Text Message charcter limit.

[Pastorhss]

I've had the GS7 edge for four days. I presume that if my text exceeds 160 characters it will go into another one, and the recipient will get one long consolidated message. (That's the way I had it on my Lumia 830 Windows Phone) On the other hand, I've noticed that sometimes my character limit goes to 70, even when I don't use emoticons. I do use both English and Spanish (Puerto Rico) keyboards, and special characters (accents, etc) in Spanish.

Can someone please shed some light?

Thanks.

 

[B. Diddy]

It has to do with the special characters. See this thread: [Q] Sms Character limit from 160 to 70 | Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000

 

[monicakm]

I sometimes get text messages that are broken up into multiple messages. I wasn't sure why since all of mine go out as one message. I've sent some that are LONG. As an example, I sent a text that was 121 words, 646 characters. It was sent and received in one part and included one smiley face. My husband said occasionally he'll get one from me that comes in two parts but for the most part, just one. Are special characters and emojis the same thing? Everyone I get texts from are in the US. I'm using the Messages+ app from Verizon.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

SMS messages are broken up into 160 (or 70, apparently) character strings for transmission. Whether they get reassembled into one message on the other end depends upon both the carrier's message processing and the SMS app on the phone.

 

[Rukbat]

The limit is 140 octets (groups of 8 bits). That works out to 160 characters in ASCII, 70 characters in Unicode. Since emojis use special characters (UTF16), the limit is 70 characters if an emoji is used. (Whether the text is sent as MMS or as groups of 160 [or 80 for UTF8 or 70 for UTF16] character texts is up to how the sender has his/her texting app set.)

 

[Pastorhss]

Thanks Rukbat:

Sounds technical, but very clear. I got it.

Many blessings.