Texting someone abroad

cHk4 · 23 Nov 2015 at 22:31

If I was to text someone who is abroad who has an iPhone and I do and I send a say really long text does that get charged as one or does it break it down in to 160 character messages and charge you on that?

Thanks

Scottland · 23 Nov 2015 at 22:42

If via iMessage then its free as far as I know, otherwise it'll be charged as 1 text per 160chars.

Orcvader · 23 Nov 2015 at 22:56

If your friend has an internet connection then it will be sent as an iMessage, which is free. If no data connection then it will be sent as a text and broken down to the character limit, costs will depend on your friend's network and where they are.

Scottland · 23 Nov 2015 at 22:57

Orcvader said:
If your friend has an internet connection then it will be sent as an iMessage, which is free. If no data connection then it will be sent as a text and broken down to the character limit, costs will depend on your friend's network and where they are.

That would only apply if both parties are on an iPhone!

Orcvader · 23 Nov 2015 at 22:58

Scottland said:
That would only apply if both parties are on an iPhone!

But OP said both he and the person abroad uses an iPhone

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Scottland · 23 Nov 2015 at 22:59

Orcvader said:
But OP said both he and the person abroad uses an iPhone .

Ah sorry, I misread that!

Simple then - blue bubble free, green bubble pay

cHk4 · 24 Nov 2015 at 00:02

Cool thanks guys appreciate it, you've saved me a fortune! The person is on a 20 hour bus journey and doesn't have internet, their texts seem to be coming through to me but mine aren't going through to them, annoying!

Orcvader · 24 Nov 2015 at 08:51

What colour are your messages appearing , blue or green?