sending Imessages overseas?

[rockey95]

I'm new to Apple and wanted to ask a quick question, i have had my Iphone 4 now for about 4 days and have relatives in Norway and some of them have Iphones. When i Imessage them will i get charged the ATT international text rate or how does something like this work differently than sms?
Thanks
Rockey95

 

[robbieduncan]

It is not an SMS so you will not get charged for an SMS. Of course if the message got sent as an SMS for some reason (you or they were off their data network but on the cell network) you would get charged for the international SMS.

 

[rockey95]

Thanks for the response, i just was not sure of how Imessage worked.
Thanks

 

[CosmoPilot]

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iMessage works regardless of the location of the parties involved. I'm overseas all the time and use it exclusively with my family while gone.

 

[kfergiez]

Just make sure to NOT use a country code.

 

[johnjmapp]

in the setting, change this

make sure you have set the following

in the setting, find message, turn on iMessage.

And when you type the receiver contact in the SMS box, if the send button turn to blue, then you are sending imessage and it will send as normal data. not long distance sms.