burbiz01 wrote:
No, I don’t remember ever sending a MMS (picture message). If I want to send anyone a picture from my iPhone, I download the picture to my computer, then send the picture as an attachment to an email. I tried and failed to send a text message to multiple recipients. I was told that if I send to one person, it uses the cellular voice, but for more than one I need to connect to the internet. I believe that I used Wi-Fi and was able to send a text to more than one person.
I use Google voice for my voice mail. I use the option to send me a text of the message to my iPhone. Am I charged twice for that, once for the message and once for cellular data, even though I have cellular data turned off?
The only time I use the cellular data is for the Maps app. If I turn on cellular data, but turn off using cellular data for Maps, and I try to use Maps, I get a message that I have to turn on the option for Maps under cellular data.
Picture messages are one type of MMS - group messages (sending to multiple people at once) are another. If you have cellular data disabled, you can use SMS all you want but MMS will never work.
GV sending you a text about the voicemail message is using SMS - no data consumption there. In fact, GV doesn't support MMS very well (if at all) with most carriers. If someone sends you a MMS message to your GV number (did you know you could do that?), your best bet is to have GV send you that message by EMAIL and not forward it to your phone. For reference, there is NO WAY to -send- an MMS via GV.