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About text and multimedia messages
SMS messages are also known as ―text‖ messages and can each be around 160
characters. If you continue to type after the limit is reached, your message will be delivered
as one, but count as more than one message.
MMS messages are also known as ―multimedia‖ or ―picture‖ messages and can contain
text, picture, audio, and video files.
When you compose a message, the phone will automatically convert a text message into a
multimedia message as soon as you add a subject or an attachment, or if you address the
message using an email address rather than a phone number.
View the message from the message list
Select a message thread in the list to open it for reading. When open, the individual
messages appear stacked on the screen, much like with instant messaging conversations
(or chats).
Note that messages you send are also listed in the Read view.
1. Reading multimedia messages
If you have selected to auto-retrieve your multimedia messages, then both the message
header and body will download.
