You can send text messages that are longer than the character limit for a singlemessage. Longer messages are sent as two or more messages. Your service providermay 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.If a text message is very long, it may be converted to a multimedia message. If youwant to send the message as a text message, select > Sending options >Message type > Text.If you send a text message to one or more recipients, and the contact information ofone of the recipients is a mail address instead of a phone number, the text messageis converted to a multimedia message.If the item you insert in a multimedia message is too large for the network, the devicemay automatically reduce the size.Only compatible devices can receive and show multimedia messages. Messages maylook different in different devices.Read a received messageWhen someone sends you a message, a notification is shown on the home screen.You can open the message directly from the home screen.Select Show to open the message.Messages are combined into conversations, containing all the messages to and froma contact in a single view. To read a conversation, select it from the list in theMessaging view.Reply to the message1 With the message open, select .2 Write your reply, then select > .Tip: To quickly reply to a message, select Tap to write.Forward the message1 With the message open, select > Forward.2 To add a contact as a recipient, select To. You can also type in a phone number.3 Edit the message if needed, then select > .Save an attached photo or other file1 In the conversation, select the message containing the file.58 Messages