Cannot send long text messages on my Blackberry Keyone

[Android Central Question]

Keyone message length
When you type a new message, it will spill into message two, and after a few more characters, simply stop and won't permit you to type anything more - it reads 106/2 on the side, which is the indicator how many characters / texts you've written thus far.
Therefore, it will allow you to write a whole 160 character SMS, and then a further 54 characters into message 2, and then it stops you. I've been through all of the settings of the Android "Messages" app - but cannot a single thing that's even remotely connected to message length, or permitting multiple messages etc - does anyone know if I need to adjust some sort of software setting somewhere?

The phone is uptodate - running Android 8.1.0.

 

[mustang7757]

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[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Is mobile data turned on? Long SMS messages typically get converted to an MMS message once the characters go over 160, and MMS requires mobile data.