anony_mouse
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The cost of others to message me is not my concern.
The cost of others to message me is not my concern.
I think it's worth repeating Rob Phillips statement twice.
The cost of others to message me is not my concern.
The cost of others to message me is not my concern.
I think it's worth repeating Rob Phillips statement twice.
I think it's worth repeating Rob Phillips statement twice.
It’s occurred to me that you like to argue. This particular one is over now so you can move on.
So yes, he is actually right about this not being his concern.
I suppose that everyone has their own priorities.
I suppose that everyone has their own priorities.
If you have someone using imessage that’s upsetting you then ask them to use WhatsApp and save yourself the aggravation
I think it's worth repeating Rob Phillips statement twice.
I think I am missing your point.
iMessage uses data so it will use the persons LTE or WiFi connection to receive the message.
SMS will use their text message limit from the carrier (majority of people in America have unlimited automatically with their plan).
Again -- what is the issue?
Because SMS is not free for everyone, and your correspondent may have to pay to reply to your message. I really really think that is clear from the posts above.
It’s up to the correspondent to notify the other off their costs and ask for an alternative way to correspond. So I agree with the post above: what’s the big deal.
Because SMS is not free for everyone, and your correspondent may have to pay to reply to your message. I really really think that is clear from the posts above.
Well, I can see that nobody else cares about this so I suggest we all move on.
I have two more questions:
1. How would I know if someone sent a message to my Android phone using iMessage? It would arrive as an SMS or MMS (*), right?
2. What does iMessage do when you send a message to another iMessage user, and you have a cellular connection but you don't have a data connection (for example, when roaming)? Does it send the message an SMS, or wait until you have a data connection, or ask you what to do?
(*) well, probably not an MMS.
If they send a text to a non-iMessage device, they use the classic SMS service. Not iMessage. This means they are using their cellular plan to send messages.
I hope this clears it for you.
iMessage only uses internet to other iMessage users.
Ok thanks. That confirms that I don't know any iMessage users. Well, I guess that's not quite a valid conclusion - it confirms that I don't know anyone who uses iMessage to communicate with me.
Can anyone answer my second question? What does iMessage do when you send a message to another iMessage user, and you have a cellular connection but you don't have a data connection (for example, when roaming)? Does it send the message an SMS, or wait until you have a data connection, or ask you what to do?
In short: you can automatically use SMS or wait for a data connection.