iMessage: Your carrier may charge for SMS messages used to activate iMessage.
I do not have iMessage activated, have not got such SMS, how is this possible or is the pop up message nonsense?
iPhone 6s, iOS 11.4
Ignore it. It's only telling you that because you don't yet have iMessage activated to let you know that, in order to activate iMessage, you will need to be able to receive at least one SMS from Apple that your carrier might charge you about a quarter for. It's just fine-print bs. Most plans have some kind of SMS lump-sum coverage. Otherwise it's about a quarter per SMS message.
Ignore it. It's only telling you that because you don't yet have iMessage activated to let you know that, in order to activate iMessage, you will need to be able to receive at least one SMS from Apple that your carrier might charge you about a quarter for. It's just fine-print bs. Most plans have some kind of SMS lump-sum coverage. Otherwise it's about a quarter per SMS message.
FaceTime also does it.
thanks, I was not too clear in the question. What I was trying to find out is how come I get this message since I am not using and have not used iMessage. So the message itself is the question, what can trigger such message if not the user?
This was a pop up message on my iphone
iMessage: Your carrier may charge for SMS
