iMessage is slow to send but SMS is not

[Chris Cook5]

Why when you text cretin people it takes forever for imessage to go through & other people you text, it goes through right away? If you turn imessage off, will you both be charged for the message?

 

[DarkKnight08]

"There's no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin'."

 

[Fausty82]

Why when you text cretin people it takes forever for imessage to go through & other people you text, it goes through right away? If you turn imessage off, will you both be charged for the message?

Is that a typo or are you really texting cretin people?

But to answer your question, yes, an SMS text message will cost you either (1) a "hit" against your message count for the billing cycle, or (2) a "hit" to your cell bill for the "per message" text fee. The charge is levied on both the sender and the receiver.

 

[jaleelhamid]

Lol! Well depends on you plan like these gentlemen were saying, if you have a text messaging plan than no charge and if you don't you get charged per text message.


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[Chris Cook5]

Lol! Well depends on you plan like these gentlemen were saying, if you have a text messaging plan than no charge and if you don't you get charged per text message.

its a typo. who doesn't have a text plan? I have 1,000 meeages & haven't used half since imessage came out. I might as well use 'em (I have used 80 texts & I have 16 more days on my cycle)


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[jaleelhamid]

Than you don't need to worry about being charged?


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[iOS Gravity]

The other person might be charged if they don't have a texting plan.

 

[Chris Cook5]

most of my friends/family do


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[serglb]

iMessage depends on data. Slow network - slow sending.


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[anon(4698833)]

The network you're connected to is probably slow, which is causing iMessage to perform slowly...SMS is much simpler process, so it doesn't require such an optimized data connection (WiFi or Cellular).