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Why are SMS limited to 160?
In 1985, one character pretty much equated to one byte, so they decided that the character limit for an SMS should be 140. Since then, the GSM technology has improved, and they’ve been able to make each character less than one byte, meaning they could squeeze 160 characters into one SMS.
Is SMS still limited to 160 characters?
Yes. The maximum length of text message that you can send is 918 characters. However, if you send more than 160 characters then your message will be broken down in to chunks of 153 characters before being sent to the recipient’s handset.
How many words is 160 characters?
Answer: 160 characters is between 20 words and 40 words with spaces included in the character count. If spaces are not included in the character count, then 160 characters is between 30 words and 50 words.
Can I send more than 100 SMS per day?
As per the new order by TRAI, users will now be able to send more than 100 SMSs a day to any number as part of their prepaid plans. This means that Airtel, Jio, Vodafone-Idea, BSNL, and MTNL will soon have to add changes to their respective prepaid plans to remove the per day limit set for text messaging.
How do I reduce character count?
10 Tricks to Reduce Your Word Count in Academic Writing
- Delete “The” You can often omit the word “the” from your text without losing any meaning.
- Erase “That”
- Remove Adverbs and Adjectives.
- Use Shorter Words.
- Trim Wordy Phrases.
- Choose Active Voice.
- Revise Needless Transitions.
- Eliminate Conjunctions.
Is it bad to send long text messages?
Sending Long Conversations Generally speaking, your texts shouldn’t be too long. Ideally, you want to keep their length to about that of a tweet. Sending long texts can be annoying to the people on the receiving end, especially if they’re busy at work or trying to complete a project.
What is the maximum length of a text message?
The maximum length of text message(SMS) that you can send is 918 characters. However, if you send more than 160 characters then your message will be broken down into pieces of 153 characters before being sent to the recipient’s handset.
Is there a limit on number of SMS sent?
Most likely there is a default limit. Go to messaging, press menu and go to messaging settings and you should see what the messaging limit is per conversation. However be careful. If you get too many your phone can become horribly slow after time.
What is the length of a single SMS?
Message length. Message length is dictated by the number of bytes of the message text.
Why are my texts not delivered?
Not necessarily. There may be many reasons for getting the message not delivered. Some of the reasons are: The phone might be switched off. The recipient might be out of coverage area. There may be some network problem from service provider side. The recipient’s number might be no longer in use.