Do you get charged for text messages?

Do you get charged for text messages?

A text is basically free for a carrier to send. However, if you use a prepaid carrier with pay-per-use billing, using one of the apps below can help you and your friends save money, texting entirely for free when you’re on Wi-Fi.

Is iMessage better than text message?

If we look at the specifics of iMessage vs. Android messages, the advantage will definitely go to the iMessage. Businesses regardless of scale, need a bigger exposure to target audiences and based on the current availability of the countries supported for the Android, it wouldn’t be the best way to go.

Is iMessage free to send pictures?

Is iMessage Free to Send Pictures? Yes, iMessage service is free for sending images or attachments through the service. However, when you are using iMessage on a data plan, you may be charged for a data plan. But there is no MMS or SMS charge involved when you are sending photos, GIFs, or attached files.

What is the point of iMessage?

iMessage is Apple’s instant messaging service for devices like iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Released in 2011 with iOS 5, iMessage lets users send messages, photos, stickers, and more between any Apple devices over the Internet.

Are texts between iPhones free?

As long as you are communicating between two iOS devices or Mac and iOS devices through iMessage, the service is completely free. You can send files, images, and texts for free through iMessage to another iOS or Mac device.

What happens if I turn off iMessage?

Turning Off iMessage Turning off the iMessage slider on your iPhone will stop iMessages from being delivered to your iPhone. Therefore, when other iPhone users send a message to you, it is sent as an iMessage to your Apple ID. But, since the slider is turned off, the message is not delivered to your iPhone.

Are iPhone messages free?

The messages can be text messages, media, or files. As long as you are communicating between two iOS devices or Mac and iOS devices through iMessage, the service is completely free. You can send files, images, and texts for free through iMessage to another iOS or Mac device.

Are SMS messages free?

As mentioned above, SMS is most popular in the US since most carriers offer plans with unlimited texting, making SMS free or nearly free to use. iMessage is a close second because of the large number of iPhone users in the country.

How safe is iMessage?

iMessage Uses End-to-End Encryption to Send and Receive Messages. Apple’s iMessage for iPhone, iPad, and Mac always uses end-to-end encryption. Only the sender and receiver of the messages can see their contents. Photos, videos, and other file attachments are also encrypted.

Do I have to use iMessage?

iMessages only work between iPhones (and other Apple devices such as iPads). If you are using an iPhone and you send a message to a friend on Android, it will be sent as a SMS message and will be green. (This is true if just one person in a group message is on Android too.)

What happens if I turn off SMS on iPhone?

When you disable SMS, the iMessage system automatically takes over, and sends and receives messages using your cellular or Wi-Fi data connection. To ensure you don’t receive any text messages through SMS, you can also disable your cellular data connection to force your iPhone to use an available Wi-Fi network.

Can anyone see my IMessages?

“Because iMessage is encrypted end-to-end, we do not have access to the contents of those communications,” Apple said. “In some cases, we are able to provide data from server logs that are generated from customers accessing certain apps on their devices.”

Do you have to pay to use iMessage?

Of course you have to pay if you send a text message to somebody in the US. But iMessage is NOT a text message as long as both users have iOS 5 on their device and the message is sent via iMessage (it shows you how it’ll be sent before sending, either text or iMessage). Check out this page: http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/built-in-apps/messages.html

Can a text message be sent through iMessage?

But iMessage is NOT a text message as long as both users have iOS 5 on their device and the message is sent via iMessage (it shows you how it’ll be sent before sending, either text or iMessage). Check out this page: http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/built-in-apps/messages.html It uses DATA, not SMS.

Do you have to use cellular data for iMessage?

If you both have iMessage on and the message is transmitted as an iMessage then there is no charge from the carriers for a text message. iMessage can use Wi-Fi if available and cellular data if Wi-Fi is not available.

Is there charge for iMessage on at & T?

AT is charging for iMessages for the past 2 months since we activated the iPhones. We have 3G data plan & WiFi at home so we have data service.