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StratOS_HTC
29-11-2007, 10:02 PM
Don't know why is this limitation for 1 SMS.
Is there any fix for this ?
Using Trin with WM6
Svenitos
29-11-2007, 10:08 PM
Lol dude, it's standard for every phone/phone provider..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_message_service
"SMS was originally defined as part of the GSM series of standards in 1985[1] as a means of sending messages of up to 160 characters, to and from GSM mobile handsets"
mikhe69
29-11-2007, 10:18 PM
WOW:eek: :eek:

Is the Trinity your first mobile phone???

Lucky you!!!!:rolleyes:
StratOS_HTC
29-11-2007, 10:32 PM
Heh, well some differences in mobile operaters exists and some binary related stuff ( encoding etc ...) & mobile operator SMS prefixes ( extra services ) change that.
Also there is a math difference in length of 2nd 3th ... SMS and any other multi SMS option ( info for next multi SMS etc ...).

And the answer about no of phones : I had cca 20 phones till now and trin is not the only phone 4 me now :)

So differnces exists and the standard is not fixed (140 b/160 t).
s1rl4ncel0t
29-11-2007, 10:32 PM
I'm speechless...

This one should be on the Top 10 most funny threads of year 2007. :D



Well done!
StratOS_HTC
29-11-2007, 10:39 PM
It is a question after all, isn't it or I should refraze my question ?
shafiqurrehman
29-11-2007, 11:10 PM
don't rephrase anything, just laugh with us..... ;)

lolz
Rudegar
30-11-2007, 12:05 AM
well apparently a short msg is 160 chars :P
as they charge you pr. msg they have to some sort of limit to make money
racerx_
30-11-2007, 02:17 AM
i think we should stage a demonstration... like a boycott or something..
StratOS_HTC
30-11-2007, 07:21 AM
:rolleyes:
athos
30-11-2007, 08:01 PM
An SMS message is 140 bytes. Most of us use the 7-bit GSM alphabet, which means 160 characters. This can be shorter if you use another alphabet, such as 8-bit which would mean 140 characters. SMS can be concatenated, ie long messages are sent (and billed) as several SMS which can be appended in the receiving phone (will be perceived as one SMS by the recipient). In this case, there is a header on each message, which takes up some space. This means 153 or 151 user characters per part of the message, depending on which header type is used (8-bit or 16-bit sequence number), if a single SMS is 160 characters.