's encrypted at all at this point. Skype originally was end-to-end encrypted but then the US government requested access. I thought Line was being monitored by the military? I may be wrong but I thought I had read that someplace?

Skype international calls bad quality