Emoji

[pete6032]

A text message is 160 characters max in length, but when I send one with an emoji, my phone shortens the text message to 70 characters maximum. Why is that?

 

[Rakehellion]

Emojis use two bytes each. Regular characters use just one.

But modern phones shouldn't be limited to just 140 characters anyway.

 

[pete6032]

Emojis use two bytes each. Regular characters use just one.

But modern phones shouldn't be limited to just 140 characters anyway.

So on a modern iphone or android or blackberry if you type over 140 characters, does the recipient receive multiple text messages or do they just receive one text message condensed together? I think I receive multiple when I get a long text.

 

[Captante]

So on a modern iphone or android or blackberry if you type over 140 characters, does the recipient receive multiple text messages or do they just receive one text message condensed together? I think I receive multiple when I get a long text.

I have an older phone and yes when a get sent a really long text it gets broken into multiple messages. Really want to get a smart phone but I'm just too cheap to upgrade till I have to!