Although most contracts offer unlimited texts these days. And text messages always come out of your cell contract allowance.

IMessages are free over Wi-Fi but use your data allowance otherwise. iMessage needs cellular data or Wi-Fi to work, but texts only need some cell reception. So you need Wi-Fi or cellular data to send an iMessage, but you can use any cell reception to send a text message. Meanwhile, iMessages transfer data using the Internet. Text messages use your cell connection, bouncing from cell tower to cell tower. The main difference between iMessages and text messages is how they send data. There’s more going on beneath the surface. iMessages appear in blue bubbles on your iPhone while text messages appear in green ones.īut that only happens so you can tell the difference between them. Here are the major differences between a text and an iMessage: iMessages are blue Color coding makes it easy to tell an iMessage from a text message. But iMessages and text messages aren’t the same. They’re both ways to send text or photos to your contacts, and you can send either of them with the Messages app on your iPhone. What’s the difference between iMessage and a text message?

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