IPhone not picking up that it is communicating to another iPhone?

You know how when, if you have an iPhone and the person you are texting also has an iPhone your texts show up in a blue bubble instead of a green bubble?

Well, my dad and I both have iPhone (iPhone 5s) and they are both up to date.

His phone -- When he texts me, his bubbles are green.

My phone -- When I text him my bubbles are blue.

So essentially, my phone is picking up on the fact that his phone is an iPhone, but his phone isn't picking up on the fact that my phone is an iPhone.

For a few months this hasn't been a problem (who cares what color the bubble is, right?).
The issue now is that we want to use FaceTime and his phone isn't allowing him to do that, because it doesn't think that my phone is an iPhone.

Have him go into his contacts and select yours then press edit. Right next to where it shows your number it says what type of phone you have. Tap on that and a list of options comes up. Then select IPhone.

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