Ho?w are Apple-2-Apple texts and pictures sent
Tech-no-Geek
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Do Apple-2-Apple texts use your data allotment rather than the unlimited texts that come with the account?  I'm confused

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Re: Ho?w are Apple-2-Apple texts and pictures sent
Tidbits
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Yes iMessages goes through your data(they ate blue). These can be sent to other iDevices like the iPad and iPod. This is Apple's system that bypasses carrier SMS/MMS unless Apple servers are down it will use SMS as a fall back.

SMS/MMS are green and don't use data. This is the carrier system traditionally used for text messages.

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Re: Ho?w are Apple-2-Apple texts and pictures sent
Weth
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If you want to only use your Text plan, you can turn off iMessage on the iDevices. Then your text and pictures will not use data but count against your text allotment. Pictures and video will be significantly degraded in quality as they are compressed when using SMS as compared to using iMessage. Your choice.