IMessage gets sent as a text message instead?
I've been texting my friend all day. We both have iPhones so our messages always get sent as iMessages. We were talking for a good part of the day and when I went to go text him again my message went through as a text message and not an iMessage. He didn't answer my text so I wished him goodnight and my message went through as a text message once again. He hasn't responded to either message I sent that went through as texts. Could his phone be off or dead? Why does this happen?
IMessages are instant messages that only work when your phones are linked, as if you were talking on the phone. If that connection is broken by either one phone being turned off or has a weak signal, it will get sent as a text message. He should get it, but sometimes they don't go through.
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