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If you are still sending SMS that are longer than 160 characters, then you are using MMS behind the scenes.
by pil0u 5y ago
If you are still sending SMS that are longer than 160 characters, then you are using MMS behind the scenes.
- shubhamkrm 5y agoI thought SMS apps just split the text in 160 character chunks, and merge them on the receiving side. Isn't that how it works?
- nameequalsmain 5y agoYup, the parent comment is incorrect. SMS longer than 160 characters (in GSM 03.38 encoding) are split into multiple parts, each a maximum of 153 characters long, 7 characters are used to glue the parts together.
- kube-system 5y agoI believe it depends the implementation. I recall having a phone that would explicitly indicate a switch to MMS when sending longer messages.
- WhyCause 5y agoI too recall that. I suspect it was a boon for the carriers, eating into your MMS quota. At the time though, my plan was unlimited SMS/MMS, so it didn't really matter to me.