I can't receive text messages when I'm not on the internet on iPhone 4s?

I've recently gotten an iPhone, and I really like it except for one problem… I've noticed that when I'm outside I don't receive any text messages as I'm not on the internet, and then when I get home all my text messages appear at once. This is starting to annoy me because if I'm out for the whole day then people will start to think I'm ignoring them.

Is my phone dodgy, or there a simple way to solve this? I'm thinking of taking my phone back to the apple store and seeing if they have a answer, but thought it might be simple or it's just something that happens. I mean I've seen friends out with their iPhones and they get texts, but I've recently turned my internet off and asked a friend to text me, and I didn't even receive it at all.

Turn on sms.

Turn on data

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