topic Re: Re: Charged for group texts as picture messages in Mobile Services

Re: Charged for group texts as picture messages

nisedavis — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 09:22:34 GMT

I have also just realised I have been charged for sending pictures to family. It’s disgraceful.

Re: Re: Charged for group texts as picture messages

bristolian — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:50:04 GMT

I'm unsure about Apple, but Android phones definitely give an onscreen notification when a text message is being converted to an MMS, which is chargeable.

Emoji are usually OK for SMS, but group messages will often get converted. Anything that's converted to MMS has an onscreen warning. This is a device function, not a network one.

Re: Re: Charged for group texts as picture messages

XRaySpeX — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:51:22 GMT

@nisedavis : Picture msgs (MMS) are not included in your allowances & are therefore chargeable.