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What is the difference between imessage and text message?

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Underneath the surface, iMessages and text messages are fundamentally different technologies, even though they both live in the Messages app on your iPhone. read more

By David Payette on January 28, 2016 iPhone Underneath the surface, iMessages and text messages are fundamentally different technologies, even though they both live in the Messages app on your iPhone. read more

In the figures below, the one on the top shows the Messages app when you are sending an iMessage. The figure on the bottom shows the Messages app when sending a regular text message. Notice the iMessage displays sent messages in a blue background and the word “iMessage” is shown in the text entry field. read more

Text Messages are Billed by the Mobile Carrier, iMessage uses Data One of the biggest differences between the two services is that SMS messaging is the service offered through the server of mobile service provider. read more