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That's just a tidbit thrown around to soothe those irked by the limit. It's been well over a decade since the last mobile phone was sold that couldn't handle lo

That's just a tidbit thrown around to soothe those irked by the limit. It's been well over a decade since the last mobile phone was sold that couldn't handle long/concatenated SMS. The reality is that the 140 character limit is just an arbitrary one; one that makes Twitter, Twitter.

coderdude 16y ago
I still can't send text messages over 160 characters to anyone not on my carrier (Verizon) so I'm not sure where you're getting that figure from.
- andrewtj 16y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenated_SMS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenated_SMS Perhaps this is another anomaly that Americans have to put up with from their carriers — not being one I wouldn't know.
  - coderdude 16y ago
    That could very well be. We're underprivileged when it comes to mobiles, unfortunately.
    - andrewtj 16y ago
      Just out of curiosity, do US carriers allow you to send inter-carrier MMS and can you transfer your phone number between carriers?
      - coderdude 16y ago
        Yes, they let you send inter-carrier MMS and you can also transfer your number between carriers.
  - ben1040 16y ago
    Anecdote is not the singular of data, but I have been able to send/receive long messages using Android and iPhone on AT&T. Just yesterday I even noticed Android's core SMS app is even nice enough to tell you when the message is overflowing into a second SMS, so you know that you and the recipient will get billed for more than one SMS. Which brings me to another idea: Perhaps the billing issue is more of a concern as well -- receiving concatenated messages certainly would cost more for (American) users not on unlimited SMS plans, and presumably would cost more for Twitter to send out through their gateway?