Why can't my boyfriend get any of my text messages?

This happens occasionally. Sometimes he gets them but sometimes he doesn't. He has an Samsung android or whatever and I have an iPhone. It's really annoying. He needs a new phone anyways because the battery goes super fast even if he isn't using it. His phone also has been recently just turning off by itself but he thinks it's just because it runs out of battery. He has gotten a new battery several times but it doesn't do anything.

Buy him a new phone for mothers day.

Make sure you have your boyfriend's number as text, not iMessage.

If he's a Verizon customer, oftentimes there's a significant delay receiving messages from users of other carriers.

The carriers involved may matter but I doubt it. The OSs here shouldn't be a factor as well. It may be something with iMessage though can't much more than that & its something of a guess.

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