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Old 06-19-2009, 07:04 PM
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Red face Re: SMS Character Limit
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Originally Posted by Donatom3 View Post
It only does that if you go over 160 because it has to add in the "message 1 of 2" part. Remember SMS's 160 character limit is imposed by the technology used to actually send the message from the tower itself, and has nothing to do with a limit of the phones. It's part of the extra code space that they have when the tower sends the registration packets to your phone.
Did you know that? I didn't know that! Thanks For The Explanation.
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