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160 character limit (SMS)

  • 06-03-2007 10:42pm
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    NiSmO
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  • #2
    byrnefm
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    Old phones (and I mean those probably 5+ years old now, like my first phone, a Siemens M35) could only send 160-character messages. I'd say that all other phones can (I could be wrong) but on some you can disable the sending of longer messages, like on the Sony Ericsson T68i, if I remember correctly. If your message goes over 160 characters, you *will* be charged for two messages and if it's over 304 characters (?) you'll be charged for three messages. I can't remember what the maximum limit is, it's something like 450 characters per message.


  • #3
    1huge1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,174 ✭✭✭1huge1


    its handy that it tells you in my opinion I wouldnt like to be charged twice for what is a few letters


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    Sam Vimes
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    NiSmO wrote:
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    yes it can. have a look in the settings somewhere. if it can't send any more than 160 there's something wrong with it
    NiSmO wrote:
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    i assume you mean without being double charged. yes, read the links in my sig :) other than that, no


  • #5
    Bummer
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    i have n73 and i can go over 160 characters, Did you buy the phones sim free or Locked to a network??


  • #6
    lfc1892
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    Why not send long text via MMS?

    With O2, an MMS without picture or sound will appear on your bill as "Long Text", the charge is 20c (including VAT) and you can type as many as 1000 characters for that.

    Also, in most Roaming countries, it is cheaper to send and MMS home than a text! (check the website for details as not all countries have an MMS roaming agreement).


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    NiSmO
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  • #8
    failsafe
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    NiSmO wrote:
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    That's just the phone not really being too smart. The network will only send the texts in blocks of 160 characters, and charge you accordingly.

    If a phone lets you know that you're going into a second text, it's not the handset that's splitting it in two, it's just letting you know that this is the point at which the network will split the text. If the phone doesn't tell you that 170 characters (for example) is two seperate messages, you'll still get charged for two sms (one of size 160 chars, and one of size 10) In general, it's older less clever phones that don't give you this heads up that you've gone over the 160 character threshold.


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