OK so there are times when the pictures will not send and I guess if I think about it and they dots when I've sent something to someone who does not have another iPhone but uses an android
> On Aug 30, 2015, at 7:51 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > You should also turn on to send as SMS in Settings, iMessage because if the > person you are sending an iMessage to is for some reason not connected to > WiFi or if he/she has cellular data turned off, they won’t receive the > message since iMessages use data. > My guess is that your accidental call to your friend in New Zealand was not a > Facetime call but went as a regular phone call. Once again, Facetime or > Facetime Audio calls go via data and use either your 3G or LTE data allowance > or use WiFi if you are connected to a WiFi. If you or the other person has no > WiFi connection or have cellular data turned off the call simply fails, but > there is no way a carrier would bill you for the call. You may get billed for > going over your monthly cellular data allowance if you use a lot of data, but > just like when you make a Skype call to another Skype user, the call itself > is free. > > MMS stands for “multimedia messaging service” and they are messages which can > contain media like pictures, video and so on. iMessages are basically > advanced MMS messages between iOS users as they can contain all sorts of > media and have no character limit. Also, iMessages are free whereas your > carrier may charge for MMS messages. Here is the basic description from > Wikipedia. > > Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is a standard way to send messages that > include multimedia content to and from mobile phones. It extends the core SMS > (Short Message Service) capability that allowed exchange of text messages > only up to 160 characters in length. > The most popular use is to send photographs from camera-equipped handsets. It > is also used on a commercial basis by media companies as a method of > delivering news and entertainment content and by retail brands as a tool for > delivering scannable coupon codes, product images, videos and other > information. Unlike text only SMS, commercial MMS can deliver a variety of > media including up to forty seconds of video, one image, multiple images via > slideshow or audio plus unlimited characters. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > deidre muccio > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 3:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: messaging, international exchanges > > I am confused about the difference between a text message and > I message. I hear they are the same. > In settings I have I Message on. Send as SMS and MMS are both > off. > I do not know what MMS or SMS refers to. > Sometimes a message I send to another I phone user gets > returned as undeliverable. if I remember correctly, I can try again, and I am > also told to turn one of those on - MMS? I don't remember which now. > Recently I saw 2 $2.50 charges on my Verizon bill for either > a face time call or I message to another i phone user. I'm not sure what > those charges were for but no number was associated with the charge. I > thought it must be for either texting or testing if I could face time a > friend in New Zealand. Indeed I could but couldn't hang up quickly enough > before she answered, then I couldn't get my friend off the phone! I wonder > what those two charges were for. > > Deidre > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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