Does sending an iMessage to a US iPhone use data? Or would it cost 25 cents?

fortinbr — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:46:22 GMT

I'm a US study abroad student looking to contact back home through iMessage.

Re: Does sending an iMessage to a US iPhone use data? Or would it cost 25 cents?

dalyer — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:22:56 GMT

As far as I know iMessages get sent over the data connection (wifi or carrier data) rather than as regular SMS messages (which on 48 would be charged at 25c per international text).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMessage#Features

iMessage allows users to send texts, documents, photos, videos, contact information, and group messages over Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G or LTE to other iOS or OS X users, thus providing an alternative to standard SMS/MMS messaging for most users with devices running iOS 5 or later.

Why not try it and see what happens? Worst that happens is that you're 25c down?

Hope this helps

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Does sending an iMessage to a US iPhone use data? Or would it cost 25 cents?

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