Verizon GH68-40021F Messaging, Types of Messages, Your phone provides the following message types

Section 5: Messaging

This section describes how to send and receive different types of messages. It also includes the features and functionality associated with messaging.

Types of Messages

Your phone provides the following message types:

•Text Messages

•Multimedia (Picture, Video, and Audio) Messages

•Email and Gmail Messages

•Hangouts

•Google+ Messages

The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send and receive text messages to and from other mobile phones or email addresses. To use this feature, you may need to subscribe to your service provider’s message service.

The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) lets you send and receive multimedia messages (such as picture, video, and audio messages) to and from other mobile phones or email addresses. To use this feature, you may need to subscribe to your service provider’s multimedia message service.

Important! When creating a message, adding an image, a sound file, or a video clip to a text message changes the message from a text message to a multimedia message.

Messaging icons are displayed at the top of the screen and indicate when messages are received and their type. For more information, refer to “Status Bar” on page 21.

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