Messages
Learn how to send and receive text and multimedia messages.
About Messages
Select 
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You can send and receive different kinds of messages:
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Text messages
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Multimedia messages that contain your pictures or videos
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Instant messages (network service)
Messages requires network support.
To access messages quickly, hold your phone upright, and drag your finger from below the bottom of the screen onto the screen. Hold your finger in place, until the quick launch bar is displayed.
You can send text messages that are longer than the character limit for a single message. Longer messages are sent as two or more messages. Your service provider may charge accordingly.
Characters with accents, other marks, or some language options, take more space, limiting the number of characters that can be sent in a single message.
Using services or downloading content may cause transfer of large amounts of data, which may result in data traffic costs.
Related topics
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See Send an instant message .
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See Read a received message .
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See Send a message .
Send a message
With text and multimedia messages, you can quickly contact your friends and family. In a multimedia message, you can attach your videos, photos, and sound clips that you want to share.
Select .
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Select
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To select recipients from the contacts list, select the To field and
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Write your message.
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To add an attachment, select
. Tip:If you want to add a new photo to your message, select
> Camera . Take the photo, and it is added to your message. -
Select Send.
Sending a message with an attachment may be more expensive than sending a normal text message. For more information, contact your service provider.
If the item you insert in a multimedia message is too large for the network, the device may automatically reduce the size.
Only compatible devices can receive and display multimedia messages. Messages may look different in different devices.
Related topics
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See Read a received message .
Read a received message
When you receive a new message, a notification is shown in the Events view. Select the notification to open the message.
To view your messages later, select .
Reply to the received message
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Select a conversation in the Messages view.
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Select the text input field at the bottom of the display.
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Write your message.
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Select Send.
Forward the message
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Select a conversation in the Messages view.
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Select and hold the message, and select Forward.
Forward a multimedia message
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Select a conversation in the Messages view.
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Select the multimedia message.
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Select
> Forward .
Save a picture or other multimedia item
With the message open, select and hold the item, and select Save as. You can view the item in the corresponding application. For example, to view saved photos, open Gallery.
To view text messages and instant messages separately, select 
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Related topics
Change the phone language
Select 
and Time and language > Language .
Related topics
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See Send a message .
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See Send a mail .