I know with my Verizon iPhone 5, it didn't support simultaneous Voice and Data, even over LTE. And since its my work phone, I rarely texted on it. I got upgraded to an iPhone 5S at release day, and today, was trying to text while on a phone call...
I was surprised to see that I could not.
Here is how I tested while on phone call with my Verizon iPhone 5s.
I sent text from my VZW Moto X to iPhone 5s. The 5S didn't receive it. I tried sending from iPhone 5S to my X... It FAILED to send. Then I sent an SMS from my T-Mobile Galaxy S3 to iPhone 5s, again the 5S didn't get it. I tried sending from 5S to GS3, failed. When I hung up the phone call on the 5S, I went into message, opened the two that failed and hit try again. They sent and were received on the other phones. So I sent from X and GS3 to iPhone 5s, the 5S received them.
Those messages I sent to the 5S while on the call still haven't been received on the 5S. Its been about 30 minutes since I hung up the call on the 5S.
I expect iMessage uses data, but since I'm texting with two Android phones, iMessage shouldn't come into play, it should be plain SMS. And my X and GS3 can text while on the phone just fine, as could my past non-Apple phones.
Is this happening for anyone else on their Verizon iPhone 5S?
Rebooting the phone didn't help. The only thing that might come into play here is the internal antenna system at work, but walking outside, out of range of the internal system, I still had the same issue. I'll try again when I get home tonight.
I was surprised to see that I could not.
Here is how I tested while on phone call with my Verizon iPhone 5s.
I sent text from my VZW Moto X to iPhone 5s. The 5S didn't receive it. I tried sending from iPhone 5S to my X... It FAILED to send. Then I sent an SMS from my T-Mobile Galaxy S3 to iPhone 5s, again the 5S didn't get it. I tried sending from 5S to GS3, failed. When I hung up the phone call on the 5S, I went into message, opened the two that failed and hit try again. They sent and were received on the other phones. So I sent from X and GS3 to iPhone 5s, the 5S received them.
Those messages I sent to the 5S while on the call still haven't been received on the 5S. Its been about 30 minutes since I hung up the call on the 5S.
I expect iMessage uses data, but since I'm texting with two Android phones, iMessage shouldn't come into play, it should be plain SMS. And my X and GS3 can text while on the phone just fine, as could my past non-Apple phones.
Is this happening for anyone else on their Verizon iPhone 5S?
Rebooting the phone didn't help. The only thing that might come into play here is the internal antenna system at work, but walking outside, out of range of the internal system, I still had the same issue. I'll try again when I get home tonight.