Ok lol I've never had an iphone so bear with me xD
I used my iPod touch 4 to text people because my old phone had horrible service, but iMessage seemed to get texts 5-30 minutes late SOMETIMES usually 2-5 mins 40% of the time.
The same problem is happening with my iPhone, the iMessage is coming late, and sometimes my iPod will get it before my iPhone, and vise versa? :/ I wanted a new phone because my old phone was always getting texts late but this is the same
ALSO my iMessage is still working, but when I go in settings it says "Waiting for Activiation", it didn't say this earlier but when I went to my "Send and Receive" and my "Apple ID" I changed my old home number that was on there to my new number and now it says waiting for activation, yet it still works.
AND the "You can be reached by iMessage at" only has the option of my email, it has NO option for a number, yet when people put my number in it still works LOL I'm so confused