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Samuriajackon

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Original poster
Feb 9, 2009
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Okay so iMessage works on Wifi and 3G, so now I'm paying for unlimited texts so i can talk to people on Android based phones and stuff; but is iMessage running up against my usable data plan? I don't wanna buy an unlimited data plan...anyone?
 

zapp

macrumors regular
Aug 23, 2003
236
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Caribou,ME
Okay so iMessage works on Wifi and 3G, so now I'm paying for unlimited texts so i can talk to people on Android based phones and stuff; but is iMessage running up against my usable data plan? I don't wanna buy an unlimited data plan...anyone?

iMessage is billed as data, and only works between iOS 5 devices.
 

darkfiber

macrumors 6502a
Jul 13, 2008
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Columbus, OH USA
Not to mention, any messages you send via iMessage aren't going to use very much of your bandwidth anyway. That is why regular SMS is such a scam.

However, if you already have an unlimited texting plan, then I guess you can turn off iMessage (Under Settings-->Messages) if you want to be absolutely sure you don't use any data when sending a text message.
 
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