There’ve been several instances where my iMessages are delayed by a few minutes and then sent out as a regular text message. Sometimes this happens regardless of whether or not I’ve got full bars and my iPhone is connected to Wi-Fi. What gives?
Turning off Send As SMS will ensure you aren’t charged if iMessage can’t make a connection.
By default, your iPhone is set to automatically send the iMessage through SMS if the servers are down or you can’t find a Wi-Fi connection. You can change this setting under Settings > Messages. Make sure that Send As SMS is turned off so that you aren’t charged if iMessage can’t make the connection. Instead, it just simply won’t send.
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vterm
February 22, 2012 at 8:59pm
Please correct me if i am wrong here, but regardless of you having a 3G or a WiFi connection,
a message can be sent as an SMS and NOT as an iMessage when the recipient has no internet access at that time.
So, if the recipient is "on line" then the iMessage is delivered, if not then your iPhone sends it as an SMS.
jncbankston
February 22, 2012 at 1:02pm
This saves bundles when you live in a border area. For example, I work on the German side of the border, but live in the Holland side. My cell service is in Germany so if I have to text my wife in Holland, I prefer iMessage. Having this option to turn off SMS will ENSURE I dont have surprise international text messaging charges.
Bravo, yet again!
jb
leicaman
February 22, 2012 at 11:26am
Too bad it's not easier to turn on and off. There are time when I need to do SMS messages. But I guess it would be easier just to turn on SMS when I need it rather than risk charges.
And too bad we can't turn this off and on for a given contact.
