Why when i sent a text on iPhone to iPhone it doesn't say delivered?

Okay so i sent a text on iMessage to my best friend but it didn't say delivered? And then when i called her it rang? What happened? Did she get the text? Is she ignoring me?

Well why don't you check with your friend? I mean, she's your best friend. Ask if your message got delivered to her phone and if she got the text. Otherwise, she didn't get your text. Simple as that.

"Delivered" means the iDevice received the message.

If "Send Read Receipts" is enabled by the recipient, then it will change to "Read" once it's actually been seen by them.
If the recipient has "Send Read Receipts" disabled, then it will remain as "Delivered" and won't ever show as "Read".

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